Kim Robinson - Misc. # 3

As school winds down and I realize that it’s just a few short weeks until I leave for Spain it finally hits me, I’m going to Spain for 6 ½ weeks with almost no communication with those I’m leaving back in the states. Yes, one of my closest friends is going to Spain with me, but there’s so many things that I’m leaving behind, not to mention that this will be by far the longest I go being away from those people and everything that is normal to me. But on the other hand, I super stoked to be going. When else would I get a chance like this, to hike over 500 miles through a foreign country and on something so popular, so recognizable as the Camino. It has so much history to it, and there have been millions of people that have walked the same path before me. Some will be like me, out there for the physical aspect, a sense of faith to them but not doing the Camino so much as a Christian pilgrimage but more of an adventure. Then there will be those that are there to experience God. It’ll be an interesting mix of people and there is so much to see. As much as I am excited for the landscape, you cannot go to Europe and not be excited for the architecture, especially the cathedrals. Since we are such a young country comparatively, we don’t have these monumental structures dedicated to the worship of God as Europe does. I can’t wait to walk through all the different cathedrals and see how much detail went into them and to see these old world views of Christianity and God. Even though I’m already looking forward to it, I don’t think I’ll realize how monumental this trip will be in the grand scheme of my life until much later in it, until I’ve had the time to look back on it and remember it as a once in a lifetime experience.