People along the way

Of all the wonderful things I experienced on the Camino, the many people I met were the best part . 

I met my friend Simoan while walking the Camino on the 3rd day . She is from Denmark but lives in Belgium . Hannah and I walked with her for a few hours and spoke about many different subjects . We started the conversation with the impression that Belgium was much different than the United States , however after our long conversation with her we left thinking differently . She told us about her life in Belgium and how she had recently graduated from her university and is now struggling to search for a job . She told us about her love for the environment and how she hopes to find a job where she can create eco friendly services for people . She shared that she believes if we can make all default options the eco friendly option then we could make a bigger difference in saving the earth . 

On the second to last day outside of the Cathedral , Colbi , Hannah , Amanda and I met two men named Tomí and his friend Csaba (nicknamed Chubby) . They were two men from Hungary who had been best friends for years . They had taken the Portuguese way to Santiago and showed us many beautiful pictures from their path. We sat outside the cathedral with them and talked for many hours. Csaba said he walked the Camino because his mother’s best friend had recently passed away and he wanted to carry her picture along with him on the path . Tomí said he needed freedom and adventure and they both wanted to deepen their friendship by walking the path together . 

After meeting the two Hungarian men , we met a German woman named Saskia and her Swedish friend Jan . They were both outside of the cathedral as well . They had both finished the French way earlier that morning and were celebrating by heavily drinking outside of the cathedral . They had many hilarious and interesting stories from their journey . The next day we saw Saskia outside of a cafe and she told us a story about Jan . She said that he had woken up earlier that morning still very drunk and walked almost 20 km to Finisterra until he decided he was too sick to continue and bussed back to Santiago .