tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64132232676393787542024-03-05T20:52:41.471+01:00Marianist AdventuresFr. Bob Jones, SMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09190485668223141934noreply@blogger.comBlogger151125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413223267639378754.post-32755804618525672482022-07-07T00:04:00.003+02:002022-07-07T00:04:22.349+02:00Santiago Cathedral and Pilgrims Mass<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">You just can’t make some of this up. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(And sorry but this includes a long - and somewhat unbelievable - story.)</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The destination of any of the Camino routes is Santiago de Compostela, and specifically the Cathedral of Santiago and the tomb of St. James the Apostle. The current cathedral dates from the 11th century. The facade is incredible and quite the sight as you walk into the plaza (especially after 500 miles!)</span></p><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKIiStLtzmaJxNChdwByc5eSEGG2VEw2GGt6iyQdtnxEJPloS3eAU3W_3Qcv_D4qLhGFiZy-ZgVJHUgeGg4Vv10uZ5a3-syNHZaXuliEqYLO3OT7y9PKMR_srWcsTHnya8CI1ArfzXJhSUtSa0mJ0rFbOPPuPNBecVZtr8ynbREGCL9DZD9NkMyV-v/s4032/AF067B70-C9B4-43F5-AE97-9C999A243829.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKIiStLtzmaJxNChdwByc5eSEGG2VEw2GGt6iyQdtnxEJPloS3eAU3W_3Qcv_D4qLhGFiZy-ZgVJHUgeGg4Vv10uZ5a3-syNHZaXuliEqYLO3OT7y9PKMR_srWcsTHnya8CI1ArfzXJhSUtSa0mJ0rFbOPPuPNBecVZtr8ynbREGCL9DZD9NkMyV-v/s320/AF067B70-C9B4-43F5-AE97-9C999A243829.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The interior is also very nice…</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-4YfZQDJZdQgSukXEitzRbDzv27NzP1JQYbqrd5oHIyBriEFfdyPfBZlUrlemWcLA6nOeWdo5nx7UqmiMiS2vVpsS0H6GcKwZDaOX94-oKJzi3o82SUq_MKDLKITaaiLtaifTTyQ1ckEC4qv-xcGrqHXnggwrA-isr3TKfDtUKa0xy6kA-coU5h6O/s4032/DD68801A-1BCF-4276-84DE-5BCEB12BB511.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-4YfZQDJZdQgSukXEitzRbDzv27NzP1JQYbqrd5oHIyBriEFfdyPfBZlUrlemWcLA6nOeWdo5nx7UqmiMiS2vVpsS0H6GcKwZDaOX94-oKJzi3o82SUq_MKDLKITaaiLtaifTTyQ1ckEC4qv-xcGrqHXnggwrA-isr3TKfDtUKa0xy6kA-coU5h6O/s320/DD68801A-1BCF-4276-84DE-5BCEB12BB511.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBYVRzEXjVI2tYAJ3_ZWm4dXQJ2yrmrV-fHUTfhsrDyOnRk6wd2GzsoIO8CKtYl0rAsKz1HWE6Z4N5SZwgqwGdpyvS615gMcjSyTEsaPwEQUclgQs-K5z8n0tDotWRwI6SEGA-7EmrkUAPqejVYGgoIlZQfU4y-7ljJe2FHsbLgCFX4Nx8Cb5Knu9N/s320/04479B67-EC45-471C-8301-0EEDEE07613B.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">…and of course a highlight is the tomb of St. James. </span></p><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVVhTwfnMbCXbPFKgRZdnqm3uJdHsmWf2kVd9RIYZr6hiVvCcNxepfNmHfqsW46gDG7oky8l9_xNgreOulHwv_FbfxBE1CvOJySQ5ArT43Au44Fp6j3g03xQGc4QMuU67rq4BMcZxHVhYzmECvWec7lwTOS5_fYJCmifaClKsmpEPovU5xV8s5GIjm/s4032/8FB02E65-43EF-4908-B31F-CACA14186597.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVVhTwfnMbCXbPFKgRZdnqm3uJdHsmWf2kVd9RIYZr6hiVvCcNxepfNmHfqsW46gDG7oky8l9_xNgreOulHwv_FbfxBE1CvOJySQ5ArT43Au44Fp6j3g03xQGc4QMuU67rq4BMcZxHVhYzmECvWec7lwTOS5_fYJCmifaClKsmpEPovU5xV8s5GIjm/s320/8FB02E65-43EF-4908-B31F-CACA14186597.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Upon completing the pilgrimage, it is customary to attend one of the four pilgrim masses held each day in the Cathedral. We chose to attend the mass at noon, and there was standing room only. </span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">One of the very unique things of this cathedral is the “botafumeiro” which is an incredibly large incensor that is sometimes used at mass. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKe8cdgp_DhsHXb_HopUX43ojK1tjknb7epFrroWJ36BgNVAGINPFtUC3o9SUEv1bh5IsF9bLpCfJ75_3RPqTdq55qepfjlHl4zw4kR2MmYsfeostpQMgDCqFSmsF4XNKgOmUbsQAbsqW5r3h6_45w0Sd2RBK6tjlJ4DLclXqNMPMNIFDwxeeAfMOs/s4032/8EBF9397-E7D3-4EB5-9B63-2C2B5C8A4C4C.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKe8cdgp_DhsHXb_HopUX43ojK1tjknb7epFrroWJ36BgNVAGINPFtUC3o9SUEv1bh5IsF9bLpCfJ75_3RPqTdq55qepfjlHl4zw4kR2MmYsfeostpQMgDCqFSmsF4XNKgOmUbsQAbsqW5r3h6_45w0Sd2RBK6tjlJ4DLclXqNMPMNIFDwxeeAfMOs/s320/8EBF9397-E7D3-4EB5-9B63-2C2B5C8A4C4C.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt4TdHY3eebcW7jQB7rJVKVFcwW7HVJil0F9QEFkfXZj5Lr_O8axBWPuR4cnh1cYsWBlZfToh6SBBbievGmvHW3Xy-IRnbNqQk4c8rDSkRxQVn64XCm0i9A6hrhD7VBpZRBPOmykOZobaykOeGYiomEV3Rx20H-zBzBubokgVXBrsW5cPjbPi47eSs/s4032/5112F354-DA45-49A0-B16E-5BE2DE20FED6.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt4TdHY3eebcW7jQB7rJVKVFcwW7HVJil0F9QEFkfXZj5Lr_O8axBWPuR4cnh1cYsWBlZfToh6SBBbievGmvHW3Xy-IRnbNqQk4c8rDSkRxQVn64XCm0i9A6hrhD7VBpZRBPOmykOZobaykOeGYiomEV3Rx20H-zBzBubokgVXBrsW5cPjbPi47eSs/s320/5112F354-DA45-49A0-B16E-5BE2DE20FED6.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Unfortunately, it is not always used. In fact, it is pretty much hit and miss because someone must pay (that is, make an offering) for it to be used. Unfortunately, it was not used at the mass we attended. (By the way, you can see it in action in the movie “The Way.”). Because of this we decided to return that evening once again for the 7:30 mass. </span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Since I had already attended as a pilgrim, I thought it might be interesting to see if I could come celebrate the mass. After a quick Google search it seemed like it was possible and rather easy to arrange. And, in fact, it was. I talked to someone working at the Cathedral who directed me to the sacristy where I was told, “Just show up here around 7 o’clock and you’ll be fine.”</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So, that’s what I did. A little after 7:00 I went to the sacristy and was greeted by two very nice Sisters. I told them who I was in my broken Spanish, and they asked if I had a “celebret” which is an ID saying that I’m a priest in good standing. I presented it to them and they quickly directed me to a room where I could find an alb. After vesting, I went into the sacristy where there were a few other concelebrants already waiting. </span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiafMpnc5meEWiydNM2ADgSREUCANuokWSvTLxiTjGBkz5lEMtqskb7P9Pg4EMyShtZUA1fHUjTJ5iYTXt5hZp5gaLthRGzlc0DLMs5lWghd5Jf5bAWNf_jiL8C4eMiRzlHvZlYuM2TD55vBCNkYfrnp_RI-29pzTUfMj9VAAZhn7uw7fZvLxB7CnOa/s4032/D68277FF-0FD5-4D53-AA8A-E1E40EBD217A.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666984558105px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiafMpnc5meEWiydNM2ADgSREUCANuokWSvTLxiTjGBkz5lEMtqskb7P9Pg4EMyShtZUA1fHUjTJ5iYTXt5hZp5gaLthRGzlc0DLMs5lWghd5Jf5bAWNf_jiL8C4eMiRzlHvZlYuM2TD55vBCNkYfrnp_RI-29pzTUfMj9VAAZhn7uw7fZvLxB7CnOa/s320/D68277FF-0FD5-4D53-AA8A-E1E40EBD217A.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_DPeWElFYtWtcmsUt7tfFhsTI4pyFJQwIj0Cxs8CGgOBvCTFd_tOkkhT7hHuuzA8FxvtzOTH9mf2Swqmfl_a7UbsrMQgSnITlVaaFP6DUh9rvIXHwOSu9BPC_Kd5u-4KqciOMcnVK4QMUHgfQWeQC34ZVCmmLjfchhrVBF6P1y6AvqQWw6-K18WpG/s3088/0DEA2A3F-41DF-4CBD-8DAF-754868BE7071.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666984558105px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_DPeWElFYtWtcmsUt7tfFhsTI4pyFJQwIj0Cxs8CGgOBvCTFd_tOkkhT7hHuuzA8FxvtzOTH9mf2Swqmfl_a7UbsrMQgSnITlVaaFP6DUh9rvIXHwOSu9BPC_Kd5u-4KqciOMcnVK4QMUHgfQWeQC34ZVCmmLjfchhrVBF6P1y6AvqQWw6-K18WpG/s320/0DEA2A3F-41DF-4CBD-8DAF-754868BE7071.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There were a few priests from Spain, one from Italy and one from Brazil. We quickly discovered that we all had a common language in Italian. (Finally learning Italian was paying off! Hahaha). A few minutes later one of the sisters came and asked me to step out of the sacristy. I assumed that they needed some information from us. But it was because someone had come to get some religious articles blessed and the sisters wanted me to do it in English. This actually happened three or four more times as well. So, basically, I am an official Cathedral Santiago Blesser now 😁</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">One thing that I learned that I had to do was sign the registry of those who would be concelebrating. I did this and then noticed that at one of the earlier masses a priest from my home diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend had also been there. I recognize the name (Fr. William Schooler) but don’t know him. However, I’m assuming a few people reading this will probably know him. </span></p><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhvwzfxzemnRRtFzmsRhq5J6n-P1qa2A-1sWsH80LZo8u67oz1DK_qusF5rCPZBGW3o7BqYmkDrTnTKCmHjuL6eYz6MuJeo9R2DEJnJKBPKIoXErUba7hJNsxykm6vbd7FJnxpQC2VA-N3pYZJBAaZTPjSqgrtZ2tCT5jCmVPw26YDg_lMhEfCLu-l/s4032/A8651BC7-D07A-467B-BFCD-242B7AA57EFB.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="655" data-original-width="4032" height="52" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhvwzfxzemnRRtFzmsRhq5J6n-P1qa2A-1sWsH80LZo8u67oz1DK_qusF5rCPZBGW3o7BqYmkDrTnTKCmHjuL6eYz6MuJeo9R2DEJnJKBPKIoXErUba7hJNsxykm6vbd7FJnxpQC2VA-N3pYZJBAaZTPjSqgrtZ2tCT5jCmVPw26YDg_lMhEfCLu-l/s320/A8651BC7-D07A-467B-BFCD-242B7AA57EFB.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTn0JQbGSTnjpPGVoy3hfFgo6z26MOgnenozzyDqOPJUHZbS2OWqGpmDL3saaGSAKLsi_O2bG9Y8uvb-1uX4Z9QTCAKN8YRcokj_rtvJ3EuQqf9L6AKPTjH81FK7wKpj99MKTO7h98d4t7yq8-l3VnZWHhOyLU2KSR7W3DgfRw5tKYFayWFZL68xOP/s4032/DF555802-750F-447A-A76D-12AFBF0AC29B.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTn0JQbGSTnjpPGVoy3hfFgo6z26MOgnenozzyDqOPJUHZbS2OWqGpmDL3saaGSAKLsi_O2bG9Y8uvb-1uX4Z9QTCAKN8YRcokj_rtvJ3EuQqf9L6AKPTjH81FK7wKpj99MKTO7h98d4t7yq8-l3VnZWHhOyLU2KSR7W3DgfRw5tKYFayWFZL68xOP/s320/DF555802-750F-447A-A76D-12AFBF0AC29B.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Incidentally, near the registry was this picture. It made me laugh. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFtwgBogOqv_X6vs4u_2djJy7GAsixfi_Cz0k6EEJTjukdYpjGMz7ird2vro_HhgSj98C7LTm2ZKP1PLSTctAfeU0lzZghjq-d_l5v1BoJ8MeMwfCFQOLeN1I92mQlxEC1BsZShzbxFDBI4Q27Bm28P8u2mskh_1x39Z8GK-Tg1sHSjZqtXGG9u7R3/s4032/E14396B1-0B1D-4D14-95B8-B0F7F785E9AA.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFtwgBogOqv_X6vs4u_2djJy7GAsixfi_Cz0k6EEJTjukdYpjGMz7ird2vro_HhgSj98C7LTm2ZKP1PLSTctAfeU0lzZghjq-d_l5v1BoJ8MeMwfCFQOLeN1I92mQlxEC1BsZShzbxFDBI4Q27Bm28P8u2mskh_1x39Z8GK-Tg1sHSjZqtXGG9u7R3/s320/E14396B1-0B1D-4D14-95B8-B0F7F785E9AA.jpeg" width="320" /></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">About five minutes before mass started one of the priests who seemed to be in charge approached me and asked if I was from the United States. I said “yes” and he proceeded to ask me if I would read part of the Eucharistic prayer in English. I agreed to. </span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgksBWpMOBGiFgetzCprumNdDpKgG4gB_c99-w9LWtKi-DfUl8sVPDDrOA_nIL6V6ouqOPMEBZUm-7EPW-65LBuO4mT-N6aeJLNkPOy3QQjyZ289vWPX1lfcqDxTSUgGANe3MZ_sxyeOjERlit2zHLMsiufzj2EKD5jzM8OW499Dm59pvXBGMYEH4w/s4032/2A2882BE-5958-404F-9345-F192863F53F1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgksBWpMOBGiFgetzCprumNdDpKgG4gB_c99-w9LWtKi-DfUl8sVPDDrOA_nIL6V6ouqOPMEBZUm-7EPW-65LBuO4mT-N6aeJLNkPOy3QQjyZ289vWPX1lfcqDxTSUgGANe3MZ_sxyeOjERlit2zHLMsiufzj2EKD5jzM8OW499Dm59pvXBGMYEH4w/s320/2A2882BE-5958-404F-9345-F192863F53F1.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjecU_hJw0kRdz6zAL_OERyBg0RffEDtemwD_5un92KT54RKQFsoUzvd6UyrVIf--1JuKzekazAOxo9bgdbzl8c9mEkpsg5LJV_v5a4yXIWFiAKDZXq0eojJnfrVVi-4HEbW4g7EeApQap2zPeSU0yD3NHiCaSMaq26184yGBZlhlsLhquIpWXIi8iC/s4032/98663582-EE12-449D-A087-FAE5D9F5C91D.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjecU_hJw0kRdz6zAL_OERyBg0RffEDtemwD_5un92KT54RKQFsoUzvd6UyrVIf--1JuKzekazAOxo9bgdbzl8c9mEkpsg5LJV_v5a4yXIWFiAKDZXq0eojJnfrVVi-4HEbW4g7EeApQap2zPeSU0yD3NHiCaSMaq26184yGBZlhlsLhquIpWXIi8iC/s320/98663582-EE12-449D-A087-FAE5D9F5C91D.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The main celebrant also had me elevate the chalice during the doxology (another priest had to nudge me to get my attention)….</span></p><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZsn2bXJWERT-yZ5VQ94SwNSIGICzIBDGSxgJqTiP6oH-VOj68B84PvarkSUvQa7mfckHeI1u9w_x3MciC-X6cNJ8zVwxlE7ojcs68U_DH_SglWdCYJqgNRHM86f1ew34JSEWO5wi0JKZ6mY_kZNQ5DOymkgop26t4XY_isp9OdN9WsmqiK2RstzXm/s4032/9F32564D-1D49-42DB-BF28-C890E55431BF.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZsn2bXJWERT-yZ5VQ94SwNSIGICzIBDGSxgJqTiP6oH-VOj68B84PvarkSUvQa7mfckHeI1u9w_x3MciC-X6cNJ8zVwxlE7ojcs68U_DH_SglWdCYJqgNRHM86f1ew34JSEWO5wi0JKZ6mY_kZNQ5DOymkgop26t4XY_isp9OdN9WsmqiK2RstzXm/s320/9F32564D-1D49-42DB-BF28-C890E55431BF.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">…and then I distributed communion to the faithful. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7osUcBYcDQhA23i_NDBqwwH9ye4_Ez8qmnJ0xS0Lf2fmjG3Fv09it9B3wt1gHP6DHpyaKa9xY2WBGkUaKI3FIjS3r7S3orMuB41Mjcya1djBKflxk1MRTDFlyvw8YpNqeQN75YC0p28Ed4ujc3J492PtKj_FAanGDWHlC7XVkY1xNx7UFr0z5yIn8/s4032/998B2B0A-01A4-42A2-91D2-1036ABFE6C41.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7osUcBYcDQhA23i_NDBqwwH9ye4_Ez8qmnJ0xS0Lf2fmjG3Fv09it9B3wt1gHP6DHpyaKa9xY2WBGkUaKI3FIjS3r7S3orMuB41Mjcya1djBKflxk1MRTDFlyvw8YpNqeQN75YC0p28Ed4ujc3J492PtKj_FAanGDWHlC7XVkY1xNx7UFr0z5yIn8/s320/998B2B0A-01A4-42A2-91D2-1036ABFE6C41.jpeg" width="320" /></a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: right;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Now, at this point I should mention that the main celebrant was a bishop from Spain. Earlier, I had asked another priest about him, and I only knew that he was from a small diocese around Barcelona. </span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG9sUm79m_33urw2TSjtE4CypDoP9UDlhTVh479X0RJqN26HIXLRryrtEsV5q3_X6zJpc16X4HBXFpZheEyu1fAYc2u6vUNdSkd5V7u8i-qTVYF-meuWVpZydt4ic1jtJa06fPtmarGkyhYCD_2kiVDaZPFGIlKacCrJyLGlJgG-5TMJUBc5YPvlZJ/s4032/4A8D5DC2-5439-4708-B34D-2E95A0F34987.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG9sUm79m_33urw2TSjtE4CypDoP9UDlhTVh479X0RJqN26HIXLRryrtEsV5q3_X6zJpc16X4HBXFpZheEyu1fAYc2u6vUNdSkd5V7u8i-qTVYF-meuWVpZydt4ic1jtJa06fPtmarGkyhYCD_2kiVDaZPFGIlKacCrJyLGlJgG-5TMJUBc5YPvlZJ/s320/4A8D5DC2-5439-4708-B34D-2E95A0F34987.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Once mass was over we returned to the sacristy. After taking off my vestments, I just lingered for a little bit. I think it was partly to take in what I had just experienced, and also I wanted to thank those people who allowed me to do this. But they’re also seem to be something else that was just keeping me there.</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I noticed that one of the other priests was looking at the registry book, and specifically looking at my entry. He proceeded to come over to me and asked if I was a Marianist. Of course, I said yes, and he went on to tell me that the bishop who had just presided at mass had three brothers who are also Marianists, two of whom I know relatively well: Manolo Cortez who was Superior General and whom I ived with in Rome; and Miguel Angel Cortez whom I met at our last General Chapter. I think my jaw must have hit the floor, because I couldn’t believe this connection. </span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The priest went on to introduce me to the bishop and when he heard that I was a Marianist his eyes lit up. We probably talked for about 15 minutes (in Italian). As I was leaving I told him I couldn’t believe that this happened. He simply commented, “It was a providential meeting.” </span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIG0n6emzgKtpseeTqcLx5ZQqyHoQAl28ID4DrkWAbpSUDtfnPa2z_v6pFwJVn3HgWY2VBdSE42e8fGT5oztQl75g_SC9lvJxu1AdxUGN6evYG4sAiKaf2ZPcm80WmzxCYzeRbizLOJIqQHhPGsE-IDS7O8N1772Krqam1XyhQr8STtQbBdTZcannY/s4032/3C6DA8CE-4AAA-4104-9363-2A8713E2F526.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIG0n6emzgKtpseeTqcLx5ZQqyHoQAl28ID4DrkWAbpSUDtfnPa2z_v6pFwJVn3HgWY2VBdSE42e8fGT5oztQl75g_SC9lvJxu1AdxUGN6evYG4sAiKaf2ZPcm80WmzxCYzeRbizLOJIqQHhPGsE-IDS7O8N1772Krqam1XyhQr8STtQbBdTZcannY/s320/3C6DA8CE-4AAA-4104-9363-2A8713E2F526.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I should tell you that once again the botafumeiro was not used at this later mass. However, I think that at least for me this mass will be very memorable. </span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Buen Camino!</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" />Fr. Bob Jones, SMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09190485668223141934noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413223267639378754.post-20758427246220293242022-07-06T09:55:00.006+02:002022-07-06T14:09:27.994+02:00Finisterre<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">To the end of the world!</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7eJZb54srtrYyCNTkslcKI8Ajn149wWLxsDHmmmd51qomGyscLNIoLkANfFHLNg6YNoH5mTpY48EW0K8GUQx-4P4Zgu-Sc3SqSmDPHjJODP9XeWPcYs4cg_b5XMs2E_cb273HDnB5taIBOfRM-3CUhF56Ovb68-S8XE2lQHzblHO4nuOOvG-UHAWX/s4032/8AD3E5E2-A26D-4416-8B16-DFDBDEE3C7D7.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7eJZb54srtrYyCNTkslcKI8Ajn149wWLxsDHmmmd51qomGyscLNIoLkANfFHLNg6YNoH5mTpY48EW0K8GUQx-4P4Zgu-Sc3SqSmDPHjJODP9XeWPcYs4cg_b5XMs2E_cb273HDnB5taIBOfRM-3CUhF56Ovb68-S8XE2lQHzblHO4nuOOvG-UHAWX/s320/8AD3E5E2-A26D-4416-8B16-DFDBDEE3C7D7.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We made one final excursion on our camino journey. We took a bus to the western coast of Spain to Finisterre. The name of the town comes from the Latin finis + terra meaning “the end of the earth.” In medieval Europe they thought that this quite literally was the end of the earth. It makes sense because when you are on the coast it appears as if the ocean just falls off at the horizon and there is nothing else out there.</span></p><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-42vp4qszlIf_pk_BUT_gJcQ2STn2UnNtgj9YNxW6e7wlEP6L7p1tXAy40iii9ImOXYaKMJuE7MKoKUV3HoQo3GjR__MCdC7lj67fgjAqyLXHraJ9FxhMh6PdIk3-raZEo0XyobeWUeULUfqGdNbX_8rjJEbwe5HdAYbBkgrvQhEmNNFisq6tY_rC/s4032/0AC8F70C-C48F-4C69-8E96-4B98CD9F8863.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-42vp4qszlIf_pk_BUT_gJcQ2STn2UnNtgj9YNxW6e7wlEP6L7p1tXAy40iii9ImOXYaKMJuE7MKoKUV3HoQo3GjR__MCdC7lj67fgjAqyLXHraJ9FxhMh6PdIk3-raZEo0XyobeWUeULUfqGdNbX_8rjJEbwe5HdAYbBkgrvQhEmNNFisq6tY_rC/s320/0AC8F70C-C48F-4C69-8E96-4B98CD9F8863.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfGfzCb8KQffU8BaYKurLbbr1q_m0FNDh1Xi6ViFC0XkcczKHxc8brdKnPTa22CAO_VOORydc2aYvlykRm_bNcSPY9gixrCyVlTY66sL6HRzD2ri1Hb82rmizy0wlkUWELrybCwVFQso8jOEpyoCuSNY0PNJZ47b30vLypvAa3k8IyCAwpYX3GvG1p/s4032/A7786960-DC67-4F35-B705-271440D2D9F6.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfGfzCb8KQffU8BaYKurLbbr1q_m0FNDh1Xi6ViFC0XkcczKHxc8brdKnPTa22CAO_VOORydc2aYvlykRm_bNcSPY9gixrCyVlTY66sL6HRzD2ri1Hb82rmizy0wlkUWELrybCwVFQso8jOEpyoCuSNY0PNJZ47b30vLypvAa3k8IyCAwpYX3GvG1p/s320/A7786960-DC67-4F35-B705-271440D2D9F6.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwTca26W3bozSl227Uz6j_8TzGg_oEwJ1KFhZnIfjyXwAFsPeM2lZi4nFiP_KiyP87eihTW-aLQDpQSww_FI3yDXpZkcctI7FcR7XpbWhGuZV-r2mCCVQfBKyKAB9QgK8xl7MYqF7HA3XzBsZhFQ0bCGndDP-yDBxRDhmhD9fgmC2cYHDhMZcApuGw/s4032/8B57954B-2190-4B77-9C5A-E0757CB70911.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwTca26W3bozSl227Uz6j_8TzGg_oEwJ1KFhZnIfjyXwAFsPeM2lZi4nFiP_KiyP87eihTW-aLQDpQSww_FI3yDXpZkcctI7FcR7XpbWhGuZV-r2mCCVQfBKyKAB9QgK8xl7MYqF7HA3XzBsZhFQ0bCGndDP-yDBxRDhmhD9fgmC2cYHDhMZcApuGw/w315-h240/8B57954B-2190-4B77-9C5A-E0757CB70911.jpeg" width="315" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">[Me “falling off” at the end of the world.]</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Originally, we were hoping to have time to walk here. However, due to time constraints it will have to wait for another day. We were able, though, to see the official 0 km sign. </span></p><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2MObzpQHHxE5nl7p8VztB6h4J70g8Io3mTM6KRHVvCo8ec2J7tVhTBLPSjpxJa7LvecA321i50pTefwDn01gydeK6PdFqaz0_o9LZopQYmxOqK3ppmKM3RHfLnghJ3YATi_2w5RUoMke6qT4GvBPropjFFy430CYG2Q91VncweaT62geBwHoBoYZC/s4032/9595F82B-BC8C-47B6-94C8-51FD9B4BB90E.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2MObzpQHHxE5nl7p8VztB6h4J70g8Io3mTM6KRHVvCo8ec2J7tVhTBLPSjpxJa7LvecA321i50pTefwDn01gydeK6PdFqaz0_o9LZopQYmxOqK3ppmKM3RHfLnghJ3YATi_2w5RUoMke6qT4GvBPropjFFy430CYG2Q91VncweaT62geBwHoBoYZC/s320/9595F82B-BC8C-47B6-94C8-51FD9B4BB90E.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></span></div><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Coming here was a wonderful end to this adventure. We visited the ocean and even went for a swim in the fairly cold water.