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THE ROAD NOT TAKE
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Robert Frost
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Always Look on the Bright Side
Some things in life are bad
They can really make you mad
Other things just make you swear and curse
When you're chewing on life's gristle
Don't grumble, give a whistle
And this'll help things turn out for the best
And always look on the bright side of life
Always look on the light side of life
If life seems jolly rotten
There's something you've forgotten
And that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing
When you're feeling in the dumps
Don't be silly chumps
Just purse your lips and whistle, that's the thing
And always look on the bright side of life
Come on!
Always look on the right side of life
For life is quite absurd
And death's the final word
You must always face the curtain with a bow
Forget about your sin
Give the audience a grin
Enjoy it, it's your last chance anyhow
So, always look on the bright side of death
A-just before you draw your terminal breath
Life's a piece of s***
When you look at it
Life's a laugh and death's a joke, it's true
You'll see it's all a show
Keep 'em laughing as you go
Just remember that the last laugh is on you
And always look on the bright side of life
Always look on the right side of life
Life of Brian
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I got up about 06:30 this morning, had breakfast and was walking by 07:30. There was no sign of the Dublin father, daughter when I was leaving. I enjoyed a good mornings walk and made good progress while the morning was cool. The country side was still very much still Irish but in Spain!!! The boreens through the woods were still a joy to walk through! I stopped for breakfast along the way and chatted with people that I have gotten to know over the past few weeks! I have two finishing destination in mind for today, when I get to the first it is completely full. By the time I get to the second it is close to 1pm and there is a queue already forming for this albergue. I sit and debate with myself wether to stay or move on, as I wasn't too impressed with the location or building I decide to move on. I had already walked more than my days quota!
There are three others in the same situation as me and we chat about our day, about our Camino and about ourselves.
Ashley is a newly qualified civil engineer from Wexford, he is here to try and figure out what to do as there are no jobs in Ireland. He has been walking with Sophie, a Canadian student who is back packing in Europe for the summer and stumble across the Camino by accident and there is Hamel a Belgian lawyer who started his Camino in Brussels and has clocked almost 2500 km over the past two and a half months. We get to a small village and there is a small private house with bedrooms to let. They have only a twin room left but kindly offer to put mattresses on the floor for us. So Ashley, Sophie, Hamel and I bed down together for the night!!
Buen Camino
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