Awesomeness

We had dinner with Loredana and Ricardo from Italy. At the end of the dinner they told us,  with hand on heart, that they saw Abbas and me coning up into Pontevedra. They saw a mother with her son and the aura was glowing. Me, walking slowly and Abbas walking patiently beside me. They said their 'heart broke' at the sight.  Later on they spotted us, now without our 'load', looking for a place for food. We stood right besides their table, weary. There was a crowd milling about because of the Celtic festival.  We circled around the square not finding any place serving supper yet and we came back again to them, that's when they asked us if they could suggest we eat where they're eating. We didn't know at that time that they were pilgrims, they looked way too elegant and well dressed. We found a table there, sitting down with relief, and had our dinner.  It was a good place indeed. We didn't expect to see the beautiful couple again, until we saw them walking towards us as we waited for the albergue to open at Vilanova de Arousa. This time it was us looking at them and we were feeling as if we'd found our long lost friends. After buying tickets for the boat ride to Padron we said we'd meet for dinner, and now here we were breaking bread.

Pilgrims come up to us and say the most profound things about what we made them feel when they saw us walking the Camino.

Lena, from Switzerland, a school teacher,  teaches 12/13 year old children, said, 'when I see you two I see something deep and beautiful and special.'

A Spanish family, themselves walking with their 3 small children, said we're the inspiration  and spirit of the Camino!

Through the language of the body, although we didn't understand what other people came up to say to us, pausing as we come upon them along the Way, we understood that whatever they said  to us was meaningful and touching.

Sharing a Camino and dorms with all these people has been our great privilege.