</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsc0Wnalr748gv7LKwnFLmPMnkL4gyW_AzikDfv6AXGjxUyP4Uuy2luY4jD9aIWQKXfkMvkV0u-Qk37QAhAstnailhHCrhPwN0l2LlQdyEDwzOkzsNHYYq6q9MAQBlP4HmNJm6-9aw14If-mKktnmxrjoWc1d7PB3TKc_xoLhbCmsK9UDyn-8wTRRN/s4032/2A61249A-414A-48F3-8785-DF646D36319B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsc0Wnalr748gv7LKwnFLmPMnkL4gyW_AzikDfv6AXGjxUyP4Uuy2luY4jD9aIWQKXfkMvkV0u-Qk37QAhAstnailhHCrhPwN0l2LlQdyEDwzOkzsNHYYq6q9MAQBlP4HmNJm6-9aw14If-mKktnmxrjoWc1d7PB3TKc_xoLhbCmsK9UDyn-8wTRRN/s320/2A61249A-414A-48F3-8785-DF646D36319B.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It was a beautiful day of relaxation, of fun and of reflection. The sun may have set on this Camino, but we are still all pilgrims walking our own caminos every day. </span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3SSChWL8zyAVR8xLLduh-HDXvZ5dD42U6NlSvms9BIMNAHNCtBqv_P44KN-cNw3C9K9XrVX_001QuJPqEp_bW0uiandbpH1VI01SHWzhNRgDF7CK2NxUY7ixZZJ4s6bUa0f2zXpNzI4WTdCOAYkK9-sXBGglo5jq0aAtBfjshasvBcZfuWaiNqrIe/s4032/2095DDFA-458E-4646-9700-87B7CD120155.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3SSChWL8zyAVR8xLLduh-HDXvZ5dD42U6NlSvms9BIMNAHNCtBqv_P44KN-cNw3C9K9XrVX_001QuJPqEp_bW0uiandbpH1VI01SHWzhNRgDF7CK2NxUY7ixZZJ4s6bUa0f2zXpNzI4WTdCOAYkK9-sXBGglo5jq0aAtBfjshasvBcZfuWaiNqrIe/s320/2095DDFA-458E-4646-9700-87B7CD120155.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaUg2_S1otwv-wKB5AD-eF7Oovc9qWXV1rh6a3eyiVhNFnpeT1kKKVHC7FaOl-oupQ5Slf3Ux-a4xP0wWXLIGam8c-gIiLAhYQWr-CqVE9DrTe7F1psUg3voIr4V5sHLW4r0WX19ih-3WWQXdlI5alYQ5q1L0Uzkx2Zisj4d4LmJXc9I2j8oRXRP8f/s480/93597152-3927-41C8-867D-EE007F95DC2F.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="480" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaUg2_S1otwv-wKB5AD-eF7Oovc9qWXV1rh6a3eyiVhNFnpeT1kKKVHC7FaOl-oupQ5Slf3Ux-a4xP0wWXLIGam8c-gIiLAhYQWr-CqVE9DrTe7F1psUg3voIr4V5sHLW4r0WX19ih-3WWQXdlI5alYQ5q1L0Uzkx2Zisj4d4LmJXc9I2j8oRXRP8f/s320/93597152-3927-41C8-867D-EE007F95DC2F.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Buen Camino!</span></p>Fr. Bob Jones, SMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09190485668223141934noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413223267639378754.post-40826324663791501742022-07-05T14:36:00.000+02:002022-07-05T14:36:08.908+02:0034 Salceda to Santiago - 17 miles<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">We made it!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmEpWK-xkaDjFw7SI4rTk4j_u6NjdoibTeMQIbxBiXAxgsMhrCBexyvyYeVr3aCqrDbK4zPg3qoqshF7k7tsPRldA-Taqtb7lpc1YLjBm1iAiyqnBMiT2jjMa6oQLxLwdjLmFqCa6Qo6h486HRw1-hPqjke7n08Og-3VqBr_Io4dV9WLGOoZdngYat/s4032/9A1E870D-FE0D-4DB0-9A84-01D0EE9C5C38.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmEpWK-xkaDjFw7SI4rTk4j_u6NjdoibTeMQIbxBiXAxgsMhrCBexyvyYeVr3aCqrDbK4zPg3qoqshF7k7tsPRldA-Taqtb7lpc1YLjBm1iAiyqnBMiT2jjMa6oQLxLwdjLmFqCa6Qo6h486HRw1-hPqjke7n08Og-3VqBr_Io4dV9WLGOoZdngYat/s320/9A1E870D-FE0D-4DB0-9A84-01D0EE9C5C38.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Today was our final walk that would lead us to our destination of Santiago. But why Santiago? Tradition holds that the relics of St. James the Apostle are in the cathedral of Santiago, and so a pilgrimage route began in medieval times. </span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We left our final albergue, and the route was very similar to what we had experienced before…many little towns and the countryside to walk through. </span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcwNU4qxNEyf-zNAV6grmdSHzPJc8czYCTLbWWiMRsVaDesn7CrJHwK-vW1Q82xF5MT1ks0c0XfA55j6xSOHUtWooCU5zv8bGExf0r0NgwHlKstGRib5kDnX7H41rx2B2vzA-IgwohA94_6hykgOhrsBAwXNaU0ZseizpN1581pCtLEVUQMaaoPai8/s4032/0B31C083-8DA3-4F77-93BB-3A01060D73AF.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">However, the anticipation was growing as the signpost mileage markers kept going downward. After all, we were headed towards 0,0 km! It was pretty cool to reach the 10km point. </span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglNYMwnx_eUiv_9SHtSSBb1yT8zadtgf7C_rMlT4ktPzY0BNApI7c0-_KaPLGRIOndbsycA8WufVqDzxp7qdfEuFwlMObKnPlvPF3ak0I1Izv_n4K-XEToGF7Pkxu8fsFK63N-FY_8FB5H1SrRotLbPqfLIpbMwyQs0-dxkhNF7s607mLxTvvZxIXf/s1800/86C27A4C-1BD3-4924-B2FF-E366C69C6C0E.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglNYMwnx_eUiv_9SHtSSBb1yT8zadtgf7C_rMlT4ktPzY0BNApI7c0-_KaPLGRIOndbsycA8WufVqDzxp7qdfEuFwlMObKnPlvPF3ak0I1Izv_n4K-XEToGF7Pkxu8fsFK63N-FY_8FB5H1SrRotLbPqfLIpbMwyQs0-dxkhNF7s607mLxTvvZxIXf/s320/86C27A4C-1BD3-4924-B2FF-E366C69C6C0E.jpeg" width="256" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSp5GJ9t03sOpIIwo5JibuhWYJwAar_CNqVlqascJomnMYpn54a8w5IUANz6XS5ryCh-6S5LYpF3x0EDELfOaZMrwhy8mR34LIzRRL33ACkTDseaMBhGwEvHKyISSxUtfo83MTHKuVrk0Qn0pxaoaoSdDPrzUG7O2Gem-_q8g3yN5q7BPIk5wxTdUR/s4032/EF7D5BE6-F1CC-4DC3-87EE-224A94763D34.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSp5GJ9t03sOpIIwo5JibuhWYJwAar_CNqVlqascJomnMYpn54a8w5IUANz6XS5ryCh-6S5LYpF3x0EDELfOaZMrwhy8mR34LIzRRL33ACkTDseaMBhGwEvHKyISSxUtfo83MTHKuVrk0Qn0pxaoaoSdDPrzUG7O2Gem-_q8g3yN5q7BPIk5wxTdUR/s320/EF7D5BE6-F1CC-4DC3-87EE-224A94763D34.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Just on the edge of Santiago, there is a pilgrim statue that points the way to the cathedral and the apostle. 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vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">…until we arrived at the cathedral plaza. 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font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It was fun to see fellow pilgrims that we had met along the way including this nice couple from Washington, DC. </span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN69tbchwbhWXBI4xS7_ERg51A4V1IiojDcW5wbdCT97XjS8qhP-xaS2gmYZQqGop4osKF7X3BTE-P-Aisjx16j_9EPtEyE32Kwo5Y7nuzfh9zlNz6S2RMG9NduOAIkCIJvDpApP5RpVyv7JSitHYiTrYDh9-i37AEX1mpciuIgEwnPR6oNwF72XGK/s4032/6EE9531D-03B3-43DE-989F-133DB82DA716.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN69tbchwbhWXBI4xS7_ERg51A4V1IiojDcW5wbdCT97XjS8qhP-xaS2gmYZQqGop4osKF7X3BTE-P-Aisjx16j_9EPtEyE32Kwo5Y7nuzfh9zlNz6S2RMG9NduOAIkCIJvDpApP5RpVyv7JSitHYiTrYDh9-i37AEX1mpciuIgEwnPR6oNwF72XGK/s320/6EE9531D-03B3-43DE-989F-133DB82DA716.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After taking a break, we headed to the Pilgrim Office where we received our “Compostela” - the official document from the Cathedral testifying that we had completed the pilgrimage. </span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Our friend Sarah had not been feeling well a few days earlier, but she was able to catch up with us later in the evening, so we accompanied her (and her rubber chicken) to the cathedral. </span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We are spending a few days in Santiago at a Marist residence. The Marists are another religious order (very similar to the Marianists.) Michelle is a Lay Marist and made the arrangements. The hospitality they are showing us has been wonderful. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEw9f7jxldNy9lKpqLPyZ2zCJFOo3BaF2BgHgzBlghBXsgAj-Ku01pQCPMnMMGJpmpPtNLcH8kB_Syikx-QPS0LlpqylQleK3SEkethwYJ8Ti4GDWKkaNplrOhfQPPkVVVgZyUl4SOk1BdPB1Hcdsw35TCA8mVH7m9zTv9M2dnt5SMSX97kg2uPFXB/s4032/7C754998-BC79-419E-B8E5-B3757EF7E860.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEw9f7jxldNy9lKpqLPyZ2zCJFOo3BaF2BgHgzBlghBXsgAj-Ku01pQCPMnMMGJpmpPtNLcH8kB_Syikx-QPS0LlpqylQleK3SEkethwYJ8Ti4GDWKkaNplrOhfQPPkVVVgZyUl4SOk1BdPB1Hcdsw35TCA8mVH7m9zTv9M2dnt5SMSX97kg2uPFXB/s320/7C754998-BC79-419E-B8E5-B3757EF7E860.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Many have said they will miss these updates. Don’t worry, there are more to come. I’m not home yet :)</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Buen Camino!</span></p>Fr. Bob Jones, SMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09190485668223141934noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413223267639378754.post-58431356230313671582022-07-02T23:57:00.000+02:002022-07-02T23:57:47.486+02:0033 Melide to Salcede - 16 miles<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tomorrow is the day!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-gttiUYmCxskunbYVP6E3yRpzgLD76T8iIYCV0vPz3ggst8c2kOJ_xg0XWRAQcJh9-wZL5nLohvBboLIBQ8jEuYDaUa2a5C6xEIQd7pXyX-qd04HlMqX9Zn5bEUhQslfiLazXdPCWThR88Clwu84wU1towyajMfWrNc198fXhm9c1Sw2GR55BRuNO/s4032/9151D82B-3100-4EBC-916F-A71A44B4ED6F.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-gttiUYmCxskunbYVP6E3yRpzgLD76T8iIYCV0vPz3ggst8c2kOJ_xg0XWRAQcJh9-wZL5nLohvBboLIBQ8jEuYDaUa2a5C6xEIQd7pXyX-qd04HlMqX9Zn5bEUhQslfiLazXdPCWThR88Clwu84wU1towyajMfWrNc198fXhm9c1Sw2GR55BRuNO/s320/9151D82B-3100-4EBC-916F-A71A44B4ED6F.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I don’t know which one is more difficult to believe. That we have been walking for 33 days. Or that tomorrow is our final day and we arrive in Santiago.</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I have found that these past couple of days, as we near the end of this pilgrimage, I have not taken as many pictures. I think it’s because I have been a bit more contemplative, thinking of all of the experiences of these past several weeks. (I also realize that I’m getting tired and some day just want to reach the day’s destination quickly :)</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In a special way, however, I have had a sense of deep gratitude for all who have been with me on this journey. Whether physically traveling with me to Santiago or with me in spirit, you have made this pilgrimage so meaningful. Thank you for your support, encouragement, laughter, for reading what I write, and above all for your prayers. This pilgrimage has been an incredible experience and knowing that you have been with me has made it all that more incredible.</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Stay tuned for tomorrow’s grand conclusion in Santiago, and stay tuned as I’m sure I will continue to reflect and muse on these experiences in the days, weeks, months and even years ahead.</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; 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Bob Jones, SMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09190485668223141934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413223267639378754.post-34985191810099207622022-07-01T18:33:00.002+02:002022-07-01T18:34:16.350+02:0032 Ventas de Narón to Melide - 16.5 miles<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">What a difference a day makes. </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT3sQR6E3JtdFSfL4-j1XLSK7nySkW3km85pfCQ2cyXmK8LRx3FZ8f5ArY6cbIC_dw8YVh6wn1bcoR72lwC9PwoWIRgyPkf6HCp260LE9ZRnhc4rSaoKhXNxRpiLnyb0QjagBbR-NEJ7TxbmhoUp5u76UfdJsDA6tHenEgq0PCT2Hrf9pkhOwO1uHs/s4032/9C09619A-2B1C-4776-8DAB-E60334359214.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT3sQR6E3JtdFSfL4-j1XLSK7nySkW3km85pfCQ2cyXmK8LRx3FZ8f5ArY6cbIC_dw8YVh6wn1bcoR72lwC9PwoWIRgyPkf6HCp260LE9ZRnhc4rSaoKhXNxRpiLnyb0QjagBbR-NEJ7TxbmhoUp5u76UfdJsDA6tHenEgq0PCT2Hrf9pkhOwO1uHs/s320/9C09619A-2B1C-4776-8DAB-E60334359214.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Yesterday, I just wasn’t feeling it. We have been walking now for over a month and I think I was just really tired. All I wanted to do was get to the destination. Which I did and which gave me a good pizza dinner and a really good night's sleep. (My family will tell you that a well-fed Bob and a well-rested Bob is a well-Bob!) </span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So when I woke up this morning, well rested, I was in a much better mood and knew it would be a good day. 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There, is the church of Saint Tirsus. You hear his name a lot around here but I cannot figure out who he is. My hunch is he goes by another name. If anyone has any insight I’d love to hear it. There was a beautiful statue of Our Lady of Perpetual Help and, of course, St. James. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4zWuoWRYBuvrVFgKMeazi_HQZ85jr3op9xGerC1pw6F5wSrbiFRKZ9QlwN1g08lv89vcjwqsGi6gp6EdMejhqqBlOAO-jxGGjZhnQl99zKrdGT7zz4aQv2od00snkWnCkPmjuEMLiIj0DH9c8PQec3DXukTmjSVkSHND1Xo2YwHT4THS63OA5-nEv/s4032/33C2E88C-4AD5-42AE-A5F2-8340046B99F7.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: 11pt; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4zWuoWRYBuvrVFgKMeazi_HQZ85jr3op9xGerC1pw6F5wSrbiFRKZ9QlwN1g08lv89vcjwqsGi6gp6EdMejhqqBlOAO-jxGGjZhnQl99zKrdGT7zz4aQv2od00snkWnCkPmjuEMLiIj0DH9c8PQec3DXukTmjSVkSHND1Xo2YwHT4THS63OA5-nEv/s320/33C2E88C-4AD5-42AE-A5F2-8340046B99F7.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Bob Jones, SMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09190485668223141934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413223267639378754.post-28295145839862924592022-06-30T19:02:00.001+02:002022-06-30T19:08:15.829+02:0031 Morgade to Ventas de Narón - 15 miles<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Just a day on the Camino. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQZ7hMkkTNMvjvsm1Mf9Y5Ijas60nyqCILGwB-u8PXjI8UA9ga2BxatLiv2a4Eb2CH7_KsJEabM77CwqSFkhDElvumY2kcGblM5-pTllMGS8RaW0E3CN0pgEBZv4-kCuVqaB4659lpb1ekiKIBmm52pmCaS3I4Qda7XK1qPp5Am1sFU2ArYlqL0XPA/s4032/0B30B2D3-78F0-43A9-8D78-D27C0573A906.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQZ7hMkkTNMvjvsm1Mf9Y5Ijas60nyqCILGwB-u8PXjI8UA9ga2BxatLiv2a4Eb2CH7_KsJEabM77CwqSFkhDElvumY2kcGblM5-pTllMGS8RaW0E3CN0pgEBZv4-kCuVqaB4659lpb1ekiKIBmm52pmCaS3I4Qda7XK1qPp5Am1sFU2ArYlqL0XPA/s320/0B30B2D3-78F0-43A9-8D78-D27C0573A906.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I have to admit that nothing really spectacular happened on the Camino today, but that’s okay. On day 31 I can tell that my body is getting tired, but then again we did walk 15 miles afain and it’s still pretty gosh darn beautiful. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY72fvoNJb5ONTNzlnc0rMD_BvcKZeS0LBC0MF82msZNscAM4bxAWW3tNPkByNpQYbMpE3XNRJwmzRErsUa7BKU8cTmlza32zDJXwBsQTBZG-6qIrB_BQ5Y7IPAIKoiBMUr-v6-MQNUAuM5xaGQAO-_Huy6L8N_l2Yx2rOU2UBbKixuo4_J-cjPDGr/s4032/0AC1E97B-F6D1-4294-828B-90D3347A72EF.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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After today we have about 48 more miles to go, and we will cover that distance in three days.</span></p><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxl-IjXJI-3D19mwd3o71fCUgHiqJznJhP2YNPkRxxo7VkPFRGX_dEwfpUVtp4kyw0JpDdKX56SQRJrO9M7BcxyaOeTXIs_fy7vWEtIaYlh51jF9UFHv6QK-5RnzlTzsfMIcjHjVsZxPR3GjwNR3uNRUyuGnao16pi5wITm31XD0FFzRR8gbxF9elA/s1800/7DF5A6BE-E289-49F7-854B-3CCEEB678412.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxl-IjXJI-3D19mwd3o71fCUgHiqJznJhP2YNPkRxxo7VkPFRGX_dEwfpUVtp4kyw0JpDdKX56SQRJrO9M7BcxyaOeTXIs_fy7vWEtIaYlh51jF9UFHv6QK-5RnzlTzsfMIcjHjVsZxPR3GjwNR3uNRUyuGnao16pi5wITm31XD0FFzRR8gbxF9elA/s320/7DF5A6BE-E289-49F7-854B-3CCEEB678412.jpeg" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Evidently, when they built the reservoir in the 60s they had to move several important buildings brick by brick, including the main church of Saint Nicholas. </span></p><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-5kT2iy-MuYr_X61s8VdQD4on0Frf-2AcZPfrltF5Z3sjrZx8FmEN5eHKAMHH7tCahtQCex2AtmCdl2MWqgFNk8xeReMgwNhNUGhEaCnzZeu0jEqCDGmNpLPUXt7CRpbcrtB78Se0m7HK_JmfkODzqnVR49hOekH52GmXdA3tve83IaAyRFCzzdwj/s4032/0D120B61-B3B9-4905-81DE-A3E42571EE19.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-5kT2iy-MuYr_X61s8VdQD4on0Frf-2AcZPfrltF5Z3sjrZx8FmEN5eHKAMHH7tCahtQCex2AtmCdl2MWqgFNk8xeReMgwNhNUGhEaCnzZeu0jEqCDGmNpLPUXt7CRpbcrtB78Se0m7HK_JmfkODzqnVR49hOekH52GmXdA3tve83IaAyRFCzzdwj/s320/0D120B61-B3B9-4905-81DE-A3E42571EE19.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div></div><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To get into Portomarín you cross over the old bridge by going up 42 stairs. There was an option to bypass this but when you’re a pilgrim on the Camino you follow the path.</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi64jBMC5Be0rOBS4BsUnbxoioNZmlyZb5p24ojXzu3ndPFSUMY2aSjbW-XHQoZVQESMZGkWhUlwnyeMfbbFmONdDGPD30Rp6VOpMu37ZD9apaVBMCrj_e2tuTjtU-e-w7NWIuIKtUOkBOkrMz-jKGDlckFQHEHwCybcc8U_SmQQn9F4u7pVpTStcZ/s4032/46DB8050-15E8-4102-B86C-77F76D04AAF2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi64jBMC5Be0rOBS4BsUnbxoioNZmlyZb5p24ojXzu3ndPFSUMY2aSjbW-XHQoZVQESMZGkWhUlwnyeMfbbFmONdDGPD30Rp6VOpMu37ZD9apaVBMCrj_e2tuTjtU-e-w7NWIuIKtUOkBOkrMz-jKGDlckFQHEHwCybcc8U_SmQQn9F4u7pVpTStcZ/s320/46DB8050-15E8-4102-B86C-77F76D04AAF2.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMqt1klYLHrPJJtcdYJHS-XerpDNFAppFhKyKmVSoyQYh5RNUrgfxq2U-MDZ5FN88MTRONjOfgWYbO6xRgiT-A7PN_9xIwJ-3QVbTXSbOzPhhbMypjE7cT9bmDMd9asUywAQiQDXeosz4m7hf67DuFmcBpjJouKjCdEG-E-GG-GcCzRXLRxOElCZz9/s4032/7C50FCA6-42F2-40B1-8C02-4D6D892FEECC.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMqt1klYLHrPJJtcdYJHS-XerpDNFAppFhKyKmVSoyQYh5RNUrgfxq2U-MDZ5FN88MTRONjOfgWYbO6xRgiT-A7PN_9xIwJ-3QVbTXSbOzPhhbMypjE7cT9bmDMd9asUywAQiQDXeosz4m7hf67DuFmcBpjJouKjCdEG-E-GG-GcCzRXLRxOElCZz9/s320/7C50FCA6-42F2-40B1-8C02-4D6D892FEECC.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcosFvQjkIW19DfNlcUMXhjkatkTrVF2blG9xqt3rFQk6zrMC482fOd5S1r6I50HUgB9vL4wjMzlW5Gch7ifGExjVF8FrHobVACEXPotaHj8SkkQDSXELBpAw6U2waejvQ-wewn5MktnBeYKxvaUNQSGiBvBaAHI7ZJjXvWnQaVo0r7_HstOLbN16K/s4032/5E13A033-1441-4706-A600-51B41D954DC1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcosFvQjkIW19DfNlcUMXhjkatkTrVF2blG9xqt3rFQk6zrMC482fOd5S1r6I50HUgB9vL4wjMzlW5Gch7ifGExjVF8FrHobVACEXPotaHj8SkkQDSXELBpAw6U2waejvQ-wewn5MktnBeYKxvaUNQSGiBvBaAHI7ZJjXvWnQaVo0r7_HstOLbN16K/s320/5E13A033-1441-4706-A600-51B41D954DC1.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Except when you don’t follow the path. Michelle and I were walking along today and a large tour bus stopped in front of us. I thought they were just letting us pass by, but then I saw the tour guide waving his hands in a circular motion. He stepped out of the bus (and happened to be from England so he could speak English) and told us, “You made a classic mistake.” We missed a turn and were not on the actual Camino path. Luckily we weren’t too far off and he told us that many people miss this particular sign.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlBtleDAX6_APXnKF-u78ciBvIdO9iYp8QvUvHmftO9lmAFcwxcjOsRXAcpLb9QjBcpMbte4viuXxejc2QjrPnzH6SPZw583HKGGLqZC8V07pAU5LDvc1ISQ8T7D5kgKL5GUuHpnCZLWoRXmENmvwlJtVQ1ZG9MlD23OG-9ta5E_Vhx7HJGSKAl798/s4032/25404281-D182-4690-9389-1045937442D6.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlBtleDAX6_APXnKF-u78ciBvIdO9iYp8QvUvHmftO9lmAFcwxcjOsRXAcpLb9QjBcpMbte4viuXxejc2QjrPnzH6SPZw583HKGGLqZC8V07pAU5LDvc1ISQ8T7D5kgKL5GUuHpnCZLWoRXmENmvwlJtVQ1ZG9MlD23OG-9ta5E_Vhx7HJGSKAl798/s320/25404281-D182-4690-9389-1045937442D6.jpeg" width="240" /></a></span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">The day ended with us getting to Ventas de Narón where we are spending the night. By the way, it is currently 6:30 in the evening and only 64°. I’m actually a little chilly right now! In the end, I guess it was an exceptional day after all because I get to be on the Camino. </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; clear: both; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDTLgE-_LD1cQgtLswZrXo7WxYyQuGpWktzDR6T-zjygDz_gv6Y15v9IDUDsKKylVru7UuzHOXQ7cagzy-LTpezVKtVWJ_mGAA5rQ5dCOY29s-8i48qkHyZIlEweUPQmoal-E_YnppSHY04nB9TKRYFc02-vX-7ZA3-9TvFQe7b4wDgJyHUf_o8-bs/s3088/B580177E-92CC-4E66-99A6-899A8F3DE676.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDTLgE-_LD1cQgtLswZrXo7WxYyQuGpWktzDR6T-zjygDz_gv6Y15v9IDUDsKKylVru7UuzHOXQ7cagzy-LTpezVKtVWJ_mGAA5rQ5dCOY29s-8i48qkHyZIlEweUPQmoal-E_YnppSHY04nB9TKRYFc02-vX-7ZA3-9TvFQe7b4wDgJyHUf_o8-bs/s320/B580177E-92CC-4E66-99A6-899A8F3DE676.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; clear: both; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrtaJgo9A5Ouk5BqzULD79x-6E_EV0wto0TAiFn7Nr8PAH22dm-8hEkUJOTLz2k55TwTo87STPVtlBvcGVR_MMX9jmuXQQY78MReUtPOJTGT1RhC0ouvV4CurxtDdIMwAESd1FsIa1FVGtzMEi0MNDrr0xVNH2dgzBeXhK527gBPMtKtTTUcBmPWOf/s4032/6BAD3285-3AB3-4CB0-BEBF-542AB2AA6780.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrtaJgo9A5Ouk5BqzULD79x-6E_EV0wto0TAiFn7Nr8PAH22dm-8hEkUJOTLz2k55TwTo87STPVtlBvcGVR_MMX9jmuXQQY78MReUtPOJTGT1RhC0ouvV4CurxtDdIMwAESd1FsIa1FVGtzMEi0MNDrr0xVNH2dgzBeXhK527gBPMtKtTTUcBmPWOf/s320/6BAD3285-3AB3-4CB0-BEBF-542AB2AA6780.