2022.0709.(Sat) Maubourquet-Arragosse 12.8km8.0miles
I thought I could depart earlier than yesterday. Just before departing, there came a lady claiming she was a professional photograper and writer. She wanted to write about the Camino and she wanted to take photo of me and my email address. I said ok and she did what she wanted.
Church bell again hit ten times and off I go. It was fine day and I was expecting to see the Pyrenees.
Yes, I was able to see at several places and took photo, of course.
When taking a lunch break at Lahitte, came a young peregrino and talked a while. His name was Andrea, age 22 and started from his home town of Vicenza, Italy on 20th of May. He already walked 1500km and will add 1000km when he will arrive in Santiago sometime in August. He started this morning from Marciac. This means he walked in a half a day for what I walked for a day and a half. It is an amazing speed. He said he was not necessarily follow exactly the Camino and we went apart.
The rest of the trail was not much fun and just hot.
The place to stay for tonight was a chambre du hotes, means individual home. But it was well built and the hostess was nice. She did not speak English but understood my English. May French knows English but does not speak and she was one of them. Tomorrow’s distance was 25km plus. Because it was impossible to find a taxi here, she said she could drop me off at Anoye, 10km from here and I could walk 15km to arrive at Morlaas.
今日は早く出ようと思っていたが、職業写真家だという女性が現れて私の写真を撮り、取材をしたいというので、付き合う。それから、宿主がクレデンシャルに蝋でカミノスタンプを押すというので、これも親切で言ってくれているのだろうから、ありがたく付き合う。やっと解放されて、町中でsandwichを買う。このあたりからピレネーが見えるはずと気をつけていたら、トウモロコシ畑の彼方に、美しいピレネーが見えた。Lahitteの教会前広場でランチをしていると、若い男性の巡礼がやってきた。彼の名はAndreaで22歳、Vicenza（ベニスの近く）の家から5/20に歩き始めたという。今まで1500ｋｍを歩いていて、サンチアゴまで後1000ｋｍほど追加するとのこと。今日はMarciacから出発したというので、私の一日半の行程を半日で歩いていることになるが、彼は必ずしもカミノを歩くとは限らないそうだ。いずれにせよ、素晴らしいスピードである。それからは、暑い盛りの午後を歩いた。宿は自宅を改造したもので、新しくとても綺麗だった。女将は上品な人で、英語は喋らないが理解はしていたし、私にはゆっくりとフランス語で話しかけるので、理解はできた。夕方、近所にピレネーの写真を撮りに出かけた。
Andrea from Vicenza, age 22
The Pyrenees