[Gocamino] Somport Pass

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Hi Judy,
Two friends and I walked from Somport to Puente la Reina  (the one in 
Navarra, not the one in Aragon) two years ago..
One of the most fulfilling,  and utterly delightful, features of the  
Aragonese route is that, unlike the Navarrese sector of the French Camino, the 
Aragonese one is blessedly free of structured every-step-of-the-way advice and 
guidance;  yet, it is ever so  comforting and companioble, though crowds-free. 
There's lots of only-you-and-the-Camino stretches. on the Aragonese route.... 
which is somewhat the way it must have been, way back, when pilgrims follow 
their hearts with their feet towards  the light shining  through a crack in a 
window of their souls..
The on-your-own, but not really,  realization, is unexpectedly  empowering  
and fulfilling, perhaps more so to us today because it is so completely at odds 
with our modern psychological upbringing  to expect  most things to be done 
for us..
The Aragonese route,  the Via de la Plata, the Northern and the Primitive 
Camino  in my view and experience,  replace accustomed comforts with a heck of a 
recourse to one's inner 
amazing resources.
A pilgrim from Greece sent me a message saying that walking the Camino he had 
fully understood the meaning of the (originally Greek) word "enthusiasm", 
which deriving from
"Theos" (God), means "the God within" all of us.. He mentioned that the 
private   on-your--own stretches on the Aragonese route of the Camino had revelaed 
to him what all the years qualifying for his PhD in philosophy had not.
Personally, I am eager to walk from Somport again.
Regards,
Rosina