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkLEdUvTd5WfCrhiya2lZ4nqzY-QaTNpGbx3kzYW0Xy4pnUMjwfs1AXS1L4IvrOSjtomuCK-OmpPXWyfEnTO6uwg_7dHibB8Ur8LeSEBBD3eOBPDkN_M4jiT96fnMkKuUZGeeUP3NHxYoJRhzta6lpTbCAcLXCrSTuhLpSfSkRql-gQFVL5533Pf7F/s4032/F3786F79-C1DD-4502-A1F2-8EB9F5874ACA.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkLEdUvTd5WfCrhiya2lZ4nqzY-QaTNpGbx3kzYW0Xy4pnUMjwfs1AXS1L4IvrOSjtomuCK-OmpPXWyfEnTO6uwg_7dHibB8Ur8LeSEBBD3eOBPDkN_M4jiT96fnMkKuUZGeeUP3NHxYoJRhzta6lpTbCAcLXCrSTuhLpSfSkRql-gQFVL5533Pf7F/s320/F3786F79-C1DD-4502-A1F2-8EB9F5874ACA.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div></div><p></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Buen Camino!</span></p>Fr. Bob Jones, SMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09190485668223141934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413223267639378754.post-76724275009135050442022-06-29T21:05:00.001+02:002022-06-29T21:05:51.951+02:0030 Samos to Morgade - 17 miles<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Making connections on the Camino. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Starting off today we knew it was going to be a long day. About 17 miles was the plan. And we accomplished it. I will admit however, that I am pretty tired and sore tonight. After all, today is day 30 of walking. It’s hard to believe that we’ve been doing this for a month, and perhaps more difficult to believe is that we will reach our destination of Santiago in just four more days.</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3LgBRofLhl7_ce8MOnXt4yt4MJVj0rvo3wm_88NtpMCoGIY-gSeI21wDtv8Dgsjvtist52Y1bUWrn96zs1ela9SIv66NXMKqo3jnltIoPMpgawh0o79ZKpSayqZrOmSgd2V29o_nNHd1yqIMMgNheq8CaXLr62MCxRoFSSV2lMlPLVBSzKvjgi2DG/s4032/782CFEA6-2E12-42B1-844F-0BB9908C5F89.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3LgBRofLhl7_ce8MOnXt4yt4MJVj0rvo3wm_88NtpMCoGIY-gSeI21wDtv8Dgsjvtist52Y1bUWrn96zs1ela9SIv66NXMKqo3jnltIoPMpgawh0o79ZKpSayqZrOmSgd2V29o_nNHd1yqIMMgNheq8CaXLr62MCxRoFSSV2lMlPLVBSzKvjgi2DG/s320/782CFEA6-2E12-42B1-844F-0BB9908C5F89.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsr3mAqY23zjRtnrVuR2yv_eB69pkd7bqlrFNjU49woTfi1nUoIlZlFSAbZJRwc9WKcHqFmEIxhf6CkoBiIwyhv5UBky5tup4Uy6b-JnWxUPNw3AWQuMNNE_1t-H3ZFno57Dd7O_wVJjK-zwVZ40dD8szgzmhwjfLpacEfUP-peYKjzUaMZ0DvVdoF/s4032/1260EF02-3EA5-4C87-ADC2-104A1EC85C76.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsr3mAqY23zjRtnrVuR2yv_eB69pkd7bqlrFNjU49woTfi1nUoIlZlFSAbZJRwc9WKcHqFmEIxhf6CkoBiIwyhv5UBky5tup4Uy6b-JnWxUPNw3AWQuMNNE_1t-H3ZFno57Dd7O_wVJjK-zwVZ40dD8szgzmhwjfLpacEfUP-peYKjzUaMZ0DvVdoF/s320/1260EF02-3EA5-4C87-ADC2-104A1EC85C76.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Early on today we met a father and his nine-year-old daughter that are on the Camino. It just shows that pilgrims come in all shapes, sizes, and ages. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfPHwdVcMAdEpMSmlBjN50izLTpm0Z2bu6ss-MCqklmYGZoogW0nfTYIIHCjXaTmpJHVhmA2VbqSHr4rNxUjENVFJMOGpJUlyk-uACe7apoUVWX0WZGFzP-IhhxePbZcAQ1AeRDFcVatahdIIb0l5MAXnAE7BexIIzhk6MEcWBnj03eOV-XJXOxsKp/s4032/DBC1C71F-EFC9-4A0B-8EE3-3997330FEDF3.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfPHwdVcMAdEpMSmlBjN50izLTpm0Z2bu6ss-MCqklmYGZoogW0nfTYIIHCjXaTmpJHVhmA2VbqSHr4rNxUjENVFJMOGpJUlyk-uACe7apoUVWX0WZGFzP-IhhxePbZcAQ1AeRDFcVatahdIIb0l5MAXnAE7BexIIzhk6MEcWBnj03eOV-XJXOxsKp/s320/DBC1C71F-EFC9-4A0B-8EE3-3997330FEDF3.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; 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So, we were happy when we came upon what looked like a place to get a snack. We weren’t sure though because it looked more like a little house and it was rather dark. But, as we got closer we were welcomed by a pleasant woman (unfortunately I didn’t get her name) who welcomed us inside and directed us to the fireplace. We ordered coffees and she brought them to us along with a piece of homemade cake that was delicious. I asked for the recipe and she gave it to me: eggs, sugar, flour, and some secret ingredients.</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHWoz2L4xru1Oa8xQ9wVbbcK_OnS0kzhBnk7-TfOsrOJ1uOUljCjuJkfrBZkOOCx1meO4H8SN0CqbafvhUyFz6IBYe2aEB1OtAloBHjx5Nbog7d4vp3D6_aGtK62b_cJfMezrOjvR8UiP7Y0OIpvTrtP8cZ5Z3I5Ld0GZSI1RfdtMLwAktIt5guUPQ/s4032/BA24C9B2-4301-4A2A-A4BB-651EE7798A45.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHWoz2L4xru1Oa8xQ9wVbbcK_OnS0kzhBnk7-TfOsrOJ1uOUljCjuJkfrBZkOOCx1meO4H8SN0CqbafvhUyFz6IBYe2aEB1OtAloBHjx5Nbog7d4vp3D6_aGtK62b_cJfMezrOjvR8UiP7Y0OIpvTrtP8cZ5Z3I5Ld0GZSI1RfdtMLwAktIt5guUPQ/s320/BA24C9B2-4301-4A2A-A4BB-651EE7798A45.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As we were getting ready to leave it had started to rain. The kind woman helped others put on ponchos that would cover themselves and their pack. When she discovered that I did not have a poncho (although I did have a raincoat and a cover on my backpack) she insisted that she make me one using a garbage bag. As Sarah said, this lady was a hoot and would not take no for an answer. 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He is from Lund in southern Sweden. He is also the (soon to be retired) Dean of the Lutheran cathedral in Lund. He is a Lutheran priest, and from what I could tell was pretty much second in command of his diocese after the Lutheran bishop. He was pleasantly surprised when I told him that I was a Catholic priest. We had a wonderful conversation about our churches and our lives, and we discovered that we share many things in common. It probably helped that he is a big fan of Pope Francis and even got to have a private meeting with him once. This is just one of many wonderful connections I have been able to make while walking the Camino.</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHJlQHQB1Vd3VV59CCwoZUjJN1tqA4xs-51vc350SzskIPtLFMpziUkL3M_0Q3x27XrjsjqEmszXzLxHfb4uAChRZgcRAVn6gtzGLwgx-VRrJ7GXlgoXNChAclJ7K9eBeMHDZ_BZI4HPOfteUBeO2zgo5vXlU_M2hI82rcIKSuU5TN37wjRzvocP0N/s4032/03B8F79E-2BF1-4829-B05A-4410E1CB1376.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHJlQHQB1Vd3VV59CCwoZUjJN1tqA4xs-51vc350SzskIPtLFMpziUkL3M_0Q3x27XrjsjqEmszXzLxHfb4uAChRZgcRAVn6gtzGLwgx-VRrJ7GXlgoXNChAclJ7K9eBeMHDZ_BZI4HPOfteUBeO2zgo5vXlU_M2hI82rcIKSuU5TN37wjRzvocP0N/s320/03B8F79E-2BF1-4829-B05A-4410E1CB1376.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></span></div><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; 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So, many people say that we trail will begin to get a little busier. However, that was not our experience in the afternoon as we walked through many little towns and saw very few people along the way. </span></p><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4wzk5cJ9kQF2WyQCulVRwyNcr_egRk7ixmwdoDNfFP9MoQwDHqx04wdp1rOHJKD-u2_z5FaHLdsjacElBw5TI2ov2k0aqhWGzS_Ksoo0D2Y7omMpDj6NVRaK5_cc3u0WxzTaXTf5LN4eGTTNXTWgPHgqkGMfwaETmPtaiJJxXkIjIS3cmmJCiCH_Q/s4032/5D863BE0-CD97-4DF3-83A0-E2568DB261E7.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4wzk5cJ9kQF2WyQCulVRwyNcr_egRk7ixmwdoDNfFP9MoQwDHqx04wdp1rOHJKD-u2_z5FaHLdsjacElBw5TI2ov2k0aqhWGzS_Ksoo0D2Y7omMpDj6NVRaK5_cc3u0WxzTaXTf5LN4eGTTNXTWgPHgqkGMfwaETmPtaiJJxXkIjIS3cmmJCiCH_Q/s320/5D863BE0-CD97-4DF3-83A0-E2568DB261E7.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We are spending the night in the countryside and will continue our journey and connection-making tomorrow.</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Buen Camino!</span></p>Fr. Bob Jones, SMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09190485668223141934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413223267639378754.post-13211822461598576402022-06-28T21:23:00.009+02:002022-06-28T21:31:37.600+02:0029 Fonfria to Samos - 12 miles<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Down. </span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If yesterday’s word was “up,” then today’s must be “down” because most of our walk was a long and gradual descent. But, it did start in the mountains with some spectacular views.</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGM5vnUT1FdRgtS24k-yw-OWkiFUDJ_Jju2id_a9q00rJbQu6ivlCO7mZIxBdW30Z6_eouDQfkzFXMULLgq1lIrIZqiBu1TEBUHRuO_02yUkM09Oe0EQOQOno4U8dwfZ-rbKlHrCAHk29i9U0PUtvyrcDhchWAuu7uLq6CR0ZvzLEyToGQovVkwnur/s4032/B7C71345-7C55-409C-8110-3EC4A8B3E9CD.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGM5vnUT1FdRgtS24k-yw-OWkiFUDJ_Jju2id_a9q00rJbQu6ivlCO7mZIxBdW30Z6_eouDQfkzFXMULLgq1lIrIZqiBu1TEBUHRuO_02yUkM09Oe0EQOQOno4U8dwfZ-rbKlHrCAHk29i9U0PUtvyrcDhchWAuu7uLq6CR0ZvzLEyToGQovVkwnur/s320/B7C71345-7C55-409C-8110-3EC4A8B3E9CD.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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It seems to me that many of these villages are practically uninhabited these days both by the condition of the buildings and just the general lack of people and activity in them. However, they have a certain charm and appeal about them, and it’s fun to imagine what they were like in the 14th or 15th century.</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGbqKB7Pwy9GqiUa9lxo1yNrJM1DgtLFVEque9-55LvIMpms0YwTvj8jgoeSEFu1qzp-Pkf_PQoWdb8VGPaw0X6ApZt0n7M0vZk94YXfoA09KRT7bppUwRos_uDiq7lEEKLd-a-wpRtr3QR-5YtkQ4xhsXKOs8BaGPMfmhy-4pPJoWcHBZ4LbzPxyK/s4032/3C5CA0C6-B427-4F87-9396-29B9A17382B1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGbqKB7Pwy9GqiUa9lxo1yNrJM1DgtLFVEque9-55LvIMpms0YwTvj8jgoeSEFu1qzp-Pkf_PQoWdb8VGPaw0X6ApZt0n7M0vZk94YXfoA09KRT7bppUwRos_uDiq7lEEKLd-a-wpRtr3QR-5YtkQ4xhsXKOs8BaGPMfmhy-4pPJoWcHBZ4LbzPxyK/s320/3C5CA0C6-B427-4F87-9396-29B9A17382B1.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It is home to the Benedictine monastery of Saint Julian which is still an active monastery with 12 monks in residence. The foundation of the monastery dates to the sixth century and over time grew to be quite large. I took a tour of the monastery but unfortunately did not understand much as it was all in Spanish, but it was still fun to walk around the grounds. 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It was muy delicioso!</span></p><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih4olwQ4PwkdOS9JmxTiq9AMTr7a39mSIhsrcro-hC1LRAc6PcuAndOh52b_qMSPK0x1AUUNTPntPYI3i_TGurToekQ5D7wi7kIdeT3uABAr79Ccr_u4IDRpcuF-kc1CCBME-7ZOgclnGvuvQ7iJhfG9KG3bkLPSPoiqsBhOjqxYNF3glVS_cbixCZ/s4032/F2ADED0F-F435-4377-B443-64F56BE63026.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih4olwQ4PwkdOS9JmxTiq9AMTr7a39mSIhsrcro-hC1LRAc6PcuAndOh52b_qMSPK0x1AUUNTPntPYI3i_TGurToekQ5D7wi7kIdeT3uABAr79Ccr_u4IDRpcuF-kc1CCBME-7ZOgclnGvuvQ7iJhfG9KG3bkLPSPoiqsBhOjqxYNF3glVS_cbixCZ/s320/F2ADED0F-F435-4377-B443-64F56BE63026.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL60jrA9zZ5o8PngkYpVYY6MIcPuI_J-76baUVtfQh7EDbgfejnEiK6YbpnKRm_B0NckvFuivgRvJfPTaOi5cD2eY7ox3feVniFbQ8hrTMlpXN6xqXtH8pW-GYniYoX2zSRPNQHlIi5Xr9xyr6JyS4C27oYAAx_mWV4M2znoTcYvtmYejs6SEVeWpI/s4032/B3C2A100-5231-4254-8280-16AD191612F9.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL60jrA9zZ5o8PngkYpVYY6MIcPuI_J-76baUVtfQh7EDbgfejnEiK6YbpnKRm_B0NckvFuivgRvJfPTaOi5cD2eY7ox3feVniFbQ8hrTMlpXN6xqXtH8pW-GYniYoX2zSRPNQHlIi5Xr9xyr6JyS4C27oYAAx_mWV4M2znoTcYvtmYejs6SEVeWpI/s320/B3C2A100-5231-4254-8280-16AD191612F9.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Buen Camino!</span></p>Fr. Bob Jones, SMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09190485668223141934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413223267639378754.post-81640750151108443092022-06-27T21:43:00.006+02:002022-06-28T21:10:59.426+02:0028 Vega del Valcarce to Fonfria - 15 miles<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Up. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There’s really no other word to describe today’s walk other than “up.” Most of the day was going upwards, gaining about 2300 feet in altitude. But, the climb was well worth it because of the views that it gave us.</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7J_-ee20S18Ix4FLS5ciAw1bfZdgBq-WeUH7VVlK337CN3MB9SiXHU_WA4L7cJIqB9qqVJpTVnqmc6Pk70jZADgCMZvZDVWCZlt5ef8pQcPX0aW6TwTYUriTVFvIQtw7Q3LuAPNZJZQr3E3zxihEdOiv_PPVQN0LbfyFzUuBa3qeq4KORRQ-vpe3c/s4032/28BFB6BC-1F3D-4D41-B13A-1591FB7EBCA1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7J_-ee20S18Ix4FLS5ciAw1bfZdgBq-WeUH7VVlK337CN3MB9SiXHU_WA4L7cJIqB9qqVJpTVnqmc6Pk70jZADgCMZvZDVWCZlt5ef8pQcPX0aW6TwTYUriTVFvIQtw7Q3LuAPNZJZQr3E3zxihEdOiv_PPVQN0LbfyFzUuBa3qeq4KORRQ-vpe3c/s320/28BFB6BC-1F3D-4D41-B13A-1591FB7EBCA1.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(Keep reading for more pictures of the landscape.)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The walk also took us to O Cebreiro which is a popular village as it is near the top of today’s climb. 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font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There, I learned that St. Francis of Assisi walked the Camino in 1214. </span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPJ4aVVUX9QGJkaIBKZ8uWoOZNX6RfOZMyd_BTjMSzQShvbGZgXfn7y6RHFwhTPh-0SP2G6I3T-JlRWmHR-50Qq5rB2kifAISXC4SG-bH7PI140Q0OTPJ0VoluDgL8qnmbEUKBgocmmpv8MDTqLQCEyGMwAvSyXJsI5tpUzEiQCgLJMIGosXPx5q70/s4032/8B046655-2D55-44E2-9F03-C2F824FA4A18.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPJ4aVVUX9QGJkaIBKZ8uWoOZNX6RfOZMyd_BTjMSzQShvbGZgXfn7y6RHFwhTPh-0SP2G6I3T-JlRWmHR-50Qq5rB2kifAISXC4SG-bH7PI140Q0OTPJ0VoluDgL8qnmbEUKBgocmmpv8MDTqLQCEyGMwAvSyXJsI5tpUzEiQCgLJMIGosXPx5q70/s320/8B046655-2D55-44E2-9F03-C2F824FA4A18.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We ended our dayin the village of Fonfria where we enjoyed a communal pilgrims dinner. </span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBkygIOU53_VrIb9TA2LdA865y96E2J7PuEzFEB0zKPdo7LFHvufu5EnSX_Uyql9N-zas4a6ZFo0exwrZrUrLzONuDHRZ8Ks7HeIFeCwOW7EqHwVdP0rJ6W7oJPXkdstJYcatQK8aX_4DzW6JsneK0yTJpqYlkVT84o1x3xTsa_Zt-aovWKE-6wtw1/s4032/7582AA89-6411-4799-A6DC-DB67024D532E.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBkygIOU53_VrIb9TA2LdA865y96E2J7PuEzFEB0zKPdo7LFHvufu5EnSX_Uyql9N-zas4a6ZFo0exwrZrUrLzONuDHRZ8Ks7HeIFeCwOW7EqHwVdP0rJ6W7oJPXkdstJYcatQK8aX_4DzW6JsneK0yTJpqYlkVT84o1x3xTsa_Zt-aovWKE-6wtw1/s320/7582AA89-6411-4799-A6DC-DB67024D532E.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9HCs1ZpecFquCvoc-Hd3SrYvLiX9oQybedm2WZ5JTgfSRoMm3uy03mwiKX8PJhRfO3xBunZQ72aKsY8WEjV00zMfPYlQAfE0JBV5F1LAK5pFDuc28koJ543WnOcjWjFrVCX2JrvlK-FuaAVEgtD1lC4ZW42-Zrg9Hwov5I49TdzEcnBTSbR9uh9DL/s320/FE9E8343-3AD4-44AA-BF14-EF2F69EB2275.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Now, I’d like to share a bit of an experience/reflection that I had. </span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As a religious and a priest, the Liturgy of the Hours (a monastic form of prayer) is a part of my prayer life each day. On the Camino, because I don’t want to have my head in a book or my smartphone, I sometimes pray my own version of the Liturgy of the Hours. That is, I use the same format, but I use my own words, composing psalms that are a combination of the psalms we pray each day and those that are in my heart in the moment. I find that it is a creative form of prayer that is especially helpful when walking.</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Today, I did this form of prayer. When it came time for the scripture reading (I usually bring to mind a well-known passage from the Bible) nothing was really coming to me. It was in that moment that I looked at the beautiful view in front of me and realized that was the scripture I was meant to reflect on. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl10FJwJUy3VRzpTDSVAsNGYFHTVThBSCNvqbTAuNuFVvTTtRi72PlnUbPRYYlit-dWOYMfsK0hfIKllMWSUOXPlyA_R90E7l29xskVKWsN0Tq4J0AExFQ54M_CB0XGAKvI7EimxxPtkCYlVF1AsCbKe65LXct-3Rs2GSVllpW2gUyYc7fBE9hYpth/s4032/1DBF2476-2C73-4FEB-B048-384BC7CFADD8.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl10FJwJUy3VRzpTDSVAsNGYFHTVThBSCNvqbTAuNuFVvTTtRi72PlnUbPRYYlit-dWOYMfsK0hfIKllMWSUOXPlyA_R90E7l29xskVKWsN0Tq4J0AExFQ54M_CB0XGAKvI7EimxxPtkCYlVF1AsCbKe65LXct-3Rs2GSVllpW2gUyYc7fBE9hYpth/s320/1DBF2476-2C73-4FEB-B048-384BC7CFADD8.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizAAHmb_j3H-Z7k7O_bgPe0wcQ3XbTsRrz9l5GT9W-lFkM4fSBEQOE7QjybQV-1frTaVP-6cNl9D3GwOjqGdYu6koFyW67su-Ql87Kv9fPQ3PqAYH22qZ9PCNFaBiBn8QxXTINgVBFBe-i02_q75-5wO7FwZEdCi-T7AyCsJkzeVmTeK05rP5K28Xi/s4032/48F0DB59-92D9-4936-AF8A-6BE5CB749E2D.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizAAHmb_j3H-Z7k7O_bgPe0wcQ3XbTsRrz9l5GT9W-lFkM4fSBEQOE7QjybQV-1frTaVP-6cNl9D3GwOjqGdYu6koFyW67su-Ql87Kv9fPQ3PqAYH22qZ9PCNFaBiBn8QxXTINgVBFBe-i02_q75-5wO7FwZEdCi-T7AyCsJkzeVmTeK05rP5K28Xi/s320/48F0DB59-92D9-4936-AF8A-6BE5CB749E2D.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjunnUXpEFjXsuQQHKmdFR-LmIgccQrnS_dWPyMRZgKJWWdRKmyhTl2oWgaLCaDWxtPnGTnkAfKliOhAoPW9jEL2_HsKSTnzamHvlAiP0twq8RP_0KXWbTMzADSlr9thSnKY6gMCBDndUeFAP7n2i2Yod6IA7ffyqywkoWpLhzmyF5KDRJlQkfh8D5Q/s4032/095AC75B-D96B-424F-94B7-2950F09B0A52.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjunnUXpEFjXsuQQHKmdFR-LmIgccQrnS_dWPyMRZgKJWWdRKmyhTl2oWgaLCaDWxtPnGTnkAfKliOhAoPW9jEL2_HsKSTnzamHvlAiP0twq8RP_0KXWbTMzADSlr9thSnKY6gMCBDndUeFAP7n2i2Yod6IA7ffyqywkoWpLhzmyF5KDRJlQkfh8D5Q/s320/095AC75B-D96B-424F-94B7-2950F09B0A52.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfM_ZznrcMK9Fw-vUALXN001D7ursWSjK-c7G8BwPBHNZqGR91xCIRkrYNY-Q6bIj3JQcAK5Tksn3DI6nkQp2pM1YZtA074rU2moK5BjJoMT8jMHy5g_Ds1XawV7DtrI8JDlWvAthZwTTMFFHK3fLYPNR-mOJEifwijT1sxXhK40F5l78Pg0jpwqSI/s4032/EBC69F0F-6B4C-4CCA-8E38-A26BB8AC8EA0.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfM_ZznrcMK9Fw-vUALXN001D7ursWSjK-c7G8BwPBHNZqGR91xCIRkrYNY-Q6bIj3JQcAK5Tksn3DI6nkQp2pM1YZtA074rU2moK5BjJoMT8jMHy5g_Ds1XawV7DtrI8JDlWvAthZwTTMFFHK3fLYPNR-mOJEifwijT1sxXhK40F5l78Pg0jpwqSI/s320/EBC69F0F-6B4C-4CCA-8E38-A26BB8AC8EA0.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It was the revelation of God given to me in that moment. Gods revelation that is “alive and active…penetrating the heart.” It spoke to me of God’s goodness and beauty, of God’s providence and generosity, of the wonder and awe we experience when we come face-to-face with God, of the mountain of God spoken of by the prophets where we will see God face-to-face for it is the dwelling place of God. </span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-74nMJvZoRsTXGCk4HGH9FgBPjmj7xvrVrLLcpRuAXCDiz9ZAUzICK8NN-ToQAuI07Ah487tdtEAyGw8y1B9EPg71EHIbmFbU4g6o6sKnBLFeDdxT5p8b21n8j0IKl_ieQaL0A6I4D5mrOu3Squ8KbtUBWXN4Z-Bxau0BSAZJ5ruozR-UKpd1rZxD/s4032/1CB73106-5AB2-4B4E-81CA-A2FD35F45137.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-74nMJvZoRsTXGCk4HGH9FgBPjmj7xvrVrLLcpRuAXCDiz9ZAUzICK8NN-ToQAuI07Ah487tdtEAyGw8y1B9EPg71EHIbmFbU4g6o6sKnBLFeDdxT5p8b21n8j0IKl_ieQaL0A6I4D5mrOu3Squ8KbtUBWXN4Z-Bxau0BSAZJ5ruozR-UKpd1rZxD/s320/1CB73106-5AB2-4B4E-81CA-A2FD35F45137.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I remember years ago when I was hiking a small portion the Appalachian Trail in the Smoky Mountains with the Scouts, one of the leaders, Mike, saying that if someone doesn’t believe in God and they’ve never been in his creation, in the mountains that are God’s handiwork, immersed in the beauty of the creation of God. </span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Today, God spoke to me in creation, in the mountains, in the beauty that surrounds us each day. In the cool breeze on my face. In the chirping of the birds. In the colors and fragrance of the flowers. In the blueness of the sky and the puffiness of the clouds. In the animals dotting the hillside. In each exhausted breath that goes in and out. In every step that we take on our pilgrimages that brings us closer to our final destination. </span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin2Di0yJEZgaAZx6Gtuy9J-AOvr_s3in1FPi6Qka3nid2ZEPfQ-7-vc-prkZn9FXgo9JtAFKkYKsPzAsaB3Uy26h0sXVF-OLssvlU6tF9NPGczzctZv7xnLhShPACrPJrjJwm3Gk5UIVBxr-6qQ7jkp5XvRtUpRjUjkfc9VDFNlfVryEw9YXOAaCln/s4032/4B024BF0-251F-48FB-AD1F-86E8CB08E4EC.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin2Di0yJEZgaAZx6Gtuy9J-AOvr_s3in1FPi6Qka3nid2ZEPfQ-7-vc-prkZn9FXgo9JtAFKkYKsPzAsaB3Uy26h0sXVF-OLssvlU6tF9NPGczzctZv7xnLhShPACrPJrjJwm3Gk5UIVBxr-6qQ7jkp5XvRtUpRjUjkfc9VDFNlfVryEw9YXOAaCln/s320/4B024BF0-251F-48FB-AD1F-86E8CB08E4EC.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I hope you, too, can see God in the beauty of creation that surrounds us each day. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: right;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8-tEGP_QD5Teyi9zQI4DsgNz-h5SzA8rupQoVa_0gbgYqTpYMYtfIiB25Z5S5q0kP1v5iDvQbyZx9VoAwF2UDj7tjv1DQhbB1d-y30ZCbRfXv4lmYMzYzwnocP8yGCFXMKv4t3sC8QBe07dWws0b7lGtYPfaLVs5B_Hw6Jjqy7PqH9KD-APHvpA1o/s4032/85AFE98E-998C-4AF2-BC76-781C2D1170FA.