My trip was extraordinary because I was reunited with wonderful friends, but I also carried the warmth of the friends back in San Francisco. I'm grateful that I can make a "pilgrimage" to friends just a few miles--or even a few blocks--away.
Tom made an extraordinary vegan paella for a pre-Camino dinner back in May.
Bill and Janet took walks in San Francisco with me.
Valerie and Leo, who'd walked the Camino before us with Chemin de France, gave Bill and me each a copy of the book The Art of Pilgrimage, which I read every day before departure.
I got socks and a beautiful card from Jana, and Elma, who'd walked the Camino on the spur of the moment--walking 20 miles in San Francisco in one day to make sure she could and then carrying her own backpack and sleeping in Albergues, also gave me socks. Just back from the Camino, a niece's wedding, and three months in France with her husband Alex, she even came over to help me pack!
The wonderful Chew and View group welcomed her and Alex back and toasted to my upcoming Camino.
To tell you the truth, I was so happy at home in San Francisco that I was looking forward to returning before I ever left.
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