{"id":17175,"date":"2025-11-15T10:27:50","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T09:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caminodesantiagofrances.com\/en\/?p=17175"},"modified":"2025-11-16T10:32:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T09:32:38","slug":"between-blisters-and-tears-my-camino-to-santiago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caminodesantiagofrances.com\/en\/between-blisters-and-tears-my-camino-to-santiago\/","title":{"rendered":"Between Blisters and Tears: My Camino to Santiago"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

My Camino began on 15.9.2025 and lasted until 18.10.2025. I set out on the Camino Frances<\/a><\/strong> from Saint Jean Pied de Port<\/a><\/strong> to Santiago de Compostela<\/a><\/strong>. The Camino had been my wish for many years, and I didn’t want it to remain just a wish, but to become reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first few days I was euphoric, everything was going smoothly except for sleeping in the hostels. That was harder than walking, because I slept badly, but over time the tiredness from walking caught up with me too, and I somehow started sleeping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I went day by day following the routes we were given on paper in SJPDP. I didn’t stray from them until the blisters hit me after Le\u00f3n<\/a><\/strong>, and then walking became harder, but I kept going. Every step felt easier thanks to some peregrinos<\/a> I chatted with, or seeing that others had the same problems, so I felt empathy for them. Sometimes I just wanted SOMEONE to ask me how I was doing, sometimes it was enough for SOMEONE to just say Buen Camino.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Camino was a challenge, but it always called me to go further. Every time I wanted to stay somewhere, I kept going anyway and arrived at an even more beautiful place. The Camino simply called me onward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don’t even need to say how emotional I was arriving in Santiago. A river of tears flowed, and I didn’t know if it was happiness or sadness. It was especially beautiful to watch the pilgrims who had just arrived, their emotions, a group of young people, many of whom were walking barefoot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Camino is the world in one place. A multitude of people from all over the world, all with the same or a similar goal, and yet, I imagine, with many different wishes \u2014 mine all came down to just one: finding a bed that day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Camino teaches humility, everything we take for granted in everyday life. It’s a path I already miss. I will return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Klara Dolic stormerlo<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
Instagram profile: @Keramikacro<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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Croatian Version<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Female<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Moj Camino je zapo\u010deo 15.9.2025 i trajao do 18.10.2025. Krenula sam na francuski put od Saint Jean Pied de Porta do Santiaga. Camino je bio moja dugogodi\u0161nja \u017eelja i nisam htjela da ostane samo \u017eelja nego da postane stvarnost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prve Dane sam bila eufori\u010dna, sve je i\u0161lo svojim putem izuzev spavanja u albergueima. To je bilo teze nego hodati jer sam lo\u0161e spavala ali s vremenom je i umor od hodanja nastupio pa sam po\u010dela i nekako spavati.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u0161la sam iz dana u dan slijede\u0107i rute koje smo dobili na papiru u Sjpdp. Nisam odstupala od toga sve dok me \u017euljevi iza Leona nisu pogodili i tu sam teze hodala ali sam nastavila.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Svaki hod mi je bio lak\u0161i uz neke hodo\u010dasnike s kojima bih popri\u010dala ili vidjela da i drugi imaju iste probleme pa sam suosje\u0107ala s njima. Ponekad sam htjela samo da me NETKO upita kako sam, ponekad mi je bilo dovoljno samo da NETKO ka\u017ee buen Camino.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Put je bio izazovan ali je svaki put zvao dalje. Kadgod bih htjela ostati u nekom mjestu svejedno bih produ\u017eila dalje i do\u0161la u jo\u0161 ljep\u0161e mjesto. Put je jednostavno zvao dalje.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ne moram ni pri\u010dati koliko sam emotivna bila prilikom dolaska u Santiago. Rijeka suza je potekla, nisam znala je li sre\u0107a ili tuga. Posebno lijepo mi je bilo gledati hodo\u010dasnike koji tek pristi\u017eu, njihove emocije, mladu grupu od kojih su mnogi i\u0161li bosi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Camino je svijet na jednom mjestu. Mno\u0161tvo ljudi iz cijelog svijeta a svi s jednakim ili sli\u010dnim ciljem a opet s mnogo \u017eelja pretpostavljam a svaka mi je zavr\u0161avala samo s jednom da taj dan nadjem krevet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Camino u\u0107i skromnosti, svemu onom \u0161to olako shva\u0107amo u svakodnevnom \u017eivotu. To je put koji mi ve\u0107 nedostaje. Vratit \u0107u se.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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