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8-tEGP_QD5Teyi9zQI4DsgNz-h5SzA8rupQoVa_0gbgYqTpYMYtfIiB25Z5S5q0kP1v5iDvQbyZx9VoAwF2UDj7tjv1DQhbB1d-y30ZCbRfXv4lmYMzYzwnocP8yGCFXMKv4t3sC8QBe07dWws0b7lGtYPfaLVs5B_Hw6Jjqy7PqH9KD-APHvpA1o/s320/85AFE98E-998C-4AF2-BC76-781C2D1170FA.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Buen Camino!</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" />Fr. Bob Jones, SMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09190485668223141934noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413223267639378754.post-77449809925368370592022-06-26T19:13:00.003+02:002022-06-26T19:14:19.322+02:0027 Cacabelos to Vega del Valcarce - 15.5 miles<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Which path should I take?</span></div><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Today’s itinerary had a few spots where there were some alternate paths that we could choose. Before having to make a choice, however, we saw an old wine press and a statue of Mary and Jesus that just makes me question how tight of a grip Mary had on her son. </span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggJbZmINkIOMoSQSTKX2iKJi1VQPoLtP-MwaEHoT1kXTQIlzXOQw_yp4-tlM53_LQg8paLc8tgOl7GHI-n8gp63Rlo2UZJzMWksv5kEBZeKQrYQDx833gDqXLZZpZzTPIGGLWSwchNp-9GMlQn1ERdRV1f1mbguw5J787V6V9amdU9r028SrDZB_rn/s4032/785A8502-A8E4-4A8E-A2AC-26712F8F2853.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggJbZmINkIOMoSQSTKX2iKJi1VQPoLtP-MwaEHoT1kXTQIlzXOQw_yp4-tlM53_LQg8paLc8tgOl7GHI-n8gp63Rlo2UZJzMWksv5kEBZeKQrYQDx833gDqXLZZpZzTPIGGLWSwchNp-9GMlQn1ERdRV1f1mbguw5J787V6V9amdU9r028SrDZB_rn/s320/785A8502-A8E4-4A8E-A2AC-26712F8F2853.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCD2Wc34gd8u_nQOjjmLelYFX6Aku2AEN6hJ4fGOVOc9v9fs4ab6t_n16i_pXbVohwi9A0JKBT3_5vvCOhrqBkZWziXkTKpVq7AgUW58rVP5xBvIEl9RnRpVluWHDX-54hJcnj44D00Yl1gZeaA1kJUmcOUJxFStGAgpToJVsKAZbGBEFQXBLgjj3G/s4032/EED96FCD-B140-46B9-A5B4-0A33E3CD22F3.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCD2Wc34gd8u_nQOjjmLelYFX6Aku2AEN6hJ4fGOVOc9v9fs4ab6t_n16i_pXbVohwi9A0JKBT3_5vvCOhrqBkZWziXkTKpVq7AgUW58rVP5xBvIEl9RnRpVluWHDX-54hJcnj44D00Yl1gZeaA1kJUmcOUJxFStGAgpToJVsKAZbGBEFQXBLgjj3G/s320/EED96FCD-B140-46B9-A5B4-0A33E3CD22F3.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The first decision of what path to take came early on, and as you can see we were given a shorter path or a pretty path.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLtamy1IYVuG8vdmldB8d_-5qc914qkwSiyaGtCXUSIlvrop2pTB6y2GfvPQHTj6BzSntvrNWxTnDMS31BeX2TgMvj7douCxJ6Lqw2fTlJx4491BKoEOuR7aT43ClX1lNH-wJHHZeo96gUxBuPiuGJYpBlBPCFaB2p7a_4V57K5wkzkS9F9o5H8NQa/s4032/F0D86A93-B1C4-4369-922F-60BAC9669FFA.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLtamy1IYVuG8vdmldB8d_-5qc914qkwSiyaGtCXUSIlvrop2pTB6y2GfvPQHTj6BzSntvrNWxTnDMS31BeX2TgMvj7douCxJ6Lqw2fTlJx4491BKoEOuR7aT43ClX1lNH-wJHHZeo96gUxBuPiuGJYpBlBPCFaB2p7a_4V57K5wkzkS9F9o5H8NQa/s320/F0D86A93-B1C4-4369-922F-60BAC9669FFA.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> I chose the shorter route today. 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All the statues have to come from somewhere, right?</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBXq1uDw3xLgh7JtVB7hXK_ecvgQ-wAzBC4joxrb90gSAmG91jk__iC5LmBgzRMoLlAHp8VM7DXLevSXwxlNb3-FlvWYrVoRnPgn2CJaUCA3e_WNVWwpaqH0oFrnNxgsRnasPWBdTNbzQfptBge02OLJCc9E_Crdfv7qtCJOrjnSOTUDLegggfOKAX/s4032/6A6F6DD2-2276-4B9F-B77A-388F5FBE1F24.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBXq1uDw3xLgh7JtVB7hXK_ecvgQ-wAzBC4joxrb90gSAmG91jk__iC5LmBgzRMoLlAHp8VM7DXLevSXwxlNb3-FlvWYrVoRnPgn2CJaUCA3e_WNVWwpaqH0oFrnNxgsRnasPWBdTNbzQfptBge02OLJCc9E_Crdfv7qtCJOrjnSOTUDLegggfOKAX/s320/6A6F6DD2-2276-4B9F-B77A-388F5FBE1F24.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgihpmtF60AK9HwG_iWuBxcsgKnjM2j8-8Nc11ZPhYmZq0N21kFexVJG4JUaVSE3qG5x8TTGa05dILz62S1bL7mHaPmBssgbsg5uqysXSJzLLEGKxlt0DTIFs8POJ9E2b0ldBMJq7LKBQMVGZ-vUCSOG5Owv2GCWTiVZBkM15dNi6QMV3NgFXFoJO_2/s4032/42734E52-95E3-4C35-9AEA-472839173B76.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgihpmtF60AK9HwG_iWuBxcsgKnjM2j8-8Nc11ZPhYmZq0N21kFexVJG4JUaVSE3qG5x8TTGa05dILz62S1bL7mHaPmBssgbsg5uqysXSJzLLEGKxlt0DTIFs8POJ9E2b0ldBMJq7LKBQMVGZ-vUCSOG5Owv2GCWTiVZBkM15dNi6QMV3NgFXFoJO_2/s320/42734E52-95E3-4C35-9AEA-472839173B76.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI-A-uFnXU--u4RhVZeAfYd2QcLSTvwpRqIeiPcWy4QU_-yIZ1z8ebEfHjCdY-dWOg5-nmwbRH_eyFCIzmQcNMKUQtCk9E5rQTJkuVixv9HCrML9ypGVsEn5Zo2fMCzTjKkIHM53xFXn5NlP4cUeO7nWCwS8E-CmzQeHnjyYslM9FG3jMvsosoLElN/s4032/A32EEA1E-7923-4997-B59E-4719864BE4F4.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI-A-uFnXU--u4RhVZeAfYd2QcLSTvwpRqIeiPcWy4QU_-yIZ1z8ebEfHjCdY-dWOg5-nmwbRH_eyFCIzmQcNMKUQtCk9E5rQTJkuVixv9HCrML9ypGVsEn5Zo2fMCzTjKkIHM53xFXn5NlP4cUeO7nWCwS8E-CmzQeHnjyYslM9FG3jMvsosoLElN/s320/A32EEA1E-7923-4997-B59E-4719864BE4F4.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This path brought us into the town of Villafranca del Bierzo which is a cool little town nestled in the mountains. It has its own castle, several churches, and a river that goes through it. I think I might want to live here.</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8LMHx1sLpDDEI2d9paJ7IuZvCQ9RuAz4WxGqJC3vVNcDvp3SfJ98GEwrnJqqTlTPFKK-VXf9RYqQPt85dOqr6GHYLdVXaHsrmofyLNSF3BLIDw2sSj-mco69hKttXnGhz-bd9Wx6ep22mXcw_VWBxFp4e9Yy7ABR6ecWzVrXavnojTt81afAPb_fo/s4032/4D01903E-5495-4F38-9828-7A03071C8C1D.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8LMHx1sLpDDEI2d9paJ7IuZvCQ9RuAz4WxGqJC3vVNcDvp3SfJ98GEwrnJqqTlTPFKK-VXf9RYqQPt85dOqr6GHYLdVXaHsrmofyLNSF3BLIDw2sSj-mco69hKttXnGhz-bd9Wx6ep22mXcw_VWBxFp4e9Yy7ABR6ecWzVrXavnojTt81afAPb_fo/s320/4D01903E-5495-4F38-9828-7A03071C8C1D.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Out of town, we were given another choice of two paths. One of them was more of a woodland trail with a lot of ups and downs. The one I chose to go on (and which seems most pilgrims chose today) followed along a highway. It wasn’t the most wonderful of paths, but it was relatively flat, a bit shorter and was still pretty as we were basically walking through a valley.</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4dUoIJJ9JL61Rk4S3dGvdlJJOI9H_LJJw_s5oED-JYkp9xzzcDgc-Olmfs68LrMX18DKGbmV-DamXDyuMH0d-oLQ-xWLrNwE_4vlAW1-tFj7MTf7qXyYuX-RMwW9L0dpDdYcOwUMOyYAEMNH7JmDKMBvJXmDUziot9qtRfp2Tn77Lykuf6a_7bl3m/s4032/A40A2BE5-4736-4B6C-95FB-3B90FC285D83.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4dUoIJJ9JL61Rk4S3dGvdlJJOI9H_LJJw_s5oED-JYkp9xzzcDgc-Olmfs68LrMX18DKGbmV-DamXDyuMH0d-oLQ-xWLrNwE_4vlAW1-tFj7MTf7qXyYuX-RMwW9L0dpDdYcOwUMOyYAEMNH7JmDKMBvJXmDUziot9qtRfp2Tn77Lykuf6a_7bl3m/s320/A40A2BE5-4736-4B6C-95FB-3B90FC285D83.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The alburgue that I’m staying in is right next to the River Valcarce and there is a lovely little patio that I am sitting on as I write this with the stream rippling by. It is very peaceful. </span></p><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhg9VGfMAcErAPZGfZ1k_1jrXt3qrUO3Hy74sH8zjEJOrSApE7TsAklo-BqnqaM-SSS_oRXaf1goaBCECMQrSh4Md6E9giHN20n4CmMrqXRdRyn5vtGdswsDtrTgv40vrf3pADTeRuaTKC4SZ0PKintnSbyIeFxV1FFjtX-h_wop1zroBRbcYbxYDH/s4032/03D3F8DE-360B-4C6E-815B-6C5BE8FC5AD3.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhg9VGfMAcErAPZGfZ1k_1jrXt3qrUO3Hy74sH8zjEJOrSApE7TsAklo-BqnqaM-SSS_oRXaf1goaBCECMQrSh4Md6E9giHN20n4CmMrqXRdRyn5vtGdswsDtrTgv40vrf3pADTeRuaTKC4SZ0PKintnSbyIeFxV1FFjtX-h_wop1zroBRbcYbxYDH/s320/03D3F8DE-360B-4C6E-815B-6C5BE8FC5AD3.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqSehPr7I60ZoVm_RRTOC4kVOdpYhsf4MVGtSL-SMs4bEHdgVLkIjnvuFQTV1h9eeoNk-vmO35rmHoAibqdth23F-f1n1LfBiNQvp71fKotZWfsjef_Y1hNHmmF6PYjevooH_2j7GWvJdAaFNd55W55kQNdRV5ASSBOXRk8kucrlW_wallylTkLnI8/s4032/28779066-3A1A-4877-B2B1-0F732B406208.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqSehPr7I60ZoVm_RRTOC4kVOdpYhsf4MVGtSL-SMs4bEHdgVLkIjnvuFQTV1h9eeoNk-vmO35rmHoAibqdth23F-f1n1LfBiNQvp71fKotZWfsjef_Y1hNHmmF6PYjevooH_2j7GWvJdAaFNd55W55kQNdRV5ASSBOXRk8kucrlW_wallylTkLnI8/s320/28779066-3A1A-4877-B2B1-0F732B406208.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiINsnYFEkO1xwxiZ__murkTdhAX_HQ8GZdBVB8u_kwdIQjMdTPzELbLl06WEjvtwF4XJAU-GrzrTzMq3o8nFdC0xwA14O2OrsTNg-vomQUEV3etxtefxJlHwGA6WxQGbtYCzjwUNcAyea_JGc8ZgHZLv5RpULtp6s4cgzDomQu-4rLbLlxe9NsA97r/s4032/097B5501-4800-41FF-8A28-0F1D43D5F307.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiINsnYFEkO1xwxiZ__murkTdhAX_HQ8GZdBVB8u_kwdIQjMdTPzELbLl06WEjvtwF4XJAU-GrzrTzMq3o8nFdC0xwA14O2OrsTNg-vomQUEV3etxtefxJlHwGA6WxQGbtYCzjwUNcAyea_JGc8ZgHZLv5RpULtp6s4cgzDomQu-4rLbLlxe9NsA97r/s320/097B5501-4800-41FF-8A28-0F1D43D5F307.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The river also acted as an ice bath for my weary feet today.</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3cKnB3q-tEEZ0s8gcovPcAQZSoH5dSCSLNpG6SDdMMbM56VHXAxzYeGmLD4uyXH1wgBGT4CQrSQeA5scNdwg0hdHIZsVAfji5hOkyWhftQXWlE-iLiaHneb7V1YVZeyFNt77ZeC_5NbaxW2ci4vOlkWmIf-ZrNm13JLuQSLMcm1Un4_hKk7nHiOiO/s4032/0BEF7C72-0EE9-4468-8EA5-E4D93EB19AD6.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3cKnB3q-tEEZ0s8gcovPcAQZSoH5dSCSLNpG6SDdMMbM56VHXAxzYeGmLD4uyXH1wgBGT4CQrSQeA5scNdwg0hdHIZsVAfji5hOkyWhftQXWlE-iLiaHneb7V1YVZeyFNt77ZeC_5NbaxW2ci4vOlkWmIf-ZrNm13JLuQSLMcm1Un4_hKk7nHiOiO/s320/0BEF7C72-0EE9-4468-8EA5-E4D93EB19AD6.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div></div><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Buen Camino!</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" />Fr. Bob Jones, SMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09190485668223141934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413223267639378754.post-65648910391284947202022-06-26T13:31:00.003+02:002022-06-26T13:32:28.840+02:0026 Molinaseca to Cacabelos - 14 miles<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Miracle Max: [waving goodbye to the heroes] Have fun stormin' da castle. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Valerie: [to Max] Think it'll work? </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Miracle Max: It would take a miracle.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(from The Princess Bride)</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Today’s walk was nothing extraordinary or spectacular. But, at the same time, it wasn’t a bad walk. We are still in a semi mountainous area and have evidently returned to another wine region with many vineyards.</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9OTowGA1ekvg7Kz5DeyhPnPL3Ip-IC6lfxkGlYTWG30a5nwFu6FNOCznohpbXBaaC2zeerV8FpAPjkydGA4nJFHe_9JpabPId5bl7O7y8TbrtVChKowvM4M3uOHEV3bC_KzqQUfjwnkEhvGBph7AihLup2RXsr9dbJ18Ykq-dzYRXOXdnIIH_vKUv/s4032/2B978253-1963-4831-A0C4-3CB22DFD8109.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9OTowGA1ekvg7Kz5DeyhPnPL3Ip-IC6lfxkGlYTWG30a5nwFu6FNOCznohpbXBaaC2zeerV8FpAPjkydGA4nJFHe_9JpabPId5bl7O7y8TbrtVChKowvM4M3uOHEV3bC_KzqQUfjwnkEhvGBph7AihLup2RXsr9dbJ18Ykq-dzYRXOXdnIIH_vKUv/s320/2B978253-1963-4831-A0C4-3CB22DFD8109.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZhGb75TnY8BdxgTzZlijQOvDEK6bImlijYJgdM6jU4FwB7DJ-4eOAr0eD1rcehcj0Km7O16Y9e2NX_SPT1kI6Vlb4NCJOzUDULvx1TmF_G1Kn5szHszXF9mmzxhB1WnkvinwTn7lf3uTKaEfRv4zyBt8gVPGc4CjhcoIghPB9g9oeC_iAsywiB4LX/s4032/78F7EE64-0D28-48BF-B787-5BFF34ED91EA.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZhGb75TnY8BdxgTzZlijQOvDEK6bImlijYJgdM6jU4FwB7DJ-4eOAr0eD1rcehcj0Km7O16Y9e2NX_SPT1kI6Vlb4NCJOzUDULvx1TmF_G1Kn5szHszXF9mmzxhB1WnkvinwTn7lf3uTKaEfRv4zyBt8gVPGc4CjhcoIghPB9g9oeC_iAsywiB4LX/s320/78F7EE64-0D28-48BF-B787-5BFF34ED91EA.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhylibVJdk4oujx6wIysZPZIdN4KJzwJ2pC3gBgydjIdmK6Mc02rNEZBnqEdRTj-WOOp-5-iz-w65VcpKGCC1qp7n7QKSSrkejxZd52MV7FRfHcT0J63lwvbFzTnxKSvb0v4AeR0lt_gp9LnQWOxCMPZ2QJ-6fpqDjYoUMyz_Yb61SeDAkpnzjGiU2/s4032/84E0FA0C-21ED-440C-894F-2EDF6F07D757.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhylibVJdk4oujx6wIysZPZIdN4KJzwJ2pC3gBgydjIdmK6Mc02rNEZBnqEdRTj-WOOp-5-iz-w65VcpKGCC1qp7n7QKSSrkejxZd52MV7FRfHcT0J63lwvbFzTnxKSvb0v4AeR0lt_gp9LnQWOxCMPZ2QJ-6fpqDjYoUMyz_Yb61SeDAkpnzjGiU2/s320/84E0FA0C-21ED-440C-894F-2EDF6F07D757.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The highlights of the day came early on as we walked through the city of Ponferrada. 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line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">One thing the Camino seems to be reminding me is that we have to sometimes forget all the “stuff” we have and just find simple pleasure in what’s before us, finding the wonder and enjoyment that is right there in front of us, becoming child-like again. Maybe this is one of the things Jesus meant when he said, “Amen, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.” At any rate, it was fun roaming around and exploring and “storming” the castle in Ponferrada. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsKIYhcJQNTNogTa2uzbu8qH1QZ56fNjPNcLg2NK3Xn2dBE92uSXGEbq2pd4WOOWuXqUPQoDAQ1M0QER5z7voPSyV_U1UL_GVbPSHneYKkFWw_RVsmQ8Nnowig68SHFtpZPjC19iMvOkTpu3Sydx4P2FEEmVgItqa9uFsz0yaPWyv-Lv5loRl8AKV3/s4032/89674431-D939-4933-9D70-5831B042EC3F.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsKIYhcJQNTNogTa2uzbu8qH1QZ56fNjPNcLg2NK3Xn2dBE92uSXGEbq2pd4WOOWuXqUPQoDAQ1M0QER5z7voPSyV_U1UL_GVbPSHneYKkFWw_RVsmQ8Nnowig68SHFtpZPjC19iMvOkTpu3Sydx4P2FEEmVgItqa9uFsz0yaPWyv-Lv5loRl8AKV3/s320/89674431-D939-4933-9D70-5831B042EC3F.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">It also helps that we have less than 200km (about 125 miles) to go!</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRphf0U50R3_56T15wPTh6QUX2m9J4LdsYsMdriZB30zJ2kZRsLGpr6a3ZDTXn4R8Z9PDgF3kBzOy6VFG-zK0Grk2TKgScJK8QblrmffMhPH4GLVpMr7wvcwS7MyguawRWTmHOJ1RilbQdTmbGFr_t5q8GtD0zU-lvZBC4j7HciqopxOD__1PZt8Gd/s4032/418223CF-077A-4BA3-ABA9-5EE75CA0D8AF.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRphf0U50R3_56T15wPTh6QUX2m9J4LdsYsMdriZB30zJ2kZRsLGpr6a3ZDTXn4R8Z9PDgF3kBzOy6VFG-zK0Grk2TKgScJK8QblrmffMhPH4GLVpMr7wvcwS7MyguawRWTmHOJ1RilbQdTmbGFr_t5q8GtD0zU-lvZBC4j7HciqopxOD__1PZt8Gd/s320/418223CF-077A-4BA3-ABA9-5EE75CA0D8AF.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Buen Camino!</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" />Fr. Bob Jones, SMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09190485668223141934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413223267639378754.post-62840075069864703682022-06-24T21:39:00.002+02:002022-06-24T21:39:40.885+02:0025 Rabanal del Camino to Molinaseca - 16 miles <p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Today was just one of those really special days. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It started like all the others…walking. However, it was cold. Remember last week when I was complaining about near 100 degree temps? This morning, it was 46 degrees. And foggy, so the sun didn’t help. </span></p><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyFzeVQHxJotukEFUJRffCJfflaZ_duFZIGzgvWb4fNe5MUvr_IR0qH0Vo8o8TV-LuOsmoy-3Xv3g00RCvAMfMkj3-_c2py_B5GTDyVyCG8g2SHsHg0uksxu-zlm9M_JseLL5uLmtyU58ZhLzL0GhZWmKz06FrZXqwl429qu_VXJvMV2sucLIoZoGG/s4032/64C66D53-8984-404B-A8A2-7EBD2F337725.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyFzeVQHxJotukEFUJRffCJfflaZ_duFZIGzgvWb4fNe5MUvr_IR0qH0Vo8o8TV-LuOsmoy-3Xv3g00RCvAMfMkj3-_c2py_B5GTDyVyCG8g2SHsHg0uksxu-zlm9M_JseLL5uLmtyU58ZhLzL0GhZWmKz06FrZXqwl429qu_VXJvMV2sucLIoZoGG/s320/64C66D53-8984-404B-A8A2-7EBD2F337725.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We hiked to the first town of Foncebadón. Even the local dog looked cold. We headed to the first cafe we could find for hot coffee, and were also welcomed by a fire. Yes, it was that cold in June! </span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheYEnLLwbHwqnSW7miihl6jYPJdZGGXTZFiuGIwCYjkLH9r-XFR4Vue0P_FbmaqFGPRsu-sNmrHLuGuqpeMsNJbPOujLYt_A8eir1T3JdusfdzEE7nyQwQGjxOR-5y7ZR8pal9XH1c4ZiCO2UJWwFsAyT7Qo41vGbQf1PpULPltNJnu6WzvG0bJTIi/s4032/9E7CD3CD-C28D-4F52-B2A9-3D5B02AB2596.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheYEnLLwbHwqnSW7miihl6jYPJdZGGXTZFiuGIwCYjkLH9r-XFR4Vue0P_FbmaqFGPRsu-sNmrHLuGuqpeMsNJbPOujLYt_A8eir1T3JdusfdzEE7nyQwQGjxOR-5y7ZR8pal9XH1c4ZiCO2UJWwFsAyT7Qo41vGbQf1PpULPltNJnu6WzvG0bJTIi/s320/9E7CD3CD-C28D-4F52-B2A9-3D5B02AB2596.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxSu5Uu13LHOo-GWsyqQkPPJmgrvN7T9Z1lkVhHrE3mmTo42xkoKfKxKSBONaihSnS--zZSLoHEOF5wEP-OF2nWdYnwmLQECAwiO50ALeAlk1pe0DHbIp52pOt638dXBBMV1F_LOK4pHPpOASc8R-3qX3hDbJm0A25fIA_P83CMFDXBPkQ3mu1YrY8/s4032/040E1F3E-A078-4844-90E9-BD8F664C2ADB.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxSu5Uu13LHOo-GWsyqQkPPJmgrvN7T9Z1lkVhHrE3mmTo42xkoKfKxKSBONaihSnS--zZSLoHEOF5wEP-OF2nWdYnwmLQECAwiO50ALeAlk1pe0DHbIp52pOt638dXBBMV1F_LOK4pHPpOASc8R-3qX3hDbJm0A25fIA_P83CMFDXBPkQ3mu1YrY8/s320/040E1F3E-A078-4844-90E9-BD8F664C2ADB.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju4Cm7irn3DvCwKOXZr90nI843f5LipnfpXFO8p9To19XWCrYHJUjsuRyG9wPhlYWe52Wt1aHSj2Go5ZxxsbrDAhqJ_m5IJ50fTBce1ORYwLIeR4sT-PA3RatPLaiyko4M33i8BxR9fgiHpRpARt_ke1wfVTA6lSac1htkQy7RGOgY5Vpv2nMgXAn5/s4032/CF5DC52E-AE38-48B4-A484-8B35BA2C1555.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju4Cm7irn3DvCwKOXZr90nI843f5LipnfpXFO8p9To19XWCrYHJUjsuRyG9wPhlYWe52Wt1aHSj2Go5ZxxsbrDAhqJ_m5IJ50fTBce1ORYwLIeR4sT-PA3RatPLaiyko4M33i8BxR9fgiHpRpARt_ke1wfVTA6lSac1htkQy7RGOgY5Vpv2nMgXAn5/s320/CF5DC52E-AE38-48B4-A484-8B35BA2C1555.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpBPbHV4oHeLyoK18Ff_FeP7zs_ne-GYsl6LcXqOOASlAObOhf0YC3aXQUl-L4ix_7lsKylE08JZAUxTK4YsN_97pWxth4QYEsLZCWXuQlfZe80oVGRM7aKqhtSjfXDt5Y6yXUpezkqUJt4bNLQaoCtRbOLrOIaVZMOdXdziKw57CyxQg749gfyPk7/s4032/FEA30DCE-70BD-4939-B4AD-8EEC496DFB36.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpBPbHV4oHeLyoK18Ff_FeP7zs_ne-GYsl6LcXqOOASlAObOhf0YC3aXQUl-L4ix_7lsKylE08JZAUxTK4YsN_97pWxth4QYEsLZCWXuQlfZe80oVGRM7aKqhtSjfXDt5Y6yXUpezkqUJt4bNLQaoCtRbOLrOIaVZMOdXdziKw57CyxQg749gfyPk7/s320/FEA30DCE-70BD-4939-B4AD-8EEC496DFB36.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">They also had avocado toast. I was such a millennial today. </span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUTekfYp7-gBtToytP5iuuFHUn0fQMUU_knK4M6DUuaxpOGW1b4El6DESbw6Ec8d2BZCAK1W__wwudS113anbkcfLif680NWtukq4_1PbzQ_4EUEVTM6Q8fsjR0hV1dOwwXZvqfXe91sUdJZ79JIZyusG_dN3m-LXeFOKT6aHTEeAbEKENPnAOlDcX/s4032/9AB1B847-CAF8-4D1F-91A0-6C376F38CB75.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUTekfYp7-gBtToytP5iuuFHUn0fQMUU_knK4M6DUuaxpOGW1b4El6DESbw6Ec8d2BZCAK1W__wwudS113anbkcfLif680NWtukq4_1PbzQ_4EUEVTM6Q8fsjR0hV1dOwwXZvqfXe91sUdJZ79JIZyusG_dN3m-LXeFOKT6aHTEeAbEKENPnAOlDcX/s320/9AB1B847-CAF8-4D1F-91A0-6C376F38CB75.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Warm once again, we continued to walk in the cold and fog. Did I say it was really foggy?</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkdWqc8MpedkI1u70Sh-BlrWK_UcTAQhbddmKeSnowyiu5EaqBR26Si8Y8vrYV0ylM5NBhoPJ6WBc-cTRvPcXcHeZLIQelzWLvDVaEZbhKJ7XQ8dwyvIzeGi_nJ2_6Yge7zfSVCx7h-cmL2OWcV7XqTn1msMRCjMMdK6bz7aOlEJ_hO_Zxv-pq-Zqr/s4032/1BD29215-6BA7-418E-8320-8B289B2FA949.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkdWqc8MpedkI1u70Sh-BlrWK_UcTAQhbddmKeSnowyiu5EaqBR26Si8Y8vrYV0ylM5NBhoPJ6WBc-cTRvPcXcHeZLIQelzWLvDVaEZbhKJ7XQ8dwyvIzeGi_nJ2_6Yge7zfSVCx7h-cmL2OWcV7XqTn1msMRCjMMdK6bz7aOlEJ_hO_Zxv-pq-Zqr/s320/1BD29215-6BA7-418E-8320-8B289B2FA949.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLszMb-qSAowAGi3oQ2EeOSmiuHb1Y8RZNtU5TblLc2jZt2dV9n6g4rXQjJ284hDbxBrv1IlawyQ4rtta3qqnEIURRumfBdCB9JFZ84um-TcuihKq-Z6NlrgyZ8w4iZUJX0CI8cVmj3wSqRl9TZlJzcHNEe9AYUcFL89C0OcRS65pDUC4qV1z8u83R/s4032/66A6A149-36F3-4AED-935B-0E6D33DD28B3.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLszMb-qSAowAGi3oQ2EeOSmiuHb1Y8RZNtU5TblLc2jZt2dV9n6g4rXQjJ284hDbxBrv1IlawyQ4rtta3qqnEIURRumfBdCB9JFZ84um-TcuihKq-Z6NlrgyZ8w4iZUJX0CI8cVmj3wSqRl9TZlJzcHNEe9AYUcFL89C0OcRS65pDUC4qV1z8u83R/s320/66A6A149-36F3-4AED-935B-0E6D33DD28B3.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQIX4JZ5ujfNTcEwC91n89MXkZLVQcUuC6GOJEXR6ZCMEtRAQjNFS5xOa18Cc898zrM4w1Dow13QjhTWT6pWDuV8SxvehxRiZ5XX9rOSLmvMrmu60KWDR7NFaawAzEUSMM3kmZUnbD-K4ddgFSDndDBf1hlzJZJMha-VUqvCN97Sv0F-XMfT7hVUfv/s4032/B0772571-BB27-4A9F-90E6-EFAFFC6802B7.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQIX4JZ5ujfNTcEwC91n89MXkZLVQcUuC6GOJEXR6ZCMEtRAQjNFS5xOa18Cc898zrM4w1Dow13QjhTWT6pWDuV8SxvehxRiZ5XX9rOSLmvMrmu60KWDR7NFaawAzEUSMM3kmZUnbD-K4ddgFSDndDBf1hlzJZJMha-VUqvCN97Sv0F-XMfT7hVUfv/s320/B0772571-BB27-4A9F-90E6-EFAFFC6802B7.