Camino de Santiago

The pilgrimage route is the French route, which departs from the village of Saint Jean Pied de Port and extends to 780.7km to Santiago de Cempostela. It will visit 12 places, where universities and UNED (Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia National University of Education) are located in 5 cities of France route. Why are you trying to walk this road again? Who is leading this way again? Did you walk for 29 days in late summer 2013? The soles of the feet are cracked and the toes are split, so the socks were soaked with blood, won't you? The severe diurnal range caused me to suffer from high fever, recalling the memories I had to walk while taking medication prescribed at a pharmacy in a remote rural village in Spain.

At a dining table at a restaurant, I happened to sit down facing the Canadian woman, Shally, who was good at joking and cheerful. Because of that relationship, we came across each other while walking along the Camino, and we gave each other encouragement. She laughed loudly by changing the English pronunciation 'Sangsun' of my name to 'Samsung'. At that time, a total of six people were sitting at the 6-seater dining table, including two Canadians, one German, one American, one French and me Korean, and five people were using a Korean-made Samsung Galaxy mobile phone. However, I was a little embarrassed because I am Korean but using not Korean-made, but American-made phone, iPhone. I understood that Shally joked while looking at my expression. After seeing my walking limping on the plains of Messeta, coming to me, Peter, a young German man said more comforting words, 'Are you okay, let's do a little more.' His kindness still remains in memory.

If I want to walk, there are beautiful Daegan-gil or pilgrimage routes in Korea. Why do I have to fly to the other side of the world and suffer hardships? The whole family came forward and tried relentlessly to cancel the pilgrimage. Now that the 60th birthday has passed, the expiration date of my life has come to an end, so my energy is not what it used to be. Will there be a strongman ahead of time? Everyone has gone through a period of high-spirited, so they have been familiar with how they still thinks they is the high-spirited man of that time and it has been seen people suffer from hardship. I remember a scene that hurt my heart that I met on the Baedoodaegangil(Korean mountains). I still can't get over the image of the body of a young man who died in an accident while mountaineering on a deep and high mountain road, with his stiffened arms outstretched and being transported by a rescue rope from a firefighting helicopter.

It is felt when hiking or walking long distances, but strong physical strength does not always guarantee safety. You have to be wise and humble when it comes to using your stamina.