Almost every time you walk through any village -it's siesta time.
The streets are empty, all the doors are slightly opened and you can see colorful curtains...and that smell...it's just some washing powder Spanish housewives use but it smells so good, very clean and natural! Like they use no chemical stuff there.
Leaving Santiponce there is a certain turning point. You walk through the small trees area and there is this wide endless field begins. It lookes really like an ENDLESS field, but the enthusiasm of the first day, the energy is still fresh. You tired but happy and you just go on an on and on...
First and the last fear.
After about 3 km I've decided to stop and take a break, was just laying there in the field, under the Spanish Sun -ah...Nirvana. The best thing is - you can walk for hours and meet nobody. Exactly what I needed.
The moment I wanted to go, stood up and was busy with my bag pack the car came along. It stopped, young guy came out of it, walked towards me and asked ...ermmm something? I was terrified. Don't know why. There was something in his eyes and his manner of asking, no smile -very aggressive. What does he want? So I just smiled and kept to close my bag, frozen from inside and asking myself not to show that I'm scared. He was still standing and like a parrot kept saying same words, pointing his finger to my bag pack all the time. In the end he gave up, spat, went to his car and drove away.
I started to walk but was really shaking, hoping this was the most scary thing which happened to me here. Later I thought - maybe he was just asking - do you need some help?
Well, the smile would be helpful in that case.
And yes -this was the only one unpleasant moment for the whole trip.
However, back to the Camino...It was beautiful. This road gave me intense feeling of happiness. There I suddenly realized that I'm actually walking!
...and I screamed that into the sky!
Monastery of San Isidoro del Campo, Santiponce
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