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-V0msRall9ca9yHE_TUveKd4TJvYY9GztlRthzdxd6R83CmB0dxIn0xdynQvl7tE3EK26ETzhe7PO7PsW-1RsKQvi_zexKBXdULxI8iUWWt2JATmVU48U4Kmqju0T_nv6UTsII1u5d1B_tv6m6AGpPgFIawiXA_D1_RBwDNgMMld_yFm0dtiJsO57/s4032/C06F5FFF-2CD3-4FAA-A8AB-3E1FD69E8DCF.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-V0msRall9ca9yHE_TUveKd4TJvYY9GztlRthzdxd6R83CmB0dxIn0xdynQvl7tE3EK26ETzhe7PO7PsW-1RsKQvi_zexKBXdULxI8iUWWt2JATmVU48U4Kmqju0T_nv6UTsII1u5d1B_tv6m6AGpPgFIawiXA_D1_RBwDNgMMld_yFm0dtiJsO57/s320/C06F5FFF-2CD3-4FAA-A8AB-3E1FD69E8DCF.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglV3NaIc0w7r3XkQbY3CqqbdVVtfMbT4owW0O6iYFBwGG4MDXg6S1JxfCN-eHEDlXX99U_22t18SSahh_THy6wnlRvne1IbNgxzwDA16sYJSag7vGQQfRET2KMkhPmQDvawvLjvBwAMPXtABExsm0akZrd29INzAKFyhkiwUIXfhz3U0LqjpF6EjEe/s4032/E98FBEBA-792F-4F61-B6A9-A24F8101D056.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglV3NaIc0w7r3XkQbY3CqqbdVVtfMbT4owW0O6iYFBwGG4MDXg6S1JxfCN-eHEDlXX99U_22t18SSahh_THy6wnlRvne1IbNgxzwDA16sYJSag7vGQQfRET2KMkhPmQDvawvLjvBwAMPXtABExsm0akZrd29INzAKFyhkiwUIXfhz3U0LqjpF6EjEe/s320/E98FBEBA-792F-4F61-B6A9-A24F8101D056.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div></div><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Today we came to Cruz de Ferro, or the Iron Cross. It is the highest point on the Camino and a very famous landmark. 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As a going away gift, my friend and colleague Jim gave me a small boulder that is now in the landscape of my community house at UD. It was a symbol of our time together at CJ. Before leaving for Spain, I chiseled off a small piece, and that’s what I have carried. </span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6dJqdIMKypkAOQSIcwsAMEHUWeOLUTQayy3STdaBY0yZLUA3n-M3BSW75bVfmDAg1L7ecMUD2eTYjrjXYdAwZ_ExA50eqDnMyCFw-03sN1BXZfiHLnV5otqCIbcXhiMiLjDH8oYBRsHKN0w3rc2Fn5MDVwkgin7KnYUCc5fyjuKtrOOyL4n_Qm247/s4032/81901467-D9E5-44D4-AC3A-84760CE4C43A.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6dJqdIMKypkAOQSIcwsAMEHUWeOLUTQayy3STdaBY0yZLUA3n-M3BSW75bVfmDAg1L7ecMUD2eTYjrjXYdAwZ_ExA50eqDnMyCFw-03sN1BXZfiHLnV5otqCIbcXhiMiLjDH8oYBRsHKN0w3rc2Fn5MDVwkgin7KnYUCc5fyjuKtrOOyL4n_Qm247/s320/81901467-D9E5-44D4-AC3A-84760CE4C43A.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As I went up to the cross, I placed my rock with the countless others from pilgrims across the decades and centuries. As is the tradition, it was a symbol of letting go. One of the great graces of the Camino so far has been the ability to let go of what is waiting “back home” and just being present in the moment, walking one step at a time and being open to what God wants to show me in the present moment. It is some of the “Camino spirit” that I hope to carry forth with me. </span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjufi0wYaT11Cxx-gxHKcHw1dw-LEGhDpyLw0TUCdZeh0DG4jVeAwryijUguZ9ceaQ-NvAgeSsnu1o3LuGtYIZjNMlbJf1IthStXPuqWpYchrmi5HXwq6ddk6s9f0iG2839ElZg6XtrNrTN-iz1pBySnElusndCKmuGpKh3thiUYs48qNSr-Wi9U7sA/s4032/AEF897D4-EF72-407D-B6FA-39BF5C97DF78.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjufi0wYaT11Cxx-gxHKcHw1dw-LEGhDpyLw0TUCdZeh0DG4jVeAwryijUguZ9ceaQ-NvAgeSsnu1o3LuGtYIZjNMlbJf1IthStXPuqWpYchrmi5HXwq6ddk6s9f0iG2839ElZg6XtrNrTN-iz1pBySnElusndCKmuGpKh3thiUYs48qNSr-Wi9U7sA/s320/AEF897D4-EF72-407D-B6FA-39BF5C97DF78.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWd72GrgvTbIHrlzIFij0cmTj0o6LsV3iODyCEbGTNYZo0pT0JmB2Gj8NrCCPTjsvcU4xOwwOz3VSBkPGb2iIvHQ-KDa5OIv8KHTa_iWKs9guf0M3UsZvK89cMOT18iydFdwcQOe6gxt7ndfIsKc-4tzcB9IalNTb_9YtoGMV3AQYK85rzXY3rXyj6/s4032/DCAD27D8-B27F-4CD6-8B7D-32254EF2271F.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWd72GrgvTbIHrlzIFij0cmTj0o6LsV3iODyCEbGTNYZo0pT0JmB2Gj8NrCCPTjsvcU4xOwwOz3VSBkPGb2iIvHQ-KDa5OIv8KHTa_iWKs9guf0M3UsZvK89cMOT18iydFdwcQOe6gxt7ndfIsKc-4tzcB9IalNTb_9YtoGMV3AQYK85rzXY3rXyj6/s320/DCAD27D8-B27F-4CD6-8B7D-32254EF2271F.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibRMRGr5_YblwqpBwR6GoFEOPABsQS_xlpeYn56AkKWXuAFJgt2q5Dz77kIQLxB3kePnRvR9O-EVf0ps6VhDOwJFSeuWqrqo0Nz0uAAAMRtvD7BTpLADtPr9y9uyBdoqt_PKGz7xtazqcGHf0P2Kc1v9e8yFtfwlD5FdHYuA212Etf74ZyIHLr_agC/s4032/6C0E4F12-9732-4308-ABA6-BBD934CE51E4.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibRMRGr5_YblwqpBwR6GoFEOPABsQS_xlpeYn56AkKWXuAFJgt2q5Dz77kIQLxB3kePnRvR9O-EVf0ps6VhDOwJFSeuWqrqo0Nz0uAAAMRtvD7BTpLADtPr9y9uyBdoqt_PKGz7xtazqcGHf0P2Kc1v9e8yFtfwlD5FdHYuA212Etf74ZyIHLr_agC/s320/6C0E4F12-9732-4308-ABA6-BBD934CE51E4.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div></div><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As I touched the cross, I also thought of all of you…those who are on pilgrimage with me. Not necessarily with me physically in Spain, but with me in spirit along this journey and helping to make this trip a reality. I feel your presence and support and prayers, and I asked God to hear your prayers, especially those I have been carrying with me. Prayers for healing and wholeness, for peace and blessings, for transformation and newness of life. It was a very special moment for me, today. </span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHLtlQhaRBhRlqrW2YC8qJT4rbGkkK22XiCUPL-NVxl2nOZtrTkQAsjk8zPt7ukbACxpCvP2Yj3QzjbmHKomWSOrUVEJyaG4Qqh4IbWUz-S7EnOKhA4SRpPdsVV0NAC20JrAX5BfRh2sP06Vecc1mf9M_fCZvyw8a_2cd1mEmvVcAE_PR47wiceujY/s4032/F5134A99-2914-4C86-B9FA-18229CB10B03.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHLtlQhaRBhRlqrW2YC8qJT4rbGkkK22XiCUPL-NVxl2nOZtrTkQAsjk8zPt7ukbACxpCvP2Yj3QzjbmHKomWSOrUVEJyaG4Qqh4IbWUz-S7EnOKhA4SRpPdsVV0NAC20JrAX5BfRh2sP06Vecc1mf9M_fCZvyw8a_2cd1mEmvVcAE_PR47wiceujY/s320/F5134A99-2914-4C86-B9FA-18229CB10B03.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY2McMtMpkVjzkoFtk2KUTreSAFnK4hU-8u4pC8d-_vTCSbpxBlDQDTDn4ANI5QBnpOmcqarBcSmc3naIUUG7Gr7PukNzJt_NjVHLKlulZS_JTmd_ZbHrdZnyOelmBmWbIs5xqvOYvPlJRBkgfpD-NFAeQfcbQMZ1RPvB2Pwbm_MeZdQo5evxJOLvn/s4032/D8963962-BD56-491B-9692-F9FFAC4295D4.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY2McMtMpkVjzkoFtk2KUTreSAFnK4hU-8u4pC8d-_vTCSbpxBlDQDTDn4ANI5QBnpOmcqarBcSmc3naIUUG7Gr7PukNzJt_NjVHLKlulZS_JTmd_ZbHrdZnyOelmBmWbIs5xqvOYvPlJRBkgfpD-NFAeQfcbQMZ1RPvB2Pwbm_MeZdQo5evxJOLvn/s320/D8963962-BD56-491B-9692-F9FFAC4295D4.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">With the cross being at a high point in the Camino, that means that we are once again in the mountains. And once again, the views were breathtaking and the pictures don’t do them justice. I find it ironic that I didn’t visit any churches today, but I feel like I spent all day in the cathedral of God‘s creation.</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzgkkhyOfN54HsyHf-WeTfFKLX-c5042ynLC6RRvpxEa7p-HzWdOA6tqBG4hkqKvbOGtzATT0Bhabtuv-9rJHeU0dOamRS-cl7tP3dDjmV5DvEAuaX8CrpdTapSpegtBKTMK1kT2P09CZknSTl6SLfI7NumCCWkMX9AQ71aYDquo9QVuoVugCO-W0a/s4032/1AA8E606-BA36-4183-9D9C-102B5E5D5906.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzgkkhyOfN54HsyHf-WeTfFKLX-c5042ynLC6RRvpxEa7p-HzWdOA6tqBG4hkqKvbOGtzATT0Bhabtuv-9rJHeU0dOamRS-cl7tP3dDjmV5DvEAuaX8CrpdTapSpegtBKTMK1kT2P09CZknSTl6SLfI7NumCCWkMX9AQ71aYDquo9QVuoVugCO-W0a/s320/1AA8E606-BA36-4183-9D9C-102B5E5D5906.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I asked if I could move in with her. She said the winters were pretty rough up there. Maybe I’ll have to look for another mountain home. It was, once again, an opportunity to meet other pilgrims and share stories. </span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh79vLx-aY90ulbPUhNR2McWHYU0SH-L53xuEErlNNiFDtoC-wjSyylxOymfCG9BT-Y5Q3M-dSk1gIyY3zAM40nTEPRuwEmcBtY8rRUUbh9bwxwW5brKUzzerlx_HJ6yezzZZt90ar_sg8m18yBxuENoJJ3jeEP0KNrarsZmW1s9A_apcC1pVFaQI8K/s4032/9C38D287-009B-4032-9D61-53DC6162190A.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh79vLx-aY90ulbPUhNR2McWHYU0SH-L53xuEErlNNiFDtoC-wjSyylxOymfCG9BT-Y5Q3M-dSk1gIyY3zAM40nTEPRuwEmcBtY8rRUUbh9bwxwW5brKUzzerlx_HJ6yezzZZt90ar_sg8m18yBxuENoJJ3jeEP0KNrarsZmW1s9A_apcC1pVFaQI8K/s320/9C38D287-009B-4032-9D61-53DC6162190A.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGlpxNMWbsf_3WIKPzCEUMmGRftDXXCxiK2jPnkOolsVTjozMdlbuA-XrSEHyiuZbybx9u2u3N2v8mVbNIxA_ptUEBkEwSTzccomxoyw4ymDk6a9vYV372gNDEAqpSWLBke07gbHbvTeJmSewZXFR9indctF83v6a2hdX2R0nOkGt77pXk1PXLQ1DA/s4032/60D9BD41-60A1-493D-AA9D-41ACCF7AF240.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGlpxNMWbsf_3WIKPzCEUMmGRftDXXCxiK2jPnkOolsVTjozMdlbuA-XrSEHyiuZbybx9u2u3N2v8mVbNIxA_ptUEBkEwSTzccomxoyw4ymDk6a9vYV372gNDEAqpSWLBke07gbHbvTeJmSewZXFR9indctF83v6a2hdX2R0nOkGt77pXk1PXLQ1DA/s320/60D9BD41-60A1-493D-AA9D-41ACCF7AF240.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiecHuPvON5nIAFYT_fecD4VwhOM6XxyMn4ag4WNsjtuqe3vI2aoJf6Hyt8t4xYoT-Y_70X5pQ84diizvsSFA7Eui_gXXso5CE9dILKqPr2ne9vi8_Pjmvg-9hJl7usJyVFC9nedSjKfWApwe5v1BcsHAC0IDHFu0TltqYy8pxOpoBBOwrnKaWa4m1x/s4032/338E38E4-6F5F-48B2-86EE-DB14CE663B95.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiecHuPvON5nIAFYT_fecD4VwhOM6XxyMn4ag4WNsjtuqe3vI2aoJf6Hyt8t4xYoT-Y_70X5pQ84diizvsSFA7Eui_gXXso5CE9dILKqPr2ne9vi8_Pjmvg-9hJl7usJyVFC9nedSjKfWApwe5v1BcsHAC0IDHFu0TltqYy8pxOpoBBOwrnKaWa4m1x/s320/338E38E4-6F5F-48B2-86EE-DB14CE663B95.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1VFXoNLQJUHmSvOQmrMdIAwmJETGpDprRaBOjOBfn_WK5KH-Ifh4wQWLzLAqa1Zp380-LuGZuAYy7FoQJGk5CO3La7pnKM35I5epwEtAM-BQUYeOl0xZp41sQCSBEFkSmwUIEEqVQcgGiftE3o5HDXw0BMOmDluslmzyJtFDjNdmVmHI6gODtczmf/s4032/D8E460DC-2B35-40A0-8544-3F8CD0DAF97A.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1VFXoNLQJUHmSvOQmrMdIAwmJETGpDprRaBOjOBfn_WK5KH-Ifh4wQWLzLAqa1Zp380-LuGZuAYy7FoQJGk5CO3La7pnKM35I5epwEtAM-BQUYeOl0xZp41sQCSBEFkSmwUIEEqVQcgGiftE3o5HDXw0BMOmDluslmzyJtFDjNdmVmHI6gODtczmf/s320/D8E460DC-2B35-40A0-8544-3F8CD0DAF97A.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Of course, as they say, what goes up must come down. The second half of our day was a continuous dissent into the village of Molinaseca where we will spend the night. </span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikH13nW8lzftbdSsKanWQh2kYgQpd981rK2GDgqvvq42mOshX-rEcSOBdPglskrIEJqznyZLXLf1FLpZVH42GT6aFQy2vKkDnUu9vsa5tB65I_3b0MBzPrlMTF2iqtG8tpovBOelcosNExVI8L9cSrLxq38Pmh22awUsiplv2JRz-6pamxMR1CGL-v/s4032/1F7B914B-152B-40C7-A7DD-F96BE44C8E63.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikH13nW8lzftbdSsKanWQh2kYgQpd981rK2GDgqvvq42mOshX-rEcSOBdPglskrIEJqznyZLXLf1FLpZVH42GT6aFQy2vKkDnUu9vsa5tB65I_3b0MBzPrlMTF2iqtG8tpovBOelcosNExVI8L9cSrLxq38Pmh22awUsiplv2JRz-6pamxMR1CGL-v/s320/1F7B914B-152B-40C7-A7DD-F96BE44C8E63.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8yL1vcqx9GUTBRAnH6H59PsDdTByDoXcBjL0LvATJUvS60khgWcapq1kO9s-sUkxR-uly52xWFIj46clu-nt-leSGsY1S9XCF6KjET8sRTaBq_38f4iXkBVQpTmWDUs9_4vyOkDLOcghWc5YYRazysWU_2LNQUQAm9B7cYuiVq64u_YWwj0_b_W_E/s4032/81A0F54C-D456-4EE6-B2EF-559F8649CFF0.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8yL1vcqx9GUTBRAnH6H59PsDdTByDoXcBjL0LvATJUvS60khgWcapq1kO9s-sUkxR-uly52xWFIj46clu-nt-leSGsY1S9XCF6KjET8sRTaBq_38f4iXkBVQpTmWDUs9_4vyOkDLOcghWc5YYRazysWU_2LNQUQAm9B7cYuiVq64u_YWwj0_b_W_E/s320/81A0F54C-D456-4EE6-B2EF-559F8649CFF0.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUIqWjeR8DDx1mumUdNeAcBex8NZpyUb7HsNBrDvowngE72yD9Jc_dEsDrthiO9wYhwAmpHzoA8LGKhtiUcfBh8f5YaTR6lsB9cCF6Ds0nMPBWIbDmBct7s2ONab4N2jRmX4h1xT73wHchOiqpx3M9b36RY0afC03sBLC0W1B-t5IZ3VoN24CD4Vwk/s4032/C8F6FBF3-40FF-4999-AEEA-6C1EA083D837.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUIqWjeR8DDx1mumUdNeAcBex8NZpyUb7HsNBrDvowngE72yD9Jc_dEsDrthiO9wYhwAmpHzoA8LGKhtiUcfBh8f5YaTR6lsB9cCF6Ds0nMPBWIbDmBct7s2ONab4N2jRmX4h1xT73wHchOiqpx3M9b36RY0afC03sBLC0W1B-t5IZ3VoN24CD4Vwk/s320/C8F6FBF3-40FF-4999-AEEA-6C1EA083D837.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii2zrDLo3TxQTDyWMYSEP5QtB_8XoT_ve2ou0N0LlWg-musf0jSuuJHfOfYQqMaWv_R8CZmQHd3Yyd7OC-aVE8wXIOq0MJ_HPz04NVK9D-Otm5eD4Y4IPk95kynHPfESpM8Y720pTmE6wCgYPhun4Jf7G4k5cBjgb4SMzIJaLfLU910S1NOMBSKpMO/s4032/8052CB46-92ED-46CF-8E92-68F7E63D82A9.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii2zrDLo3TxQTDyWMYSEP5QtB_8XoT_ve2ou0N0LlWg-musf0jSuuJHfOfYQqMaWv_R8CZmQHd3Yyd7OC-aVE8wXIOq0MJ_HPz04NVK9D-Otm5eD4Y4IPk95kynHPfESpM8Y720pTmE6wCgYPhun4Jf7G4k5cBjgb4SMzIJaLfLU910S1NOMBSKpMO/s320/8052CB46-92ED-46CF-8E92-68F7E63D82A9.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkgyyWL8I-bqLXcfer9WRuHYfzF7329TSEAJB2svA2X9gyhpeMKYBoiSDy-TuyEOJPDVrwJ_e7TBgyPQMN8xkulUMA_G8k34RqPYaK-NTpNPtxJ3Ugk_M0xJeZnTZKkKbU3PxQgJNR5tUJfhnc0ImxynEuRuVRkA0b9QKJVB19_c5Gc_I1f4Fm5NMj/s4032/4D5FA4A1-4621-42FA-97E5-B29B0931B9E1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkgyyWL8I-bqLXcfer9WRuHYfzF7329TSEAJB2svA2X9gyhpeMKYBoiSDy-TuyEOJPDVrwJ_e7TBgyPQMN8xkulUMA_G8k34RqPYaK-NTpNPtxJ3Ugk_M0xJeZnTZKkKbU3PxQgJNR5tUJfhnc0ImxynEuRuVRkA0b9QKJVB19_c5Gc_I1f4Fm5NMj/s320/4D5FA4A1-4621-42FA-97E5-B29B0931B9E1.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tonight, as I write this, my heart is full of gratitude and joy. This has been a recurring theme in my daily reflection on the Camino. I am thankful for this incredible experience and for being able to share it with you. And, I find myself in a place of happiness and joy and contentment as I continue this pilgrimage to Santiago. </span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi882fc4mzX2ioEDnBJz_7OvghhkFOQHF93J0v_G752yq5S284aaLhAXd3kNSWp6MWzPxQSvwUT4yoG6c6bcC1SptL-PwvJTlFazF2fKmnrw4wGEbS5ACq6mtQlguN5aaPm3_fA2T4t6HUd1oTkRylQRHZtWT29p9Np2M8DVJwYVhuXZFnvgOTuz3CF/s4032/1AB80625-83CB-4837-BB31-D13D9D885157.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi882fc4mzX2ioEDnBJz_7OvghhkFOQHF93J0v_G752yq5S284aaLhAXd3kNSWp6MWzPxQSvwUT4yoG6c6bcC1SptL-PwvJTlFazF2fKmnrw4wGEbS5ACq6mtQlguN5aaPm3_fA2T4t6HUd1oTkRylQRHZtWT29p9Np2M8DVJwYVhuXZFnvgOTuz3CF/s320/1AB80625-83CB-4837-BB31-D13D9D885157.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSRLKJIH7rRlF46jDwwrJdDaHzbl-bXRNW9XMT1VkZGkcxVyfIR04KFg1SLe3kQxWv2o_pehMvy7zj0aUu-AbvGzOgCzGrzToeSm7NE6IVc6bjiDWoKy0eYTA0Na8jtKvIM6vqNnh_Rb_DLmo_ljOClRiQyA7xBxr6Atf6euuHqx975fX1vzImeqhZ/s4032/2B9ACB96-6B18-4108-B50B-1A4F7D089CA4.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSRLKJIH7rRlF46jDwwrJdDaHzbl-bXRNW9XMT1VkZGkcxVyfIR04KFg1SLe3kQxWv2o_pehMvy7zj0aUu-AbvGzOgCzGrzToeSm7NE6IVc6bjiDWoKy0eYTA0Na8jtKvIM6vqNnh_Rb_DLmo_ljOClRiQyA7xBxr6Atf6euuHqx975fX1vzImeqhZ/s320/2B9ACB96-6B18-4108-B50B-1A4F7D089CA4.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Buen Camino!</span></p>Fr. Bob Jones, SMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09190485668223141934noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413223267639378754.post-34762773378774322122022-06-23T21:18:00.001+02:002022-06-23T21:19:03.912+02:0024 Astorga to Rabanal del Camino - 12 miles<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rain rain go away; come back another day. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Well, the song worked for a little while. </span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We started out today knowing that it was going to rain because the forecast just didn’t look good. Actually, we have been very lucky because we have not had any rain in the previous 23 days. But, as they say, all good things must come to an end.</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The day started off dry and we popped into the Hermitage of Ecce Homo. There are several of the small chapels along with the Camino.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj5z5e7N72HRig3suB1EzLzf5wdv5eOlwkx7hYgkON0IT9EWC5a5lg7wh4tEM4Fu3HUWz4_vTC4n6sqCEs5uWMEKLfr3xXFLFSA1m7usB6EqcwjtrBBG5XZ8EIAbxtpqY13tO-nKg7OsNfUYn_GCBJVYnAcVSFksc47nBfqq2G5YQZUG5IRlUjVrE3/s4032/EB62718C-59F1-49BA-A46A-69D66147AA0F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj5z5e7N72HRig3suB1EzLzf5wdv5eOlwkx7hYgkON0IT9EWC5a5lg7wh4tEM4Fu3HUWz4_vTC4n6sqCEs5uWMEKLfr3xXFLFSA1m7usB6EqcwjtrBBG5XZ8EIAbxtpqY13tO-nKg7OsNfUYn_GCBJVYnAcVSFksc47nBfqq2G5YQZUG5IRlUjVrE3/s320/EB62718C-59F1-49BA-A46A-69D66147AA0F.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8smX-jI6dl4MJC4kPG7MM-WejpT4uj1Eu961Dg1nikYe9j4BxW2WqesnoFJe84R18Ub1mya6JzdPY9iz2cit2sFrh2TXZBrx7dxkAfFjRWc-vUo1-Wu_6APlCkimPk0TEVG6HnknZbd00PE81-Pkcgx18I3WCKY1-n36hj_aWh7nCpk7p_sjsyjz9/s4032/9CA6016A-403B-491A-97C0-F0E1B4A1433D.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8smX-jI6dl4MJC4kPG7MM-WejpT4uj1Eu961Dg1nikYe9j4BxW2WqesnoFJe84R18Ub1mya6JzdPY9iz2cit2sFrh2TXZBrx7dxkAfFjRWc-vUo1-Wu_6APlCkimPk0TEVG6HnknZbd00PE81-Pkcgx18I3WCKY1-n36hj_aWh7nCpk7p_sjsyjz9/s320/9CA6016A-403B-491A-97C0-F0E1B4A1433D.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgypnPtAXkRKG9c0CPwGRQEmj6K_zmf48sttnZaV6Owa9zPbSE2CeRGtzsCCxKuK2V8En-IUFr2cOZ3ig7hbLSNzVoP755Z320aUYsTidYlOTpMhwA8Gr__okN8RAVrjrGPvIOsyqony71UT3Rn-6ryqZZb5_OW061lV0iEdV2Wxb-K5OM2gmEBIopR/s4032/545899B9-FAA6-484E-9900-96CBA0EA6617.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgypnPtAXkRKG9c0CPwGRQEmj6K_zmf48sttnZaV6Owa9zPbSE2CeRGtzsCCxKuK2V8En-IUFr2cOZ3ig7hbLSNzVoP755Z320aUYsTidYlOTpMhwA8Gr__okN8RAVrjrGPvIOsyqony71UT3Rn-6ryqZZb5_OW061lV0iEdV2Wxb-K5OM2gmEBIopR/s320/545899B9-FAA6-484E-9900-96CBA0EA6617.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzQyDE4Ps0EMxFiEQuBTvvHr-GahrK6VtSHC-jB-56EkvhNq4kClakLAVK3HVJ09BPu3T0wV0d4c3flZ7xby5TOvfqCb4itXGV-GFrurLJUrRF7Mm319F9hFds1wX1vTKGWM4N26lrZZyEB7trYnzA0Dl43PaN6_z4MjmIcAtt-Q6q-JPLtARwpE65/s4032/72DF3CE4-73DC-487C-9D08-87D655740668.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzQyDE4Ps0EMxFiEQuBTvvHr-GahrK6VtSHC-jB-56EkvhNq4kClakLAVK3HVJ09BPu3T0wV0d4c3flZ7xby5TOvfqCb4itXGV-GFrurLJUrRF7Mm319F9hFds1wX1vTKGWM4N26lrZZyEB7trYnzA0Dl43PaN6_z4MjmIcAtt-Q6q-JPLtARwpE65/s320/72DF3CE4-73DC-487C-9D08-87D655740668.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But, after a quick breakfast in Murias de Rechivaldo, heavens opened and it really started to pour. Luckily, we hadn’t moved on yet and the café had a little awning in which many pilgrims could huddle under. </span></p><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs_B3-xcuN8iUMqEOp7YPXnfWHhJ7SmE3YTMsIrWN33o4QcScxIa9FLXeNFJ67zum0SufnN53ecdD_RbEQOJdOzIpiWNNnkcATDA5b9goBELJv2il73DHw1pfZx2loaGfNWhH39azEQc_Yv4Xx_J9nYaYRa0Pa8_js5nYxZuHSp6kEWOuO7Ycdj-i6/s4032/8ABA833C-5E38-41CA-9168-150A3C80138D.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs_B3-xcuN8iUMqEOp7YPXnfWHhJ7SmE3YTMsIrWN33o4QcScxIa9FLXeNFJ67zum0SufnN53ecdD_RbEQOJdOzIpiWNNnkcATDA5b9goBELJv2il73DHw1pfZx2loaGfNWhH39azEQc_Yv4Xx_J9nYaYRa0Pa8_js5nYxZuHSp6kEWOuO7Ycdj-i6/s320/8ABA833C-5E38-41CA-9168-150A3C80138D.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdJ33W7fKv4gqsrSpDfc9wvtSCa5xb_69wZ3qw9RJkBjQ16VUs_WBguFUVa7PrcXuwU5Sx-6JPatfTG18tljTdTzL0GZft5Ku-2u-q2Nyu98bS2arD_SC4J3Zomto19t4KntpuuHeIwQhIgMAQir8SD2TofOK5xGWzYxWKjh8-6UeywdFSNOEmDJAc/s3088/7350EB6B-D7F0-433C-8940-E020DFDA798F.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdJ33W7fKv4gqsrSpDfc9wvtSCa5xb_69wZ3qw9RJkBjQ16VUs_WBguFUVa7PrcXuwU5Sx-6JPatfTG18tljTdTzL0GZft5Ku-2u-q2Nyu98bS2arD_SC4J3Zomto19t4KntpuuHeIwQhIgMAQir8SD2TofOK5xGWzYxWKjh8-6UeywdFSNOEmDJAc/s320/7350EB6B-D7F0-433C-8940-E020DFDA798F.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijgnyohtbNTuPhoV_mZOzgqygTnWpdn1OMQh4ImgxVEJosJDxst-1Is4yiw4SiS2u3Nr_sNRyAz7nSdXaHoHN7RsvRuiAZhmQ1vDF-o1wD8gXedynr8KtOWDpaDfw-ei4HY7kJ_G1WMBIdSyo2aLGyEePaOMLAzvypOMHL1Sw0IgLgB210FzLSpdkf/s4032/019085B6-6848-4FFF-9479-D3B22B747594.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijgnyohtbNTuPhoV_mZOzgqygTnWpdn1OMQh4ImgxVEJosJDxst-1Is4yiw4SiS2u3Nr_sNRyAz7nSdXaHoHN7RsvRuiAZhmQ1vDF-o1wD8gXedynr8KtOWDpaDfw-ei4HY7kJ_G1WMBIdSyo2aLGyEePaOMLAzvypOMHL1Sw0IgLgB210FzLSpdkf/s320/019085B6-6848-4FFF-9479-D3B22B747594.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It started to light up and so we took off only for the rain to start to come down even harder. Oh well. If we were kids we would’ve been in hog heaven. And this is why you pack a raincoat, a backpack cover, and put a lot of your stuff in plastic bags. </span></p><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh27WhEsUSy0qOOpWdDnJhUy2ERDbodC8qWXS5pQBWtN5n3V9QYihBtTUBm1dQF6MKssm92qaRUk-zkI-JN0ywJKE0dprHYqWf514lPL_FNKpNgG7Bw7UYh69nPBTKWkCf0siZczhE7sM3XRf-ejdD5fcLU4VC2j6yKn3twgW7HxPFb8a0OZPWcQgjf/s4032/C8C7690F-B94F-43AD-A194-0E83BBE858A8.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh27WhEsUSy0qOOpWdDnJhUy2ERDbodC8qWXS5pQBWtN5n3V9QYihBtTUBm1dQF6MKssm92qaRUk-zkI-JN0ywJKE0dprHYqWf514lPL_FNKpNgG7Bw7UYh69nPBTKWkCf0siZczhE7sM3XRf-ejdD5fcLU4VC2j6yKn3twgW7HxPFb8a0OZPWcQgjf/s320/C8C7690F-B94F-43AD-A194-0E83BBE858A8.