Rarely a day goes by when some wierd act or funny occurance happens along the way.... Hereīs a list of some of the more memorable moments...
In no particular order...
While walking...
1. Watching this British guy named David almost fall arse over tea kettle running down a hill because his pack was so damn heavy he couldnīt help it!
2. Seeing my wife walking like her Oma, when we were walking through Pamplona after 35km.
3. Watching my lovely wife attempting to understand what the local Spanish people are saying to her a mile a minute. All Jill does is just giggle and say "adios". Then I realized the louder she laughs the more she doesnīt understand!
Unfortunate body parts...
1. We met this guy from Switzerland, named Ramu for short, and he was nice enough to show us his big toe... Jill mentioned how her blisters were hurting and so he thought that this would be a good time to show us his ailment. He peels off his bandaid ever so gently and honest to god, there was a hole in the bottom of his big toe like a rat was gnawing on it... very grosse! Donīt know how he is walking on it, not to mention this silly lad is trying to finish the whole Camino in 18 days... Good luck Ramu! Also, the next day when Ramu left us, he was mentioning how he didnīt bring any warm clothes, not even a coat... well let me tell you, the next two days were freezing and we were decked out in full sausage wrap (aka. long underwear), a toque, mits and full rubberized rain gear to keep warm and heīs marching along in a long sleeved shirt and one pair of tear aways!! Go Ramu Go!
2. In Najera, there was a beautiful refugio and I look over and to my shagrin, thereīs a breast staring at me.... Yep there she was... cyclopse staring right at me. That made for a good nightīs sleep let me tell you!
3. Jilly and I are eating our one of many snacks on this bench in the middle of this town and this Belgium woman sits down next to us. We are sitting there with our feet out of our shoes to air them out, so whatever it is about Jill and I, she decides to show us her ailing toe as well. Suffice it to say, I almost spit out my mouthful of cookie because this womanīs little toe is bigger than my wifeīs big toe! I couldnīt believe it, my eyes almost popped out of my head... Then Jilly being her polite self is trying to keep a conversation going with this woman while Iīm whispering into her ear, " Mutant Toe, Mutant Toe"! Needless to say Jill was not happy with me but she couldnīt resist a little giggle!
4. Then just tonight, Iīm walking by this one area of the Refugio and thereīs this guy standing in his gitch shaving his back with a straight razor....
Socializing at night...
1. Hands down, finding out that the fellow Canadians, Norah and Iylted, as well as Remi, Aussie, placed their stuff on both bunks to prevent the "SNORER" from being able to sleep in our room! And then while attempting to fall asleep we hear through the wall the SNORER in full force and laughing at the others that got stuck with it! haha
2. This foursome from France were trying to get to sleep and there was a sign on the door to the bathroom, Please keep the doors shut! I guess thereīs a draft in the room and if you donīt close all of the doors they will bang all night. Well, after a few bottles of wine, our fellow Canadians mentioned above went to the washroom and didnīt close the door behind them... all of a sudden we hear this histaric woman yelling "La Porte, la porte!" and then she slams it shut! WEll, 30 secs later I walked through the doors and thereīs Jill and the others doubled over in laughter because this woman just lost it! So, there we are in the john, and I say to Iylted (Norahīs father that reminds me of John Kleese) 5 euro if you leave the door open when you go back in... Needless to say, he took me up on my offer!
Never a dull moment!
Bow.