Nearing Halfway

I'm nearing the halfway point of the Camino! This really surprises me, since I wasn't even sure if I'd make it 100 km. I'm not sure I'm nearing the halfway-point of the non-physical journey, though I'm definitely going somewhere.

Today I took a rest day in Castrojeriz, pretty much right in the center of northern Spain. I climbed to the town castle - imagine, if you could just regularly climb to the "town castle"! - and read my book to the sun rising over the valley village. The other day I ended up walking at night, as there wasn't any space in the pilgrim albergues (refuges) for several towns. It turned out to be awesome: there was a full moon, there were all the colors of the "magic light" that come with dusk, it was windy, and I had good company. I love that I'm outside so much: so much of my experience becomes a kind of walking meditation. Even when nothing profound happens, when I don't think anything, I "experience" so much more than I can when I'm inside: there's something important that I get out of feeling the wind sting my face, hearing my shoes crunch the path I'm walking, seeing that "magic light" every day at sunrise and sunset.

I haven't been well-connected to the internet, so I probably won't have any photos for you until I'm finished. Everything is going really nicely, though. Hasta luego.