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div>We also passed the 250 km to go mile marker. You might remember that we started with 800 km to go. <br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The rest of the day pretty much alternated between dry weather and rainy weather. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHfRg1J2ZRyWYkoD22bbuogi0lvcVtAQUwEzWDnHAys652NBEiBZNtlML1ANpkBwBW7N-iNdU94lkP3IWnoFXGDXv3dJz9_Vrhp8w8EaeQ0o9Wo3uSVa6HSTbFxuQO41ej2mMmG3ExDrb3kumGSxQL6MeqUU90eqP-qfdU4APmBMWrp3Z7X8jh3bDf/s4032/9FA44162-8D79-41E4-9799-D8107BE74A59.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ironically, at one point there were clear skies ahead… </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; 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font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and a big gray cloud right over us. </span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy20Ei9LwgefHjl1PTYJc00ar889UzMIxsoq9x6zhAqNXFVPVj9P_G5RrKj_6Obiv8jrbBl5EDLrawUWewdow3pjTgX59zPYh_OV44s_tp1YPUDMEgU9CwXEeylbp4gJQDB_zrcB0hIfb7_qc2fbrCF7Y8X4RLBoC8jiHPQGI_zePb3F112wvQWLeX/s4032/6B45D10F-6F95-4675-B3CA-F2C493B92FEA.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy20Ei9LwgefHjl1PTYJc00ar889UzMIxsoq9x6zhAqNXFVPVj9P_G5RrKj_6Obiv8jrbBl5EDLrawUWewdow3pjTgX59zPYh_OV44s_tp1YPUDMEgU9CwXEeylbp4gJQDB_zrcB0hIfb7_qc2fbrCF7Y8X4RLBoC8jiHPQGI_zePb3F112wvQWLeX/s320/6B45D10F-6F95-4675-B3CA-F2C493B92FEA.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A bright spot (pun intended) was the Cowboy Cafe in El Ganso. The owner, Ramiro, has run it for 30 years and it is decked out with all things western-americana. We met a few other Americans who were in the cafe, and one of the guys’ comments pretty much summed it up: “I wasn’t expecting this!” There were also teepees in the town…???</span></p><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcbmph2BEyWNGLZoMuHL2p-cAAsIhYdSqKJDzYIJQ88CII9C-sFFej-cKl0KeOdNwZPcZnMmpI03WA0L5KVkVoqr9zbKVEE2nel4t-7MDq2vvh1aI2kTy322e5HmpM3d0-WFkgBIUgh3UhFAFQyJrOqjnx4qI5pQyQ85H1tkwuR8RnhZ4ChZllM02f/s4032/1B052341-F271-45F1-9126-CC494BB1BF90.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcbmph2BEyWNGLZoMuHL2p-cAAsIhYdSqKJDzYIJQ88CII9C-sFFej-cKl0KeOdNwZPcZnMmpI03WA0L5KVkVoqr9zbKVEE2nel4t-7MDq2vvh1aI2kTy322e5HmpM3d0-WFkgBIUgh3UhFAFQyJrOqjnx4qI5pQyQ85H1tkwuR8RnhZ4ChZllM02f/s320/1B052341-F271-45F1-9126-CC494BB1BF90.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMZ-KOcuT_T8DdbHfNxbS2ffbLUK-BHHRS-h2pg3Crp305Tt46GsXnLx4Y8-RYhoorl1iAfQlHyM5is_T0bUt8x7ZAoCbfO-D-Y8n50Hrp-8qeHzMK3Yg_5Tamqi-_WOTk_Vbwg3v1f_5nZa6LLfJNajRJGYGmxfQwxtLTpIH5WrHo-bRN_duGuZjF/s4032/6D69FB31-09B6-4503-B717-6C6C0E5EA00A.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMZ-KOcuT_T8DdbHfNxbS2ffbLUK-BHHRS-h2pg3Crp305Tt46GsXnLx4Y8-RYhoorl1iAfQlHyM5is_T0bUt8x7ZAoCbfO-D-Y8n50Hrp-8qeHzMK3Yg_5Tamqi-_WOTk_Vbwg3v1f_5nZa6LLfJNajRJGYGmxfQwxtLTpIH5WrHo-bRN_duGuZjF/s320/6D69FB31-09B6-4503-B717-6C6C0E5EA00A.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0WbxHeyANvMPCDvCfIHUwNUY_FTuxAMG2NTuUgMavXa5NyDMZa10Ye7DLGpJkACucKqfE0BCq-RjQkOzTNqqYI624r7TJNd5cqEGBJF4bnaHZFhXUiGI6AZj3wY5J-RyqtsKkklZmUITm8SIvZKsq8c6grUvVc29Z0XxgYSmA3K_5pkCEcNvQIwWE/s4032/24694295-A5D3-470D-A3F3-81C20F0B19E4.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0WbxHeyANvMPCDvCfIHUwNUY_FTuxAMG2NTuUgMavXa5NyDMZa10Ye7DLGpJkACucKqfE0BCq-RjQkOzTNqqYI624r7TJNd5cqEGBJF4bnaHZFhXUiGI6AZj3wY5J-RyqtsKkklZmUITm8SIvZKsq8c6grUvVc29Z0XxgYSmA3K_5pkCEcNvQIwWE/s320/24694295-A5D3-470D-A3F3-81C20F0B19E4.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFerHKHZErQUd5msZLQ4tcfQDK_kloE2DmPWRb21C98n3conQiYeRg9DB48iFo9Pp2HsgLXWD0RoVrEXpABkGwQdku_w1y4hS8e_eUNla-K0xiMSGYwNsGR-GN7en0SGIEe3Ws0VLS1fRv53E2i7rt1P7POyM9ah8Q4ph2KIJswNWBg4y1jry23KyD/s4032/C7F54524-9E21-47DD-9D00-770CD20DCBA1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFerHKHZErQUd5msZLQ4tcfQDK_kloE2DmPWRb21C98n3conQiYeRg9DB48iFo9Pp2HsgLXWD0RoVrEXpABkGwQdku_w1y4hS8e_eUNla-K0xiMSGYwNsGR-GN7en0SGIEe3Ws0VLS1fRv53E2i7rt1P7POyM9ah8Q4ph2KIJswNWBg4y1jry23KyD/s320/C7F54524-9E21-47DD-9D00-770CD20DCBA1.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">The last four miles were pretty much a constant downpour. , There was no shelter anywhere nearby and we were getting soaked. But, at a little rest area Sarah found a large table umbrella, and with a few bungee cords she and I were able to get it rigged so it would stay open. It provided a little respite until we had to go back under the rain.</span><br /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnHs579Ik0M0VJNJmLvhmIEx_kAvp4bVufYtulNdE86VHyCaiQo69XqOpnerMBcO4nMBCx77hG01QzvwDKJj05Wx1o5vcC0Pe42wUYmJOnhWjN7a17doRY8ULtIHmiXpUueaOnzL6kdedlUrmlQmaktYXF41_hz_ZRYXulC_0dXM5LDU8I7Z6DDBfJ/s4032/C9841523-9368-45F6-9CD0-1FE3C99911EB.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnHs579Ik0M0VJNJmLvhmIEx_kAvp4bVufYtulNdE86VHyCaiQo69XqOpnerMBcO4nMBCx77hG01QzvwDKJj05Wx1o5vcC0Pe42wUYmJOnhWjN7a17doRY8ULtIHmiXpUueaOnzL6kdedlUrmlQmaktYXF41_hz_ZRYXulC_0dXM5LDU8I7Z6DDBfJ/s320/C9841523-9368-45F6-9CD0-1FE3C99911EB.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Not much going on. We stopped at the “supermarket” which was smaller than a one-room schoolhouse! However, there is a small Benedictine monastery here. I guess this is one way to get away from it all. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxJul7A6SrhKaF1GAK_2eXusdIgOKbOBa8Ih3E3JYZay5rFt5bmAQcuZfu0jMY-q0Z-Gyij7utseMcbGYDUU7adIYg8Uz3uC7VlGQ4uAfxSH6ckaYebqlB930UHHCiWJVL7xZdMR5Uw-HuxTLJTbJNRzNf-UPiAX9Wq8rLNZqZ2Dbob3EDBn_fRGhb/s4032/1B579724-27C7-4B8B-ACA3-898D68F4D49D.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxJul7A6SrhKaF1GAK_2eXusdIgOKbOBa8Ih3E3JYZay5rFt5bmAQcuZfu0jMY-q0Z-Gyij7utseMcbGYDUU7adIYg8Uz3uC7VlGQ4uAfxSH6ckaYebqlB930UHHCiWJVL7xZdMR5Uw-HuxTLJTbJNRzNf-UPiAX9Wq8rLNZqZ2Dbob3EDBn_fRGhb/s320/1B579724-27C7-4B8B-ACA3-898D68F4D49D.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7YllqNAa41PtLQCkvIz2eKm7PhEr72CZTbpcGYB0hzw5q6zlHLHRqSQy2sKorUeX6l0paGW8Yt8H88evPZpmQS_YYemzpWc44DXVXu715DwbG2ob5VjMemfeOOXE6cel2LNDyfBAOJNLfQKUdBLbRoqrmAbWEt57huC9QHJ_BsACdi60i8KoYAt9R/s4032/1F54FCF4-6EB8-4AE3-B888-B52CDF28BC05.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7YllqNAa41PtLQCkvIz2eKm7PhEr72CZTbpcGYB0hzw5q6zlHLHRqSQy2sKorUeX6l0paGW8Yt8H88evPZpmQS_YYemzpWc44DXVXu715DwbG2ob5VjMemfeOOXE6cel2LNDyfBAOJNLfQKUdBLbRoqrmAbWEt57huC9QHJ_BsACdi60i8KoYAt9R/s320/1F54FCF4-6EB8-4AE3-B888-B52CDF28BC05.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGN_OJpkVSbIhBGL-11osatradxrY25FLDIxSec69xSA3ecOhllg3vY8HqPlpglS_mO55hrfycOFXwMFbkV2qUXplGQ3c65AhZvqCl6ccbGwgeC2liIT5gSnTBRReL4vWc0lcRgbqR0RjSkH2I1XHi15LHnawtcu7pWptDOtDywhlNy_JE-2nAQkyt/s4032/88111312-8A62-4F10-BF9C-EBC61CD999CD.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGN_OJpkVSbIhBGL-11osatradxrY25FLDIxSec69xSA3ecOhllg3vY8HqPlpglS_mO55hrfycOFXwMFbkV2qUXplGQ3c65AhZvqCl6ccbGwgeC2liIT5gSnTBRReL4vWc0lcRgbqR0RjSkH2I1XHi15LHnawtcu7pWptDOtDywhlNy_JE-2nAQkyt/s320/88111312-8A62-4F10-BF9C-EBC61CD999CD.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIvvVAJvPJ8WQFiUMlafrOsvfipiGltPDi4ZyFLipA4gaur15GK4n4c1ogUCCNZbuQek_J3S0eXt0bo3mVon2eoFmUUCDxjbSe4-hfTcitjD1_uZ3IIa59oWkR5PCDplLDw2uZOD0Z_ycz5JRvoRz0yC9RdxkIm1rbpCPNcZ75yV1_pFt9hTBlunCS/s4032/B8D1E42C-D073-44F4-ABB7-F780C62D1541.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIvvVAJvPJ8WQFiUMlafrOsvfipiGltPDi4ZyFLipA4gaur15GK4n4c1ogUCCNZbuQek_J3S0eXt0bo3mVon2eoFmUUCDxjbSe4-hfTcitjD1_uZ3IIa59oWkR5PCDplLDw2uZOD0Z_ycz5JRvoRz0yC9RdxkIm1rbpCPNcZ75yV1_pFt9hTBlunCS/s320/B8D1E42C-D073-44F4-ABB7-F780C62D1541.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizaOr4CoLE7e8_V0dVU7wf71IpctPzTv26QHZ6kFHIUu31SPsdWsdNsVyUZgnwpS7wvyZDZjh-_LUZOoyr6Do0MB7RlV-b7e6jet9QHelilqVsAoNnzBz5do5nEY3TLgPyganYsl3tXEQJpJDQhg-Sg0ZjB1j9DAGlbtms_qkrT17i7TSyDFYNazer/s4032/DA719101-59D8-4F2D-8B48-9F7712625C7E.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizaOr4CoLE7e8_V0dVU7wf71IpctPzTv26QHZ6kFHIUu31SPsdWsdNsVyUZgnwpS7wvyZDZjh-_LUZOoyr6Do0MB7RlV-b7e6jet9QHelilqVsAoNnzBz5do5nEY3TLgPyganYsl3tXEQJpJDQhg-Sg0ZjB1j9DAGlbtms_qkrT17i7TSyDFYNazer/s320/DA719101-59D8-4F2D-8B48-9F7712625C7E.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Despite the rain, it was a pretty good day! 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Bob Jones, SMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09190485668223141934noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413223267639378754.post-60984020329658750782022-06-23T16:18:00.005+02:002022-06-23T16:19:16.034+02:0023 San Martín del Camino to Astorga - 16 miles<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">A farmer, a nurse and a teacher walk the Camino. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 14.666666984558105px; white-space: pre-wrap;">…or…</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In Italian, a French woman and an American walk the Camino.</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">No, this isn’t the start of a bad joke but a little bit of my experience on the Camino today.</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I headed out in the morning and decided I would have breakfast at the first town I came to. Along the way I met three people now living in Florida but who are originally from Cuba and Columbia. We shared stories and laughed a lot along the way.</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">That brought us to the towns of Puente de Órbigo and Hospital de Órbigo. Essentially, they are one city connected by a really long medieval bridge. There is a story that at the bridge a knight pledged to win 300 jousting matches in order to get over his lost love. Ahhhh medieval chivalry at its best. 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I am quite impressed by the system of canals and channels that they have here for irrigation.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipDp76P8PVyMk8G5gDhB8-QvQfpnrpJJJSZtkV_LrhKIuHZ0s5kI4KqdchI_OHviJzd7pMLVIAkUqSEepuuq8Lrrbl6oa4NiYwe1OgMWNYI6mQtKMiyL2WID8g4if8wn6naToaVSP4BXIy8YwJuxeN4gkLMe6xZGHvUF3vb_8_nIJLjQUatmXxg8mP/s4032/7F855589-96B1-40E8-B2DE-D968C3FFE348.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipDp76P8PVyMk8G5gDhB8-QvQfpnrpJJJSZtkV_LrhKIuHZ0s5kI4KqdchI_OHviJzd7pMLVIAkUqSEepuuq8Lrrbl6oa4NiYwe1OgMWNYI6mQtKMiyL2WID8g4if8wn6naToaVSP4BXIy8YwJuxeN4gkLMe6xZGHvUF3vb_8_nIJLjQUatmXxg8mP/s320/7F855589-96B1-40E8-B2DE-D968C3FFE348.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmB_NCz-t0PWGiUnrctXo5vNG7pWFZfvPuQ7Un6YilM8Fzk4mT6GfZcXWZB4qHYTIvPZ-w514AIsNSyiB9yBI8gIwmUZNmpLk28l_kpkkbZkVVaJyZeAmL1a50nh3RT-nfK5uPPD1NOnYZGoEbJchDvSGGWeewo50h3lNM2x_xxs2kLXxd7zxjfwLF/s4032/2E711436-01C0-4C4F-BA33-4531030E1661.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmB_NCz-t0PWGiUnrctXo5vNG7pWFZfvPuQ7Un6YilM8Fzk4mT6GfZcXWZB4qHYTIvPZ-w514AIsNSyiB9yBI8gIwmUZNmpLk28l_kpkkbZkVVaJyZeAmL1a50nh3RT-nfK5uPPD1NOnYZGoEbJchDvSGGWeewo50h3lNM2x_xxs2kLXxd7zxjfwLF/s320/2E711436-01C0-4C4F-BA33-4531030E1661.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie1f3RhSUz9aspLPPjZQCQJv7ookrklE_MdnK_Rkt1i5L65JSlT6Lzvq6yl3byxOZIT1V1H8TQ3Z4BJsbSFMamYijjhphEE9Hmlj-xQbwvY3kLoIqjxqDDyRBdFDQSHoJWa_baZTBU3ic25FyI0aSUZ0fm7b17Z3bENkDCKkuxUgNMd3YNBdn7_7ug/s4032/7F7FCCDE-0345-4732-B9AD-6F46ACEC13E1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie1f3RhSUz9aspLPPjZQCQJv7ookrklE_MdnK_Rkt1i5L65JSlT6Lzvq6yl3byxOZIT1V1H8TQ3Z4BJsbSFMamYijjhphEE9Hmlj-xQbwvY3kLoIqjxqDDyRBdFDQSHoJWa_baZTBU3ic25FyI0aSUZ0fm7b17Z3bENkDCKkuxUgNMd3YNBdn7_7ug/s320/7F7FCCDE-0345-4732-B9AD-6F46ACEC13E1.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh06a9m7AENMYu854C4QIgzYsce5vE6llbJ-gkbpxUzPfgR190OsEk9KJSvgi1drDUOqJ0xAl8AfthzWMxpwMs7kojmVYpLPIwiJ83yT2Ux7JyIEmixJiosBVOHBMdi7Tj3Ea94GpgNZnReEKJ-Cv8OskzdW1aMgu91oyygdXKaEFDamDCTMaI0EjWN/s4032/F0ACDB95-3D1D-4852-A63E-8F598D297E68.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh06a9m7AENMYu854C4QIgzYsce5vE6llbJ-gkbpxUzPfgR190OsEk9KJSvgi1drDUOqJ0xAl8AfthzWMxpwMs7kojmVYpLPIwiJ83yT2Ux7JyIEmixJiosBVOHBMdi7Tj3Ea94GpgNZnReEKJ-Cv8OskzdW1aMgu91oyygdXKaEFDamDCTMaI0EjWN/s320/F0ACDB95-3D1D-4852-A63E-8F598D297E68.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Then, we went through the village of Villares de Órbigo. 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We were then joined by a woman who is a nurse from Paris. We walked together for about the next 10 miles until we reached our final destination of Astorga. Along the way we talked about many things including how to raise cattle, the state of France’s healthcare system, and teaching students with learning disabilities. It really was a wonderful time of sharing experiences and shared humanity. It is a big part of the Camino spirit. Maybe if everyone in the world could just walk and talk with each other, it might be a better place.</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkw8uKtcoqNhD-FrPSdrhcq5e493jnW3RlRYusyW5Cpc0pexKtsmfhfpLMdYe2r8B1bfkVsg-rNIwPXzxuRvFAw0uwm3ax9oalVEz-yMbNW-TeEMQN-ZtGsc9bSxSm2_dXhSZIi7_btcHzRLy-d2yS8Nd4IlVxs-l2CPCHolVhDJNy4M0AAUiSkHei/s4032/6C7A6CEB-300F-47B1-9DF0-20169F91EDE0.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkw8uKtcoqNhD-FrPSdrhcq5e493jnW3RlRYusyW5Cpc0pexKtsmfhfpLMdYe2r8B1bfkVsg-rNIwPXzxuRvFAw0uwm3ax9oalVEz-yMbNW-TeEMQN-ZtGsc9bSxSm2_dXhSZIi7_btcHzRLy-d2yS8Nd4IlVxs-l2CPCHolVhDJNy4M0AAUiSkHei/s320/6C7A6CEB-300F-47B1-9DF0-20169F91EDE0.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeKUGr-7j5HsPJ6YVx4amTipgyINCq-UGOVEvzHBWTxWH3LQyyrjN4hXe2bnj12JkchD0EGOndq0mpXZV-B9fSqQLQuF0e6dzyR_el2FPVOJcYaJVl8ErUZtsiG7cKcM-8mybXwD60eiGxvWUg_x6berz3CLlkP2x74-xcT4fyFTT8TZgpJUCDwOnh/s4032/4972CFD0-6DFC-44F1-90D2-CE51C3D1DCD5.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeKUGr-7j5HsPJ6YVx4amTipgyINCq-UGOVEvzHBWTxWH3LQyyrjN4hXe2bnj12JkchD0EGOndq0mpXZV-B9fSqQLQuF0e6dzyR_el2FPVOJcYaJVl8ErUZtsiG7cKcM-8mybXwD60eiGxvWUg_x6berz3CLlkP2x74-xcT4fyFTT8TZgpJUCDwOnh/s320/4972CFD0-6DFC-44F1-90D2-CE51C3D1DCD5.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">About halfway along we came to a rest stop over seen by a Spaniard named David. He lives here by himself off the grid and sets out refreshments for the pilgrims that walk by. You are just requested to leave a small donation for whatever you take. It was quite the nice surprise to receive this little treat.</span></p><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBfLgAYmk2zino5AJWYOZ0yLevGjNm8Ss2XMm58DRwZ0knukLfA2fPatIdXd3MqukDYtoRN4EZ9B9neaW36jSpPExVkufHQMFB30Mh1uFnQ-eQom7zy9kmjVu6x8Bi6Q4l1lGvj2VlIwxLz2gA46ENzFOZb60x5GvJj8Ry6MesehXlqCEuLDbCjoAL/s4032/198E07AE-34E4-488E-83D2-FFEF7C56015C.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBfLgAYmk2zino5AJWYOZ0yLevGjNm8Ss2XMm58DRwZ0knukLfA2fPatIdXd3MqukDYtoRN4EZ9B9neaW36jSpPExVkufHQMFB30Mh1uFnQ-eQom7zy9kmjVu6x8Bi6Q4l1lGvj2VlIwxLz2gA46ENzFOZb60x5GvJj8Ry6MesehXlqCEuLDbCjoAL/s320/198E07AE-34E4-488E-83D2-FFEF7C56015C.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTjoQVOxI8xmH3GTJ1h9SIGfLd0MuduxGqwjz6MwUq5s9l_i6wxz8ESEpmHmheVz5SQhr1LqaVQqsVxFyrDS990VKrV_1VnQUp5OLDtnRDEZhiJZ32OPvc1ux7Nb2P0pPd6bKsEhQyMjDyUGC-DCol1FqNYg96DSg6zOLM7bSDFt3wtK4ZxGFrRWty/s4032/2963CEC3-DC7C-4793-B458-1F54FF98B16F.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTjoQVOxI8xmH3GTJ1h9SIGfLd0MuduxGqwjz6MwUq5s9l_i6wxz8ESEpmHmheVz5SQhr1LqaVQqsVxFyrDS990VKrV_1VnQUp5OLDtnRDEZhiJZ32OPvc1ux7Nb2P0pPd6bKsEhQyMjDyUGC-DCol1FqNYg96DSg6zOLM7bSDFt3wtK4ZxGFrRWty/s320/2963CEC3-DC7C-4793-B458-1F54FF98B16F.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvdS0tk9M1-O0GxY1xi6F2lZiiGcP4pZFxlXavI6dMBpXViEAgPy7poA8VY8NeS7zarbp8CEpWKqijKtfZ-r_brzlNFsHDUui8rTfb2fIIqIbnKRSXLsnEQ2EBp8Hl-aGPDdLG3hSX0NZWnUMsJ-qZwBc4KXx47SlksoyeOSCFCAEvNfQ20TXpp9Ih/s4032/C3CF095C-FF7B-4FD3-BD3F-D105ED6926EE.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvdS0tk9M1-O0GxY1xi6F2lZiiGcP4pZFxlXavI6dMBpXViEAgPy7poA8VY8NeS7zarbp8CEpWKqijKtfZ-r_brzlNFsHDUui8rTfb2fIIqIbnKRSXLsnEQ2EBp8Hl-aGPDdLG3hSX0NZWnUMsJ-qZwBc4KXx47SlksoyeOSCFCAEvNfQ20TXpp9Ih/s320/C3CF095C-FF7B-4FD3-BD3F-D105ED6926EE.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As I was finishing up I wasn’t sure if I would continue walking with my two new friends or not. But as they were packing up they motioned to me and said “Andiamo - let’s go” and so we continued along our journey.</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A group of bicyclist volunteered to take our picture because, then, in turn they wanted us to take theirs.</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0CDbuhDE_gfK4678belJUgnihq5uCy7-yEbqMUxqHWdu6ejBvMTeGi4hvKXmF7tsi5l7gWzuItVWKeSY9ITd2R7I49ighn22hGze4xA-hwU2SZux1F6Q9heB3kgWWQ9HiH3SB40jw6PHGOsbt8XAiVJiBYSj--cyEVUfHOCG45y925ZoYlstwMbuS/s4032/F1A650EB-43A5-453A-9869-ADE06815322A.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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The tour included a free sample at the end!</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiMtQQJmYE-BRKjNYcRQyGGksPwCCdLJUGmQz1s-_HQztMf_UQMmWo-dc4Y8zoacnSsEjeVIG2V3MKde41JiE7LeUQwhWS9gbAe7WEwVM4DQivXJ7CFBKO5NQl6kMrHy7OZFyptDXlulj65p3RQzu-CpP1QUQ5HMiiDItr8FNoui169YhEPCDnQ_9U/s4032/15C2C920-1627-46EE-A6BF-AD1D9F2A3E3D.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiMtQQJmYE-BRKjNYcRQyGGksPwCCdLJUGmQz1s-_HQztMf_UQMmWo-dc4Y8zoacnSsEjeVIG2V3MKde41JiE7LeUQwhWS9gbAe7WEwVM4DQivXJ7CFBKO5NQl6kMrHy7OZFyptDXlulj65p3RQzu-CpP1QUQ5HMiiDItr8FNoui169YhEPCDnQ_9U/s320/15C2C920-1627-46EE-A6BF-AD1D9F2A3E3D.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhItCsY01w8_imDWZns0N5IEeZfIkEd8hNHPpBwJcmKWvS4zykNoQs-vzGTfNi2gMnc63ugeJrAa4xeoroh_Cxm05N7w3XUrob58JQWC3YmAboTOkOp1T_B-GEVqlLEAfG_sAMXX-MQs7LUk3Rrk6yh5KLg7vTZ2RWcMVxgSOAaf7ZDAtw0L7B8Lxkh/s4032/4314C3D1-FB74-4A9B-BA4D-486527E1F1CD.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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A little taste of home!</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Buen Camino!</span></p>Fr. Bob Jones, SMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09190485668223141934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413223267639378754.post-1406465277692760842022-06-22T21:07:00.001+02:002022-06-22T21:07:13.812+02:0022 León to San Martín del Camino - 16 miles<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">And the winner for the ugliest section of the Camino goes to ….. this one!</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The morning started out just fine as we walked through Leon, a city that was starting to come to life. Folks were headed to work. Kids were walking to school. Coffees were being made in the cafés.</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As we walked out of the city, we passed by the church of Saint Isidore….</span></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOeHbbJWeC23W0leZfLpFZmHSgMT44VrJ5UQD3dAJVs-sCSJbG7VRPA0b0hIzWundJiWlArrX8JbIfUQukz1yeZhdwWhXitgNY5wy0rEF5xbK4Kgw45wyo9pQHg9mw31v7sWH3dEwamk2zdPSPCi7TD79fM0yE6K8SlS_jLwsv44HH6l0Nvq_ZNrYQ/s4032/BDA52798-E890-466E-8017-1CF296455C8B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOeHbbJWeC23W0leZfLpFZmHSgMT44VrJ5UQD3dAJVs-sCSJbG7VRPA0b0hIzWundJiWlArrX8JbIfUQukz1yeZhdwWhXitgNY5wy0rEF5xbK4Kgw45wyo9pQHg9mw31v7sWH3dEwamk2zdPSPCi7TD79fM0yE6K8SlS_jLwsv44HH6l0Nvq_ZNrYQ/s320/BDA52798-E890-466E-8017-1CF296455C8B.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; 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The church in town was interesting in that it is quite modern but still has the Baroque alterpiece. I believe Mary appeared to a pastor here back in the 1500s. </span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMTSvzqEQZC9otc2JlbdhdPrT0th_5ELLJyoAPPJBIvhLcwr1f7Zh5LSxFv--4JS-t4cYNwp5nCS7kmGx7Xzh-O7zfF7x4BW9kaa7UKMJtvLp7IsGhwOW7324b63XDvdIopz63NPzRAx9uc1LcYjWdRsD__y1WHEiPbBLaBlampP33V1lepCWU1qL0/s4032/65873459-A934-4571-AC6D-AD5513AA6466.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMTSvzqEQZC9otc2JlbdhdPrT0th_5ELLJyoAPPJBIvhLcwr1f7Zh5LSxFv--4JS-t4cYNwp5nCS7kmGx7Xzh-O7zfF7x4BW9kaa7UKMJtvLp7IsGhwOW7324b63XDvdIopz63NPzRAx9uc1LcYjWdRsD__y1WHEiPbBLaBlampP33V1lepCWU1qL0/s320/65873459-A934-4571-AC6D-AD5513AA6466.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinSStKrLygNTldHFPOfaCVhBMQ0S18GhLjU22hM-HzRPXbqyKJSLLmRy85LS33GtVghUVm-6K3bYtrXDPm0rx4K9JkYC2c35RNYiFAM-mty0tH4Va20bfczeFiiWGrFhP00VDDdR2TjsuqGmy8zW6O_-hv7-3Fh_nNazHXdxNSsDDxlPD2EWAGWLdx/s320/D11B4A16-B13B-4F86-9B70-4EF8DE42C6E9.