A conversation I know I’m going to have many, many times when I get back to the States:

Someone: How was the Camino de Santiago‽

Tim: I think it was the most extraordinary thing I’ve ever been a part of

S: Whoa! How come?

T: Well, umm, because, errr, ummm…I don’t know exactly

S: Come on

T: I don’t think I can explain it. It just was amazing.

S: Come on dude, try

T: The walking; the talking; the Peregrinos; the thinking; the physical; the outside; the sites; the cafes; the repetition; the weight; the community; the drinks; the mental; the pain; the thinking; the food; the kilometers; the villages; the resting; the arrows; the love; the albergues; the people; the thinking; the shells; the cathedrals; the weather; the Spanish; the food; the stories; the languages; the clothing; the end; the ocean; the thinking-

S: Ok, ok, ok – you just need to stop

T: And you just need to go