Community on the Move...

Hi everyone!
We are now in Najara (see map at the bottom of blog...) and have so far walked every step of the way! Covering 60km in the last two days has been an incredible challenge, but we´re feeling great and are kept constantly in high spirits by the people around us. I know I promised to delve into the history a little bit... and I will eventually, but I wanted to comment on this idea of being a part of a community on the move. This whole trek is a fascinating little self contained reality... the metaphors abound ... it is a journey through your lifetime (and as Jane Christmas describes in What the Psychic told the Pilgrim ... if that´s the case, crossing the Pyrenees was like coming out of the birth canal!!) I don´t remember what that was like, but perhaps crossing the Pyrenees was a birth of a different kind...
I have really enjoyed walking with different people for stretches of this walk... its incredible how we wake each day knowing that the tasks are the same (walk, cafe con leche, break for lunch, find an albergue, shop for food, make dinner, do laundry, sleep) ... yet, each day is a complete unknown (something I´m growing to love...) I have so enjoyed the company of complete strangers for stretches at a time... some longer than others and some for days at a time. At the end of the day it has become such a joy to see a familliar face at the same albergue, it feels a bit like coming home to family. Indeed, there is a familial feel here... we know of a few people who have had accidents (blown out knees, concussions, face plants, broken arm...) and always, there are people helping those who need it ... we met a bizarre doctor from France who has taken the year off to drive the camino (on highway stretches) looking for the injured ... well, we have another theory too... since he has a penchant for young french girls who are injured... but thats another story! We have enjoyed many communal meals with incredible food prepared by people from all over... and the stories of the very young (two guys out of high school who hitchhiked from Poland) and the very old ( there are so many more people in this category... it is unbelieveably inspiring)
Okay, well my time is up and they are shutting out the lights around me ... next up, a story about international ingenuity encaspulated involving a walnut...
Adios y buen camino!
A.