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Then, the Camino spent most of the way along a roadside. To one side there was pretty much scrubby fields, and on the other side was a highway with quite a bit of traffic. Not the most beautiful sites we have seen along the Camino, and not many good places to stop. At one point, we were sitting outside a truckstop simply because they have benches available. These pictures pretty much sum up what we saw for quite a long stretch. (in the Camino‘s defense, there was an alternate route. However, it would have given us A short day today and then quite a long day tomorrow and we chose to have two medium length ays instead.)</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIanE8uizFRZuiQihVVR2zmZBzeQMqhspnqXb2qAP0VLzwyw0fWqVtrKop0Lwo2-8rIZ1NdAlYqFHBw8vmGhqLtKKn1cL4OnN-e982A5FJ3smIhgBrBMdcGj2Ud-HeYkA6zzegxTR17uRbeSde9hhtsbEg81q7Jhc7r7PpydLmTE8HGjNBIbRG568G/s4032/65ADA5DD-A654-43E6-8031-FBE9763D698D.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIanE8uizFRZuiQihVVR2zmZBzeQMqhspnqXb2qAP0VLzwyw0fWqVtrKop0Lwo2-8rIZ1NdAlYqFHBw8vmGhqLtKKn1cL4OnN-e982A5FJ3smIhgBrBMdcGj2Ud-HeYkA6zzegxTR17uRbeSde9hhtsbEg81q7Jhc7r7PpydLmTE8HGjNBIbRG568G/s320/65ADA5DD-A654-43E6-8031-FBE9763D698D.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUfHE80EuHjPeCj49tQLdcCP--COYfculJoYt0Lu73aPR35foN_9Vay0VNpBlemKJPG8jhermYA3Ltj8yAp8ujIVzSstbindxwnUevI508Rn6aV8SNwDW0xzld9rwFl1OC1uENC5DYAH_pr7YU5haNvzJiSUHMrOV9FBPDon-R65ZT4nUcE0V6j3Kf/s4032/4999DF31-806C-437F-940E-D63454C0E596.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUfHE80EuHjPeCj49tQLdcCP--COYfculJoYt0Lu73aPR35foN_9Vay0VNpBlemKJPG8jhermYA3Ltj8yAp8ujIVzSstbindxwnUevI508Rn6aV8SNwDW0xzld9rwFl1OC1uENC5DYAH_pr7YU5haNvzJiSUHMrOV9FBPDon-R65ZT4nUcE0V6j3Kf/s320/4999DF31-806C-437F-940E-D63454C0E596.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It did eventually give way to a little better scenery. It was relatively flat. The weather was cool. And it brought us to our albergue which was very comfortable, and where I had a very tasty dessert of yogurt and caramel apple sauce.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB6B4z6qPDGJJjdwwcSXA3OeankU7X0QNqXEyk8gE48QO_fP2POQZ7buqGsbVBvqrUC0BVQKYoiPO28brxWehnBrGpha7v4d7KSI-TRNOeIcodRP6JYFb9SjPE9PV257Ryyau6wWNEOLXzTE0cuXKe67TeyZSHFlMrLM-e1xO_SopNA-dDoWUEbqYK/s4032/93E4686E-B4A9-4A64-8219-6BACB49A2AE7.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB6B4z6qPDGJJjdwwcSXA3OeankU7X0QNqXEyk8gE48QO_fP2POQZ7buqGsbVBvqrUC0BVQKYoiPO28brxWehnBrGpha7v4d7KSI-TRNOeIcodRP6JYFb9SjPE9PV257Ryyau6wWNEOLXzTE0cuXKe67TeyZSHFlMrLM-e1xO_SopNA-dDoWUEbqYK/s320/93E4686E-B4A9-4A64-8219-6BACB49A2AE7.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI1QOSmQvnKTMW4OZS86OHYP8DTVE7VC69BhLzB57FmFby4bNQeliz1V0X4c84beRW5MjGBNZZi1fxQzmDJyY2UDJJ5ILF1dtYB2qmNjamfvr-DTpjBUJ6ZLewH-UqEF4wA9Rn15zqLoBs14eX8ggK9ih0OAOfzAjp_QMN-UKSwc3-sp5cnOZIUgl1/s4032/C85B1F7C-5834-44B4-84EC-DD3B6D94BEE6.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI1QOSmQvnKTMW4OZS86OHYP8DTVE7VC69BhLzB57FmFby4bNQeliz1V0X4c84beRW5MjGBNZZi1fxQzmDJyY2UDJJ5ILF1dtYB2qmNjamfvr-DTpjBUJ6ZLewH-UqEF4wA9Rn15zqLoBs14eX8ggK9ih0OAOfzAjp_QMN-UKSwc3-sp5cnOZIUgl1/s320/C85B1F7C-5834-44B4-84EC-DD3B6D94BEE6.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtZDisL8-aYeQ73jD52DeVoXW7j91phdyantLFUz_DLmI3rSEGRotpvISCSF-J_q_Bwq169zPrTfrk24yGDE9ijFoM66lmg0DQdq3dLHnOyFB8nL2woWsS5vWKKW1QuSOPhXAAWWzcYLtsREKHlKrE7qqbQ3nZwnHLRYbfK_Z3LG7CrcWwcPigmH_z/s4032/E8A5CEBA-187A-406E-9998-920F8790631D.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtZDisL8-aYeQ73jD52DeVoXW7j91phdyantLFUz_DLmI3rSEGRotpvISCSF-J_q_Bwq169zPrTfrk24yGDE9ijFoM66lmg0DQdq3dLHnOyFB8nL2woWsS5vWKKW1QuSOPhXAAWWzcYLtsREKHlKrE7qqbQ3nZwnHLRYbfK_Z3LG7CrcWwcPigmH_z/s320/E8A5CEBA-187A-406E-9998-920F8790631D.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And, there were a few other fun things along the way. So, I guess today wasn’t all that bad.</span></p><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTcDx8255fX4hkVouTXMRxhs3KgMxlO3Czy4oGVDOz7fey2q3EtWQMqYpZskHgfKDTFk__3vh81BBdnYMGs19AKhyxQ3ozeY5TimhXjb33bS5yp6x3wJ2G0clXQ9bV7tNyVB-m7uJX9VSiljEcxJsQ1H7aofbA3noo5OxI8VZ9azl4sivgjqo2AjST/s4032/43C6D02E-3B8F-4E54-A11D-6451E2678372.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTcDx8255fX4hkVouTXMRxhs3KgMxlO3Czy4oGVDOz7fey2q3EtWQMqYpZskHgfKDTFk__3vh81BBdnYMGs19AKhyxQ3ozeY5TimhXjb33bS5yp6x3wJ2G0clXQ9bV7tNyVB-m7uJX9VSiljEcxJsQ1H7aofbA3noo5OxI8VZ9azl4sivgjqo2AjST/s320/43C6D02E-3B8F-4E54-A11D-6451E2678372.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM0dnh7-kVggWDG2rS7OU-Vj8ftwxGOI-7s1hyYN5HGcJEUGXgNLjoo_wZt6G5hiygsT_6C03RfyBr44ds3WtlMO_O4dIVjdEJLJNvTUrg9U_XSJnytPFhsy9XdZRRNJI_8W681b2Hub49VDyCjMP13HgqkEq4j1Gg3yQGtXwVy-dPQAnHp4TgTSHj/s4032/B4CA2903-1A4C-4A04-A036-65D76C8B9B38.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM0dnh7-kVggWDG2rS7OU-Vj8ftwxGOI-7s1hyYN5HGcJEUGXgNLjoo_wZt6G5hiygsT_6C03RfyBr44ds3WtlMO_O4dIVjdEJLJNvTUrg9U_XSJnytPFhsy9XdZRRNJI_8W681b2Hub49VDyCjMP13HgqkEq4j1Gg3yQGtXwVy-dPQAnHp4TgTSHj/s320/B4CA2903-1A4C-4A04-A036-65D76C8B9B38.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJu5Fw4n78KKs-SKXaqBCdQ0oaz16m0blihEBKis90do88ENlRNXPHV_VsyQb-r7ZGXAn3c5Sp1X2OLuu-aiFvXou0aNV1PyNDfoQoXnnFZn1H9dGZ_WmwsY26sTtqjwCd1iFKzd49jPDp7hLc1p6O7BT-EhVnY8Qx_YNvnO0Vz57s0OZJE9Zv1LxM/s4032/BBA1FF0D-304E-4172-BC0C-22B865CB5AD9.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJu5Fw4n78KKs-SKXaqBCdQ0oaz16m0blihEBKis90do88ENlRNXPHV_VsyQb-r7ZGXAn3c5Sp1X2OLuu-aiFvXou0aNV1PyNDfoQoXnnFZn1H9dGZ_WmwsY26sTtqjwCd1iFKzd49jPDp7hLc1p6O7BT-EhVnY8Qx_YNvnO0Vz57s0OZJE9Zv1LxM/s320/BBA1FF0D-304E-4172-BC0C-22B865CB5AD9.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Buen Camino!</span></p>Fr. Bob Jones, SMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09190485668223141934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413223267639378754.post-77650733850991008052022-06-21T16:26:00.003+02:002022-06-21T16:27:05.852+02:0021 Rest Day in León - 0 miles<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Yo no soy un león.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When I started to learn a little bit of Spanish, the app I was using had me learn this phrase. I don’t really know why. It’s not all that useful. But, it is a true statement. “I am not a lion!”</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">However, the city we rested in is a lion…at least that’s wjat its name means. (Although, a guidebook says the name comes from the Latin for “legion” referring to the Roman army that settled in the are around 29 BC.) You can see a few lions hanging around, though. </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV96borj5XCpwoKyg2rCjk5ly_ahDbPLAx5diY58J1YcwPQA_zevsXR1AfhgTjO9TB5DmagMsAED0uvw-3EgRvGggo_P_MIN8rbmpghdpypkA9iqHVln9vYMQhrVpv1rQq9TzNPkmcyeXHLmWcH-lX5avNj64IYVsJtYPI3qDOoeCVtiOsvlWVb_mc/s4032/9CE158CA-F6FE-4E53-BB90-580EAECBD6D3.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV96borj5XCpwoKyg2rCjk5ly_ahDbPLAx5diY58J1YcwPQA_zevsXR1AfhgTjO9TB5DmagMsAED0uvw-3EgRvGggo_P_MIN8rbmpghdpypkA9iqHVln9vYMQhrVpv1rQq9TzNPkmcyeXHLmWcH-lX5avNj64IYVsJtYPI3qDOoeCVtiOsvlWVb_mc/s320/9CE158CA-F6FE-4E53-BB90-580EAECBD6D3.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzac6qGuWwf0bwLqznBr4wm3XXKCkYv8hPxH8znQ5-t9Dx4OZ99S3mgg7q7-YDGObctj7A8Su6Ideg_tEtqORG70_giCRtiDHLcWEJ-8qBOn63B1Z5qKJRc8GPe3WV9FXG6TU6pvrmqPTmIPzcNFXcXz3HrZHH2DRg2-_SuOxW4bUOSTFzlRqJ9ud-/s4032/4B31F469-3ED8-4378-835D-3AAF43441B5A.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzac6qGuWwf0bwLqznBr4wm3XXKCkYv8hPxH8znQ5-t9Dx4OZ99S3mgg7q7-YDGObctj7A8Su6Ideg_tEtqORG70_giCRtiDHLcWEJ-8qBOn63B1Z5qKJRc8GPe3WV9FXG6TU6pvrmqPTmIPzcNFXcXz3HrZHH2DRg2-_SuOxW4bUOSTFzlRqJ9ud-/s320/4B31F469-3ED8-4378-835D-3AAF43441B5A.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvl7akLMWOczjye_-bk1rHCZa1SpZB1YnFC-JX3n5yD3qk3OpsQrD90GJyvVUsmvBM08igkeVDu78wE4X_rhZRMGlqlGkeojotpID3rdgHh9nIJKZ88gWGbzY4VGGyV2cAdP62QW36_RyYcVvglxm-AGoET9BVGBnvU4fUgtQxw-9ivv6DoS-coqKf/s4032/8A0177E9-CF9A-42A2-98A2-4475C32A5567.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvl7akLMWOczjye_-bk1rHCZa1SpZB1YnFC-JX3n5yD3qk3OpsQrD90GJyvVUsmvBM08igkeVDu78wE4X_rhZRMGlqlGkeojotpID3rdgHh9nIJKZ88gWGbzY4VGGyV2cAdP62QW36_RyYcVvglxm-AGoET9BVGBnvU4fUgtQxw-9ivv6DoS-coqKf/s320/8A0177E9-CF9A-42A2-98A2-4475C32A5567.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div></div><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The first highlight of León is definitely its cathedral dedicated to Mary. Built in a Gothic style and influenced by similar structures in France, it is quite beautiful. The stained glass windows are magnificent, and it is filled with much artwork and statues. The pictures won’t do it justice, but will give you a taste. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2907reYqWB9cVyJa_bhsfAFFKc7Yp2yhnPXrfgnCC5gOwc0nDHALWRL32r5q15M_DTd9NYNvam1sfbb0CrsjTO16B6STgfTt7_P-lQa5Foq5LD7Xk2ZT_VCjekr5Ue0b5ypQI_Ce8J8j593t6CbZVeD1zU_Oir0TTRu3vrD0n5R_o9eKLgEnX-Zp0/s4032/77323E42-F69B-48E8-8390-F2FA91E1750A.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2907reYqWB9cVyJa_bhsfAFFKc7Yp2yhnPXrfgnCC5gOwc0nDHALWRL32r5q15M_DTd9NYNvam1sfbb0CrsjTO16B6STgfTt7_P-lQa5Foq5LD7Xk2ZT_VCjekr5Ue0b5ypQI_Ce8J8j593t6CbZVeD1zU_Oir0TTRu3vrD0n5R_o9eKLgEnX-Zp0/s320/77323E42-F69B-48E8-8390-F2FA91E1750A.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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We were able to catch a traditional procession as it started through the city. </span></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGPVAB9L4Uo6PJ0L1JzOheFs3GKHYXbtA-7kMTYj2C6YaQdnOPm6J5F44hTQj6trMbQHhl7dwDHISzeZKhR1jVFDxr9ggPE9wogZ4EVrvRaH-yGht_vW_pkk1WVgiuWlcA20bcX4qmFQlfAVHVZ7B8dhuP4N_iIIIxWJ1JelPieavc0fts5f_iESEa/s4032/6F64332C-6746-4E2D-88D6-CD5FAEF2B531.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGPVAB9L4Uo6PJ0L1JzOheFs3GKHYXbtA-7kMTYj2C6YaQdnOPm6J5F44hTQj6trMbQHhl7dwDHISzeZKhR1jVFDxr9ggPE9wogZ4EVrvRaH-yGht_vW_pkk1WVgiuWlcA20bcX4qmFQlfAVHVZ7B8dhuP4N_iIIIxWJ1JelPieavc0fts5f_iESEa/s320/6F64332C-6746-4E2D-88D6-CD5FAEF2B531.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim07dspFPz-BxSLHoW7x1MBqNnUvF91qWU8BJVx1WoBm_3sCvL519_VZ2TBzGQ95LYb0U101T7PWbPXQ9Y_bxhZH6WECJ1MXBWC2GmNHSwk5vsW3TTV8_6I46XKitl4dTgThLQJew8To_UPZQ1IiRLKZar_8X1bF0r1EmZJb3hTc0Eyj0IJ7pl7lVj/s4032/9EABF654-23B3-4E77-9F65-298F0E3F5359.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim07dspFPz-BxSLHoW7x1MBqNnUvF91qWU8BJVx1WoBm_3sCvL519_VZ2TBzGQ95LYb0U101T7PWbPXQ9Y_bxhZH6WECJ1MXBWC2GmNHSwk5vsW3TTV8_6I46XKitl4dTgThLQJew8To_UPZQ1IiRLKZar_8X1bF0r1EmZJb3hTc0Eyj0IJ7pl7lVj/s320/9EABF654-23B3-4E77-9F65-298F0E3F5359.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/V01nt8KVm5g" width="320" youtube-src-id="V01nt8KVm5g"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">[click the picture above for a short video of the procession]</div><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The final highlight was the food, especially the toppas. The neighborhood in which we were staying was known for its tapas bars and so we indulged a little bit. Here’s a sampling. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5pZBZCVstrp93XMp1gW7hFdmtkPHv1rdP57ieMOD9rsyTBQpz3hazTeMVLbrTTH9o6W4_qYSAwjJjv6eE-a3li7vnpf74N_EXczVbrJ3pm7zNAC9x-roNQn2rCwpMiwCrTdHXOCctteSBhQ-d8673y9KE6eG6d5c-OSP-CK-PZsujn6z-ItuiAJ0P/s4032/6BB99890-C9FC-474F-9C67-AFC9917509D8.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5pZBZCVstrp93XMp1gW7hFdmtkPHv1rdP57ieMOD9rsyTBQpz3hazTeMVLbrTTH9o6W4_qYSAwjJjv6eE-a3li7vnpf74N_EXczVbrJ3pm7zNAC9x-roNQn2rCwpMiwCrTdHXOCctteSBhQ-d8673y9KE6eG6d5c-OSP-CK-PZsujn6z-ItuiAJ0P/s320/6BB99890-C9FC-474F-9C67-AFC9917509D8.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Chorizo (sausage) in a wine sauce</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSL9RBhz5_cqq_3_uXo2CmFlxw3QGk5Dr7h_1BEiTUCU2ZhxmqaJ9m94_1xnLitcagwGbn0cWn3I6Wr-tXtFjp84QKCcEUKWkURsFnLH9NnRVbdRUSwEFTyo16paDIZnZOMDGDGuYB_8n8Sh-YFpzlYj0Malexj4GGvxSE0C-Lvx3MgdK1EG30OR5-/s4032/6E186558-FEB2-4A69-A224-C3846A6D4C35.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSL9RBhz5_cqq_3_uXo2CmFlxw3QGk5Dr7h_1BEiTUCU2ZhxmqaJ9m94_1xnLitcagwGbn0cWn3I6Wr-tXtFjp84QKCcEUKWkURsFnLH9NnRVbdRUSwEFTyo16paDIZnZOMDGDGuYB_8n8Sh-YFpzlYj0Malexj4GGvxSE0C-Lvx3MgdK1EG30OR5-/s320/6E186558-FEB2-4A69-A224-C3846A6D4C35.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mushroom and ham croquettes </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">Cheese and bread</div><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p></p><p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-e866b5cd-7fff-3053-c473-c3c9d936c479" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Our Camino friend Richard from Nottingham joined us for dinner one night. </span></p><p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-e866b5cd-7fff-3053-c473-c3c9d936c479" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-e866b5cd-7fff-3053-c473-c3c9d936c479" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; 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white-space: pre-wrap;">Buen Camino!</span></div><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p>Fr. Bob Jones, SMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09190485668223141934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413223267639378754.post-89651201204332955602022-06-19T20:18:00.003+02:002022-06-19T23:49:03.633+02:0020 Calzadilla de la Cuerza to Sahagun to Leon - 48 miles<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Today we went 48 miles!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Now, before you think we are super human, let me explain. </span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The plan for today (Sunday) was to walk 14 miles to Sahagún. Then, on Monday walk 19 miles to Reliegos. Then walk 15 miles to León on Tuesday. </span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUb8fBR6H0Y8S3ho81x_grBhrTnEBwT8lUvSnUQStFf5H-gOYrsw-cpotK00ILakYdZ-1Br8nyLUQ8N0eSAL1afKvHslkpV1C2EyvQbuxD1DnY4etKLimfLCi_Lwl49DWR6my_z1g5w0htobYeabfneDsvfCacPxGogxV-7oK-B3h9isWTAp3xP-VP/s4032/7C0FEC62-3853-4F16-B898-28829260BE6B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUb8fBR6H0Y8S3ho81x_grBhrTnEBwT8lUvSnUQStFf5H-gOYrsw-cpotK00ILakYdZ-1Br8nyLUQ8N0eSAL1afKvHslkpV1C2EyvQbuxD1DnY4etKLimfLCi_Lwl49DWR6my_z1g5w0htobYeabfneDsvfCacPxGogxV-7oK-B3h9isWTAp3xP-VP/s320/7C0FEC62-3853-4F16-B898-28829260BE6B.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As they say, sometimes the best laid plans get changed. We sat down last night and plotted out what we had remaining to get us to Santiago, and given our return flight dates, we would be cutting things pretty close. So, we decided to get to Sahagún and then take a train to León which is a sizeable city. In essence, this gives us a few extra days, allows us to rest a little in León (which is much needed), and it gets us out of the hot meseta a little quicker. (Ironically, the high temperatures this week are forecased to be about 15-20 degrees lower than last week! It looks like the heatwave has finally ended.) </span></p><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig-ernldthFuNTxaFHgPF5p-qKTMJUTYZSZHkRmlVwjj96uLcihbl1oOYOa1fbIw_UNITHX1C4Y7iXQaBDqCrA7gCbGV4PvnPHRMNxNBZT1jK8XlZ-LDg2-20-U7t4B_6jtaF-qKK8u8LVKkivsyNg_XLD3ZtkJm3sCRGyn8RDGmUzQCfzfub_8Rrc/s4032/E3B0BC9F-D066-4130-A228-C5C213AB17D0.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig-ernldthFuNTxaFHgPF5p-qKTMJUTYZSZHkRmlVwjj96uLcihbl1oOYOa1fbIw_UNITHX1C4Y7iXQaBDqCrA7gCbGV4PvnPHRMNxNBZT1jK8XlZ-LDg2-20-U7t4B_6jtaF-qKK8u8LVKkivsyNg_XLD3ZtkJm3sCRGyn8RDGmUzQCfzfub_8Rrc/s320/E3B0BC9F-D066-4130-A228-C5C213AB17D0.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So, after a later start due to the lower temperatures, we began walking this morning. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNCEB7hMlfDV8eN5nQuxkXSyuE1e5_V3jqVVVX9KeXgrQ3IApIMuSSiICNRD4-eMYAzzFe1mRXmuHQwOyjmm-vLKsv_KGG1ZIFEYuvyEXcBAdhpKoWdwhsbiR7W4GSYq0J_XLteyF39c8J4JhpwzLjH7QpO8jy_W71_YPEE0YS_gA08YO_-PwWHGri/s4032/B8D9C732-4211-49C2-8D3E-6B4E3C7C93CB.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNCEB7hMlfDV8eN5nQuxkXSyuE1e5_V3jqVVVX9KeXgrQ3IApIMuSSiICNRD4-eMYAzzFe1mRXmuHQwOyjmm-vLKsv_KGG1ZIFEYuvyEXcBAdhpKoWdwhsbiR7W4GSYq0J_XLteyF39c8J4JhpwzLjH7QpO8jy_W71_YPEE0YS_gA08YO_-PwWHGri/s320/B8D9C732-4211-49C2-8D3E-6B4E3C7C93CB.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We reached the first town (Ledigos) and one of our travelling companions was not feeling well. She called a taxi to get to our destination of the day (Sahagún) and I went with her so she wasn’t alone. I only walked about 4 miles today, but that was fine as I’m having a little ankle pain, and it allowed me to explore Sahagun a little more than I would have otherwise. </span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It included some churches and an old monastery. (Of course, pretty much everything here is old.) </span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQasDI4W1LHFyNMdbAESeMJoJjyUGRKC3HO4WChj1UvfFs_XDfJhErni_y7yrl3Mrw0ub60iLGiHkhXcjO5l69cES1r3FhvMw_-50ZGF3wbNoOEsukqfAqLG6Am8jR1EiBQSOCxXvmoVwkJY9PinwZ7y_i5125_0WwegBqqbkqEn1_p80c7GAKPd8d/s4032/7E797DE6-C204-4AF9-84BA-D9D0DD3DB42F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQasDI4W1LHFyNMdbAESeMJoJjyUGRKC3HO4WChj1UvfFs_XDfJhErni_y7yrl3Mrw0ub60iLGiHkhXcjO5l69cES1r3FhvMw_-50ZGF3wbNoOEsukqfAqLG6Am8jR1EiBQSOCxXvmoVwkJY9PinwZ7y_i5125_0WwegBqqbkqEn1_p80c7GAKPd8d/s320/7E797DE6-C204-4AF9-84BA-D9D0DD3DB42F.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh58X3SoqDVyTZ6PY08XAzfbgSjR16jKgA3Q04gIzZ0DzV3YKgT1SvUUBSR-KIiKUOv86CjE-nfeN1otoI-mw6kWXj-20H6d7dyFOC9l4sHlYh6QdQK_qIqe1yazO8u7LBj8DsHcnDbulkUC9xLYG-cQNbmJxEha9fVSuC1eGtLnNrfOo_2PuIN9K4x/s4032/E2E833A4-059A-4448-830D-8C0B4378CCF6.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">One of the original gates leading into the medieval city. </span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKiYTwsMqVXw3jeHOUbstzOmlaF5oAG0kBr_KouFCTC2T3z2ZsKEhqG4zyeO6JJYO4tLoqd8Wg_slnutRYeUqPf_seP8zwKqEaAfwCgIlsQQFWuqX09ZkPt79WHWMjfExauvMieJ0YgDtwnwguqZ-1CINc5d1W6NrfNlU2IK9qjYykypRJLRP3nh4W/s4032/E420B1E5-8928-4127-9604-50E844B9FDF8.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKiYTwsMqVXw3jeHOUbstzOmlaF5oAG0kBr_KouFCTC2T3z2ZsKEhqG4zyeO6JJYO4tLoqd8Wg_slnutRYeUqPf_seP8zwKqEaAfwCgIlsQQFWuqX09ZkPt79WHWMjfExauvMieJ0YgDtwnwguqZ-1CINc5d1W6NrfNlU2IK9qjYykypRJLRP3nh4W/s320/E420B1E5-8928-4127-9604-50E844B9FDF8.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And a really good paella (Spanish rice dish) for lunch. </span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMVsh0NPqtPSjEJAic2U4oZv5A54uiAajowjPd2UiBVX7yMdRdyBFEdGjX-gIsvwK2AdkRqfDN1L15SIrbSwK6KjZ0mUKKjQwbEIC1fSsyhfEb5w_nU5IN07803-KoUPYWTnaltoOm5fyLFJk5q0mhp0W4wPVJZRyh4ncbHg-0-esV3p3-VzbuhK-0/s4032/10031718-B312-47A7-B0E5-4B6DB3F08539.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMVsh0NPqtPSjEJAic2U4oZv5A54uiAajowjPd2UiBVX7yMdRdyBFEdGjX-gIsvwK2AdkRqfDN1L15SIrbSwK6KjZ0mUKKjQwbEIC1fSsyhfEb5w_nU5IN07803-KoUPYWTnaltoOm5fyLFJk5q0mhp0W4wPVJZRyh4ncbHg-0-esV3p3-VzbuhK-0/s320/10031718-B312-47A7-B0E5-4B6DB3F08539.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The highlight, however, was probably going to mass at San Lorenzo church. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">As I walked to the church I knew something was happening because it seemed like everyone else was headed in that direction.</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhzZiRSUT2VDVx5PBal5aD2ZsW2GgKHqcqd7BWjxBtTvTrDE8HmU_hEKgI05fj0EnJx6i_7948VbGet-s5b5rQS0VHRcNcElu1_UiVK1bXCVnJjS2dhAu9RB1geSO9OWEuZUCbFZXjyItREWOCfL0kwD8g_lcTak0dMTcwvQwAsHHoT9iNkRbinQ93/s4032/DFC0724A-4902-4A3F-8010-BF3B1961657C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhzZiRSUT2VDVx5PBal5aD2ZsW2GgKHqcqd7BWjxBtTvTrDE8HmU_hEKgI05fj0EnJx6i_7948VbGet-s5b5rQS0VHRcNcElu1_UiVK1bXCVnJjS2dhAu9RB1geSO9OWEuZUCbFZXjyItREWOCfL0kwD8g_lcTak0dMTcwvQwAsHHoT9iNkRbinQ93/s320/DFC0724A-4902-4A3F-8010-BF3B1961657C.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pmJlM-cpxko" width="320" youtube-src-id="pmJlM-cpxko"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">[Click the above picture for a short video I took of the procession heading into the main city plaza.]</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It was pretty fun to experience all of that. I really like the fact that the priest got to walk under a canopy. Ha ha ha ha ha! A fellow pilgrim, Sarah, said that we could use her poncho and hiking poles to recreate this for me on the Camino 😂😂😂</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3E7Nf4KFSMatQPyu7jKCs1PPZ4zV3y2UJo9vm6LIfqFdhENOQNl2KsuBzh2wTUOQmHtrNtgftsdyRb0sJUB5ya_RGMF3iYEThvJdg4IfEFnBZ_a1-q20aPFCiQrTrIJwK0dRlyvak59jOVHNJTxWANWOg5Fd_VKu_TlW0Blc2NKXcXJmqWxmS_6fW/s4032/27977CA8-90B4-4AFC-8966-2CAB88AE3A16.