Camino Primitivo
INTRO
This year’s Camino wasn’t planned. It’s called Camino Primitivo. It happened overnight. We were in the year of Covid, and my two-year relationship had just...
Day 1
The Camino Primitivo begins in Oviedo. When I arrived there yesterday, I almost ended up without a place to sleep. Since this Camino wasn’t planned, I didn’t...
Day 2
We made it through the night without any chainsaw impersonators (read: snorers) and hit the trail at 6:00. During yesterday’s hangout, I told Gro I prefer to...
Day 3
A modest 17 km under my feet today, but better than attempting suicide with 45. “Camino is rest and enjoyment, not just suffering,” Gro said. I pretended I...
Day 4
Today’s stage offered two routes: the longer one, taken by pussies who preferred to go around the mountain, and the shorter one, chosen by masochists and lovers...
Day 5
The morning beauty on this Camino can literally make you lose your mind. Sunrises here feel like that first look between two people falling in love. The path...
Day 6
As already well known, getting a bed without a reservation on this Camino is basically a lottery. So today, we had a hotel room waiting for us. A proper room...
Day 7
My day started early—I wanted to cover most of the 37 km while it was still cool and shady. Everything is easier when the oven isn’t cranked to max, sunwise....
Day 8
Once again I didn’t manage to land on a short walking day. I walked through village after village, names forgotten of course. All I know is I’m heading to...
Day 9
As loud as the angle grinder was through the night for my ears, it was peaceful for my head—it lulled me to sleep. I don’t know exactly what they were doing...
Day 10
Gro and I started our last walk together pretty early, at 6:00. Because of the horde of people pushing toward Santiago, it felt more like a soap opera than a...
Day 11
Camino Primitivo offers the most beautiful sunrises wrapped in mist, but its length is shorter than a weekend—just over 300 kilometres. Way too little for my...
Day 12
Žoka also decided to attempt suicide from Santiago to Lugo. I met this young and lovely girl from Hungary yesterday in one of the bars in Santiago. While we...
