El Camino de Santiago Part One
January 29th 2010 The electronic beeping of alarms stirs me from a restless sleep. I try to bury my head under the pillow but the sound of rustling plastic bags penetrates even the stiff foam. I don’t need to check the time; after a few days on this holy path I’ve learnt that the beeping begins at 5am. I reach down through the darkness and fumble for my ear plugs which are somewhere in a side pocket of my ru
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