"A journey of a thousand miles starts with one step" --Chinese philosopher Laozi. Likewise epics can be built out of tiny scribblings. In early 2012, I wandered Europe writing posts on what I found interesting for friends. By the end I had written the equivalent of a 1000-page book. My readers had journeyed with me and so did not ask: "how was it?" Instead we discussed what it meant. I continue scribbling. Mastodon
The Camino crosses the Meseta, a big largely uninhabited and treeless area of northern Spain. Temperatures fall to single digits at night and have been hitting 37c in mid-afternoon. Bit like a typical inland day in Australia but for Europeans it is something special. The emptiness, the fact that there are rarely any sounds of motor vehicles, the predominant sound is that of birds and that the stars can be seen at night, they find a little unnerving.
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