Buen Camino: two words, infinite meaning
Two words. Infinite meaning.
On the Camino, you say it dozens of times a day. Buen Camino. Good path. Safe travels. Keep going.
To a pilgrim overtaking you on a hill. To an elderly local watching from a doorway. To someone sitting alone on a bench, boots off, head down. To a group of strangers gathered around a fountain in a village square. It crosses every language barrier on the trail — Spanish, English, Russian, German, French, Brazilian, Portuguese, etc. — because everyone knows exactly what it means.
What makes it different from a regular greeting is that it's also an acknowledgement. You see each other. You know what this costs. You know what it means to still be moving forward, one more day, one more stage. Buen Camino isn't small talk — it's solidarity.
Back home, people ask how you are and don't really want to know. On the way, Buen Camino says everything that needs saying — and means every word of it.
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