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3E7Nf4KFSMatQPyu7jKCs1PPZ4zV3y2UJo9vm6LIfqFdhENOQNl2KsuBzh2wTUOQmHtrNtgftsdyRb0sJUB5ya_RGMF3iYEThvJdg4IfEFnBZ_a1-q20aPFCiQrTrIJwK0dRlyvak59jOVHNJTxWANWOg5Fd_VKu_TlW0Blc2NKXcXJmqWxmS_6fW/s320/27977CA8-90B4-4AFC-8966-2CAB88AE3A16.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In late afternoon we boarded a train and made our way to León. I’ll post more pictures from there tomorrow.</span></p><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYu3fTwWNLdAweuD6azWuh4eAxEmLWwEGPD4bKhHZABJzvuSlNrqxPWVkpIZjcTDcEggySAVzAAL7MZopg5OvcSKu1QjVMgKq2pigfyF_MYgB_Ky5eQ2orIXD7Vc66D-hPkxpA8yUlJWV2bThNwC3v1Lb_cSo7JsvndYPBJCAIMiB1o4l1WCXnesSY/s3088/6ABD1AAE-3C21-4CA6-B876-4903147AFD64.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYu3fTwWNLdAweuD6azWuh4eAxEmLWwEGPD4bKhHZABJzvuSlNrqxPWVkpIZjcTDcEggySAVzAAL7MZopg5OvcSKu1QjVMgKq2pigfyF_MYgB_Ky5eQ2orIXD7Vc66D-hPkxpA8yUlJWV2bThNwC3v1Lb_cSo7JsvndYPBJCAIMiB1o4l1WCXnesSY/s320/6ABD1AAE-3C21-4CA6-B876-4903147AFD64.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBquxEUIC7zE50OL1BNz8tQrAq9vipzzFAeWIxlHDSfpgHln-JziyD6pNLNykc4Z5uKRFVzXUZUaql-RYUxeiYCBHCvUsJg--kZ0lIwScD3m4sL3P1pRm---AEyqsfzJUzV2DqEff_Zh4-CAq43Xc3xRaBqZAszgR98rBtZKLJ6CH3SlgcE-f4Gw_l/s4032/95EBB664-E7D9-460B-9193-C2697592148D.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBquxEUIC7zE50OL1BNz8tQrAq9vipzzFAeWIxlHDSfpgHln-JziyD6pNLNykc4Z5uKRFVzXUZUaql-RYUxeiYCBHCvUsJg--kZ0lIwScD3m4sL3P1pRm---AEyqsfzJUzV2DqEff_Zh4-CAq43Xc3xRaBqZAszgR98rBtZKLJ6CH3SlgcE-f4Gw_l/s320/95EBB664-E7D9-460B-9193-C2697592148D.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div></div><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">One final note. We saw on the news today that there are wildfires in some of the areas that we hiked a week or so ago. We learned that they are currently evacuating pilgrims from those areas. Please say a prayer that everyone stays safe. We are safe and nowhere in harm's way. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The following pictures were taken from an online news source. It’s a bit surreal to think that I walked across that bridge and in the forest not too long ago. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigHggwnADtuhGCvsxKqVWOhQuuIa_tdrQM5iR0ZVuQxJ9eoV7OajM-v8XwJDwA9eIrG74FEXuTpUdq8dDM0CXhXYXdvxTysNABBe4XQgHT5sqpiC7Vd2gCVlMc1ZDZPFVZF9wPJqt0DFh18avT8BPtj_AsZxoxa4aCUanjNA1CEFxIMXXkJg_EjKLv/s1691/7740CC51-C417-4FAE-9B66-B4757AD39C67.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="945" data-original-width="1691" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigHggwnADtuhGCvsxKqVWOhQuuIa_tdrQM5iR0ZVuQxJ9eoV7OajM-v8XwJDwA9eIrG74FEXuTpUdq8dDM0CXhXYXdvxTysNABBe4XQgHT5sqpiC7Vd2gCVlMc1ZDZPFVZF9wPJqt0DFh18avT8BPtj_AsZxoxa4aCUanjNA1CEFxIMXXkJg_EjKLv/s320/7740CC51-C417-4FAE-9B66-B4757AD39C67.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ygDzoSLrcMuWIwHlQTxbLl-HCFbfQ4Zm1ZkNbV2d8QmqN5NYgd-J1QiowScKGLuSxZ39f4SgAtDV2J3h0EMrE9m9CxDbMTTexu8Q-M9MG-ajmCSslIPNXlMEhlhXQoC_HXzU38JoUm3PEYI-Klhq8Qth03uV2iY9gqN-nOZWYQs-TawOkuwFTvQy/s1600/BDE96FCD-82C7-44B0-AE3B-719E1F0049A5.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ygDzoSLrcMuWIwHlQTxbLl-HCFbfQ4Zm1ZkNbV2d8QmqN5NYgd-J1QiowScKGLuSxZ39f4SgAtDV2J3h0EMrE9m9CxDbMTTexu8Q-M9MG-ajmCSslIPNXlMEhlhXQoC_HXzU38JoUm3PEYI-Klhq8Qth03uV2iY9gqN-nOZWYQs-TawOkuwFTvQy/s320/BDE96FCD-82C7-44B0-AE3B-719E1F0049A5.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Buen Camino!</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" />Fr. Bob Jones, SMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09190485668223141934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413223267639378754.post-73748780658149630042022-06-18T17:45:00.004+02:002022-06-18T17:46:01.855+02:0019 Villacazar de Sirga to Calzadilla de la Cueza - 14 miles<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">My Spanish friend Javi said that the section we’re on is sort of boring. He isn’t wrong :)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Today, we continued our journey along the Maceta. Expecting another warm day, we set out early and were able to capture the sunrise. 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The following pictures will sum up our day.</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ0t9SOyi1RUt52-rypke1SMxfjxx7Uaky-sK-ubR8SpQR6llw5C86NEagOIoPfyGB2ycxoQmeKq-kRr71IDVL7Y57-T5ZEIydHg9prb1zZPta1iGR2Hrhw6NWnK9s9sY6Z24Ywa5JuQgbgVwSkAfPEXui9gAk2yicZyw_3aDgchN4X_uJUez-2myg/s4032/1C3E8A0F-EEEB-46F5-B9BD-31637F3AA0E9.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ0t9SOyi1RUt52-rypke1SMxfjxx7Uaky-sK-ubR8SpQR6llw5C86NEagOIoPfyGB2ycxoQmeKq-kRr71IDVL7Y57-T5ZEIydHg9prb1zZPta1iGR2Hrhw6NWnK9s9sY6Z24Ywa5JuQgbgVwSkAfPEXui9gAk2yicZyw_3aDgchN4X_uJUez-2myg/s320/1C3E8A0F-EEEB-46F5-B9BD-31637F3AA0E9.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0vLzZGp9m1KpdVXjgT7g2PrOA-W6qlnAmyG969nyzQ-DWIDYSRWEcCefamWQAy5c928Xafer480wXQeaAgX-oTEVKokFwHhQz3YhdxLjHoRjWgjRhU9l2MRAFIi_ep8gbEOgYSnGu5h6lJFwzGGufh8E0RG_z8BjNuifjIInjkYaseDIU9NaZWQyA/s4032/3BAFDBD3-069D-4B41-BB10-800F794324ED.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0vLzZGp9m1KpdVXjgT7g2PrOA-W6qlnAmyG969nyzQ-DWIDYSRWEcCefamWQAy5c928Xafer480wXQeaAgX-oTEVKokFwHhQz3YhdxLjHoRjWgjRhU9l2MRAFIi_ep8gbEOgYSnGu5h6lJFwzGGufh8E0RG_z8BjNuifjIInjkYaseDIU9NaZWQyA/s320/3BAFDBD3-069D-4B41-BB10-800F794324ED.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5J22YutP9bGgoJbjTilgI4Oo2aZ5ra2l7kah5GSlCHWm4zPRN7GQyyU_lXRBy5J1-W9aka0-lRlIc5W_4Bl9AUFjKSKLG3BK_LwruqMcLWt86hhzWnQXJit2vbT77FxhHMgDLAdgZ0rIWhvrwgY8Dui4RwW_erNJbIlUcG6NIBqlqIlZsQS9I4RQU/s4032/7A13BC1F-3C9B-4BD1-B3AE-F5E3ED8C53BB.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5J22YutP9bGgoJbjTilgI4Oo2aZ5ra2l7kah5GSlCHWm4zPRN7GQyyU_lXRBy5J1-W9aka0-lRlIc5W_4Bl9AUFjKSKLG3BK_LwruqMcLWt86hhzWnQXJit2vbT77FxhHMgDLAdgZ0rIWhvrwgY8Dui4RwW_erNJbIlUcG6NIBqlqIlZsQS9I4RQU/s320/7A13BC1F-3C9B-4BD1-B3AE-F5E3ED8C53BB.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHbJe_Ux9tTwTwrk6s0VzcT5AKZk10953YKisrq8vd8BiIjU4K_OxUYwxGCq1LHjdIfYxOO_Myiw-3wBpRPftbWiHIAMYCKKOAqQ2s6T8huXJN1kCS5LABpD0WiPRzEsuIbwbzpLVeDLHsTy5fJTzq2Xah0XmaS9f7NjO74pbzAqS3PUiS84uJMgwb/s4032/EA58D80E-E032-45D7-B8AC-24896BCE12F0.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHbJe_Ux9tTwTwrk6s0VzcT5AKZk10953YKisrq8vd8BiIjU4K_OxUYwxGCq1LHjdIfYxOO_Myiw-3wBpRPftbWiHIAMYCKKOAqQ2s6T8huXJN1kCS5LABpD0WiPRzEsuIbwbzpLVeDLHsTy5fJTzq2Xah0XmaS9f7NjO74pbzAqS3PUiS84uJMgwb/s320/EA58D80E-E032-45D7-B8AC-24896BCE12F0.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I have to admit that I’m finding this section of the Camino a bit monotonous and tedious. Don’t get me wrong, I find beauty in the simplicity and I am still very much enjoying myself. However, the sun and heat make it difficult, and today’s hike included what a guidebook said is the longest section without a settlement or village. But, we just kept trudging along, and we tried to find bright spots in the midst of the tedium. I’m sure there’s a life lesson in all of this that I will realize at a later time.</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So, what were some of the bright spots?</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Unlike other sections, there were some dedicated rest areas.</span></p><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBWs-jMNhh7p8GtO9w04q8a45enot-96ln_DM8PxwGOon-TTvo_W31a5yVIBUqoucvmjwwV8W-wGsQ591e0tSzlX0ApkSsMPnOIQolAkHeUJrq7Wk5dZWOxtk2zZIVZCiXfv5ACgDCVG_WWSo-wmY4w4k5Rxbv9-NmzACPO0licKg255kMsRzWRr19/s4032/88C6F3B4-B4CE-4A3C-B407-B758992B2F7E.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBWs-jMNhh7p8GtO9w04q8a45enot-96ln_DM8PxwGOon-TTvo_W31a5yVIBUqoucvmjwwV8W-wGsQ591e0tSzlX0ApkSsMPnOIQolAkHeUJrq7Wk5dZWOxtk2zZIVZCiXfv5ACgDCVG_WWSo-wmY4w4k5Rxbv9-NmzACPO0licKg255kMsRzWRr19/s320/88C6F3B4-B4CE-4A3C-B407-B758992B2F7E.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">One even featured a food truck in a place to rest your feet. </span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoUSg054pvCXLMlpWuY-TPHT_7XQhZCWvkg3QBy7PRKr4wSk3GahhCLs8rcrA6UXCm56vZhT_0hxc6LUKIMGUFwjO--XISRM_SlgrF0FVGqXVcvnGB2i2N-MsMunvsVNELpzyChj57XH84Q8TcQlhIRayC0h7z5uifqNEPg_XYiZY5jtGuUqoalgax/s4032/8AD5935C-30E1-4266-8086-D68E8B9DC985.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoUSg054pvCXLMlpWuY-TPHT_7XQhZCWvkg3QBy7PRKr4wSk3GahhCLs8rcrA6UXCm56vZhT_0hxc6LUKIMGUFwjO--XISRM_SlgrF0FVGqXVcvnGB2i2N-MsMunvsVNELpzyChj57XH84Q8TcQlhIRayC0h7z5uifqNEPg_XYiZY5jtGuUqoalgax/s320/8AD5935C-30E1-4266-8086-D68E8B9DC985.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The last town before the really long stretch featured a former Benedictine monastery that is now a hotel. When we got to our alburgue this afternoon I spoke with a few women who stayed there last night and they highly recommend it the next time. I will put it on my list.</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_u3y2KgV5b_5gRDsczZU4rD6PRhabos2zwD89RyYjvRxVgWpR65uHHurh5YbFrG_mMu-FwN6MFwniADxhsnM1HYNXDnjkqlHw6DDH0w_DEozMZMVYCLbPZhNh_rYLZN5tE9VNUg-lVki4TJm5_S5HV_XAZv2i06nyrHLzMtv-4SZ5htlnUgXAGlDv/s4032/1A004609-F550-4A85-9406-2381BF95F0C4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_u3y2KgV5b_5gRDsczZU4rD6PRhabos2zwD89RyYjvRxVgWpR65uHHurh5YbFrG_mMu-FwN6MFwniADxhsnM1HYNXDnjkqlHw6DDH0w_DEozMZMVYCLbPZhNh_rYLZN5tE9VNUg-lVki4TJm5_S5HV_XAZv2i06nyrHLzMtv-4SZ5htlnUgXAGlDv/s320/1A004609-F550-4A85-9406-2381BF95F0C4.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrXf69vMX_GCfYJgRTff7gJTNu2zysmEnQ-a15PX5dU8XvFz2wj5zB0PyBqYPWdTUUpiqwaPM91Knaqtt-SQIu6f5H7g_6a8_5KStOHEjuJTScwHHHjDfaHghNVUj6efz1shHbx12VwfTAQbCFmd8IEJ4J4tSQaCgGA7NG2mbUJu6ToToj00Zg6jOx/s4032/2901CC52-D97B-44CB-8D26-994118025199.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The plaque reads: “In life you are a pilgrim towards the eternity of God.” I think the saying is very true and something that I have been reflecting on. This pilgrimage on the Camino will take us to Santiago de Compostela. But it is really a symbol or metaphor reminding us of the ultimate pilgrimage that we are on, that is, the pilgrimage that brings us to God. It is a pilgrimage of easy days and difficult ones, of beautiful vistas and tedious monotony, of ups and downs and flat spaces. </span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On several occasions I have reminded myself that every step I take gets me one step closer to Santiago. (I even have an app that gives the distance to the final destination of the day, and it is fun to watch the kilometers and meters tick down as I walk along.) Hopefully, it is the same for our eternal pilgrimage, that each step or choice or relationship or thought should bring us closer to God and our ultimate goal of our eternal pilgrimage: heaven. Today, that is my hope and prayer for myself and each of you as we journey together on this pilgrimage of life, whether we are on the Way of Saint James or not. </span></p><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRMrUCYmqoK634Kl2L46YxuMSR16ggf-4nZPHQR7HtO92j0Kh6UMf1cHX-RtToweCIoWuKmedl03qtWVKEzcZeGqjWXPMuddKRrLgBiCxj5X6snOj0JtVy_EDJWg1jv1Gq6VfK8zNMYj7i7iOmR8MgT4FRk2Tu5QrElFyATKTdzcDEFXunEp07AgPc/s4032/7EF328E2-765E-41F1-82C7-56E2E5AF723D.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRMrUCYmqoK634Kl2L46YxuMSR16ggf-4nZPHQR7HtO92j0Kh6UMf1cHX-RtToweCIoWuKmedl03qtWVKEzcZeGqjWXPMuddKRrLgBiCxj5X6snOj0JtVy_EDJWg1jv1Gq6VfK8zNMYj7i7iOmR8MgT4FRk2Tu5QrElFyATKTdzcDEFXunEp07AgPc/s320/7EF328E2-765E-41F1-82C7-56E2E5AF723D.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw_B1gijauLdxW6jDdU_wALGQPGeCs6k66QGgibf0GvY_ERPeNUtKC3y-eEm7BTvQIulibaz0JlBrbnFoyrbk6tMwTyQrnrYB50MsfOmbcUY1BAMWNXMU0EFisSVMiAFOqIEtyGMzGKRDD8kJ8Uqj7xgSQykK3JekmkTDsi7SLQ6XUQ0MrYRhxZPfz/s4032/6CC009F8-806C-49D1-B6D7-0FF17512B0E7.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw_B1gijauLdxW6jDdU_wALGQPGeCs6k66QGgibf0GvY_ERPeNUtKC3y-eEm7BTvQIulibaz0JlBrbnFoyrbk6tMwTyQrnrYB50MsfOmbcUY1BAMWNXMU0EFisSVMiAFOqIEtyGMzGKRDD8kJ8Uqj7xgSQykK3JekmkTDsi7SLQ6XUQ0MrYRhxZPfz/s320/6CC009F8-806C-49D1-B6D7-0FF17512B0E7.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Buen Camino!</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" />Fr. Bob Jones, SMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09190485668223141934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413223267639378754.post-5804273248042049262022-06-17T19:35:00.002+02:002022-06-17T19:36:25.014+02:0018 Boadilla to Villalcázar de Sirga - 12 miles<div class="separator"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Today was a short day, only 12 miles. </span></div><div class="separator"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As I think I’ve said before, it’s so weird to think that a day where we walk “only” 12 miles is a short or easy day. But it was definitely a nice change after two consecutive days of 18+ miles each day. Of course, today may have been short but it wasn't exactly easy since the heat wave continues, we’re still on the meseta and today added a bit of humidity. Today at lunch, the news was on and it seems like we’re breaking records here in Spain. </span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWwQTebRKawwPS2eptAQbq2g5HpABsc70uIABe9ZsCNL4p48iuUWva6QJLASwzSld2k4Ea1sF9zD9wfSX6BOpTXoY4VjiyjcwhTTbw9VdhWr2aXF8qb12n9HRYXDnXQwQM0CBdXYORwV5waYjgByn9riv2G-nyqMB9OnchIsoFR1CPCYZDLtQe2ZHO/s4032/8A57AA0B-8FE7-48D0-BAF3-81FE11266F55.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWwQTebRKawwPS2eptAQbq2g5HpABsc70uIABe9ZsCNL4p48iuUWva6QJLASwzSld2k4Ea1sF9zD9wfSX6BOpTXoY4VjiyjcwhTTbw9VdhWr2aXF8qb12n9HRYXDnXQwQM0CBdXYORwV5waYjgByn9riv2G-nyqMB9OnchIsoFR1CPCYZDLtQe2ZHO/s320/8A57AA0B-8FE7-48D0-BAF3-81FE11266F55.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNqorZaht2Lg9LkjVlUP8XWD-KHrO6pw-LYJfvBwTbxHj2Ckzuldx30ooHz3CeioMGCXuY_ge9k29F3LjS54y73RzSKHx9W7MZ1odgevvu7LzzAJoWVEpjfPrUZPQv6ZirbbuwcmenpkErdzv_R_vmSP1BUF_io5qUkzVBX3iA6s4Vh9CrlPK-AMxS/s4032/68A09CCE-B748-45BF-AA84-8FBDC2DBBA03.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNqorZaht2Lg9LkjVlUP8XWD-KHrO6pw-LYJfvBwTbxHj2Ckzuldx30ooHz3CeioMGCXuY_ge9k29F3LjS54y73RzSKHx9W7MZ1odgevvu7LzzAJoWVEpjfPrUZPQv6ZirbbuwcmenpkErdzv_R_vmSP1BUF_io5qUkzVBX3iA6s4Vh9CrlPK-AMxS/s320/68A09CCE-B748-45BF-AA84-8FBDC2DBBA03.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNOxql3kHfGmRRnIEX14t5kNk_j6kWzP7lqK1CJ7JjWFc5uCGLw5VcgHrAHW1haXWwexdQCUdQpA3dL_ObWHYOTsoY65Z2oAuVHc_gPN7Ql_o7F7mcgJ0uuNoU7bNEG0F1_Mff5Jp6Din-w4oNgNkdwgEcAUOZF2wyx1BB55DXSy_ihc9TE3NxGVS9/s4032/E013A815-1C30-45A9-BB12-F5708FBACA5E.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNOxql3kHfGmRRnIEX14t5kNk_j6kWzP7lqK1CJ7JjWFc5uCGLw5VcgHrAHW1haXWwexdQCUdQpA3dL_ObWHYOTsoY65Z2oAuVHc_gPN7Ql_o7F7mcgJ0uuNoU7bNEG0F1_Mff5Jp6Din-w4oNgNkdwgEcAUOZF2wyx1BB55DXSy_ihc9TE3NxGVS9/s320/E013A815-1C30-45A9-BB12-F5708FBACA5E.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Initially, we walked beside what I think was Spain’s version of the Erie Canal. 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Not really sure what that was about. But my friend Dotora Gallina almost got snatched up by it!</span></p><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIWV-jhtF5XiVo-O9K08gSeCNOq3mqT0ToKa1fmBhpx0UJv5NG_Ti8LWl9WvhXWgsF-Ocnop8D71QObBQwC21hX9I4vzYerHsWRuZBDaYvbDItBhwjG7YrKEhNBVu2pK_TgGIYXuUynZpBNDZkfdHEvVbZaymzs98wcK1yil-O4ZDJHGVkQzBrekJc/s4032/39462378-FE85-46BF-B8B9-39C77232FF4C.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIWV-jhtF5XiVo-O9K08gSeCNOq3mqT0ToKa1fmBhpx0UJv5NG_Ti8LWl9WvhXWgsF-Ocnop8D71QObBQwC21hX9I4vzYerHsWRuZBDaYvbDItBhwjG7YrKEhNBVu2pK_TgGIYXuUynZpBNDZkfdHEvVbZaymzs98wcK1yil-O4ZDJHGVkQzBrekJc/s320/39462378-FE85-46BF-B8B9-39C77232FF4C.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrviK5kkHgsPYZ04BEF03T_YoPjNbLoizp3rTG5FwgXG94b2kl17j4dMDAe8_9tmzAZHoKWQnPhDyQnWsW16KSMxzFxFi-Za6vIuJksFiKXqeaytFyylg_gLhMk6XnJpjXzX2NXcFSqjQjEzFevlCGgwVfWPzCk0Enmdzz38_ex1gtnLSjfXtls7nI/s2048/F803E529-5060-4F6D-B553-99BDC71BBF06.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrviK5kkHgsPYZ04BEF03T_YoPjNbLoizp3rTG5FwgXG94b2kl17j4dMDAe8_9tmzAZHoKWQnPhDyQnWsW16KSMxzFxFi-Za6vIuJksFiKXqeaytFyylg_gLhMk6XnJpjXzX2NXcFSqjQjEzFevlCGgwVfWPzCk0Enmdzz38_ex1gtnLSjfXtls7nI/s320/F803E529-5060-4F6D-B553-99BDC71BBF06.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNigVdNJpF4dPJR2ceFexhxEfjJ6V7_8SMN6NoR7__j8o26lrdY6yM7ueZFC77GqebQ4fnja-HhuFmHDg-KAguOJKAwoA3I_tvqa7GyzIrVyzdRncmZ9mTLi7S60QinlDLt30QeKVSDrpTCq2cmLe-KjKgduBzLZAQ7uOSYEP_5wcdDrqLNwZ9-xnt/s2048/2C6BC997-B4EE-40E5-9DE8-AC371792C5EB.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1464" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNigVdNJpF4dPJR2ceFexhxEfjJ6V7_8SMN6NoR7__j8o26lrdY6yM7ueZFC77GqebQ4fnja-HhuFmHDg-KAguOJKAwoA3I_tvqa7GyzIrVyzdRncmZ9mTLi7S60QinlDLt30QeKVSDrpTCq2cmLe-KjKgduBzLZAQ7uOSYEP_5wcdDrqLNwZ9-xnt/s320/2C6BC997-B4EE-40E5-9DE8-AC371792C5EB.jpeg" width="229" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">At one point, the Camino was a little confusing. There were actually two routes: one that was a bit shorter and along the road, and another that was slightly longer but in more shade. 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font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As I only learned later, it is not named for the Mary dressed in white (and gold)</span></p><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhApdip-aHeJDyR7di19QVvMhgvscvy8r_gm8Qb6gTEme_i_dmJ1FZD6vufMzoNn7Ck49kA1M8d7HhC0wvd1b9y9QkOuySdanql3Pe5qKslS1cMRAwi5xrQHENbxWjpBBfDfuhNxxZQpyVJxdawkS6F7BB7Pd3QjKc_tuk3VQ4hn728dvikDPQz5Amr/s4032/016B2AA4-BC27-4F0C-80F3-66B1E3FFA822.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhApdip-aHeJDyR7di19QVvMhgvscvy8r_gm8Qb6gTEme_i_dmJ1FZD6vufMzoNn7Ck49kA1M8d7HhC0wvd1b9y9QkOuySdanql3Pe5qKslS1cMRAwi5xrQHENbxWjpBBfDfuhNxxZQpyVJxdawkS6F7BB7Pd3QjKc_tuk3VQ4hn728dvikDPQz5Amr/s320/016B2AA4-BC27-4F0C-80F3-66B1E3FFA822.jpeg" width="240" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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So many so, that the medieval Camino changed routes to go through this town, leaving the village or Arconada off the Camino. </span></p><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMjdQKTea9yZYea_w7L_Z0RXUYHEkrW9HcHdC1jFntkQ57IMbJa76bXAkN6PoSKEemYZOrVr074j43wtF9cXBvyFjkE1oxcInufxoDMe5ex8luO2aG5Tk7WOn2ZKI0XsWjdjpjMiUBJo6foTW7kvNbGAbjRjQ14LcG6VDzDzjlFGA6oWsKGZzU7EeZ/s420/F29DE643-A0A6-4524-9621-C4C132F1AD57.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="281" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMjdQKTea9yZYea_w7L_Z0RXUYHEkrW9HcHdC1jFntkQ57IMbJa76bXAkN6PoSKEemYZOrVr074j43wtF9cXBvyFjkE1oxcInufxoDMe5ex8luO2aG5Tk7WOn2ZKI0XsWjdjpjMiUBJo6foTW7kvNbGAbjRjQ14LcG6VDzDzjlFGA6oWsKGZzU7EeZ/s320/F29DE643-A0A6-4524-9621-C4C132F1AD57.jpeg" width="214" /></a></div><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The church was built by the Knights Templar. They are a group that originally protected pilgrims going to the Holy Land and then those going to Santiago. You might also know them as shrouded in mystery from the movies/novels The DaVinci Code or National Treasure. Maybe some of that is true as the little brochure stated: “If you walk along Villasirga on the spring equinox day head for the Pantocrstor (Christ sitting in judgement) and hit the part on the bull which is being lit by the sun, in the mouths of the two heads on both sides of the Christ will reveal the place with the Templar hid their treasure.” </span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJv60hmBGCkpechi7vxid3dfprSabKQmYgMZtP1ow4JSGr7PLKsHtYjtytp_eSyvqPURoJ4CS1JjRTBiNh2xcMxFbw1cqA1O1oJMK_aGO0D_JL3kbnCgQ_KVBYRh1GUIrC4O2dARXJWnJGNAsOEQ5BGg2pVbaVECZ6zTQkDbbS9r4zw9RAdamZytgV/s4032/4D58FC80-01C2-4200-8AFA-873C7C48B121.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJv60hmBGCkpechi7vxid3dfprSabKQmYgMZtP1ow4JSGr7PLKsHtYjtytp_eSyvqPURoJ4CS1JjRTBiNh2xcMxFbw1cqA1O1oJMK_aGO0D_JL3kbnCgQ_KVBYRh1GUIrC4O2dARXJWnJGNAsOEQ5BGg2pVbaVECZ6zTQkDbbS9r4zw9RAdamZytgV/s320/4D58FC80-01C2-4200-8AFA-873C7C48B121.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXudNH3KcHNZ3-l-OMi2u8ZgyKD2wYIOW-t7ByittrKOwyFAUUBS4PH1YnRvJBNyTs4ArVTNIcNk941447xdQPvs-K8u5YspzNRoYajPM1s0AvKC_Lf3M0LF5BevpBfMvAftplgaJ7XUp_J78KBEBsttrt_t2NxmrPEN2HIiw_9Dx1B25i-ErAz54t/s4032/11517E86-8BE4-4277-9C61-AC652304AB37.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXudNH3KcHNZ3-l-OMi2u8ZgyKD2wYIOW-t7ByittrKOwyFAUUBS4PH1YnRvJBNyTs4ArVTNIcNk941447xdQPvs-K8u5YspzNRoYajPM1s0AvKC_Lf3M0LF5BevpBfMvAftplgaJ7XUp_J78KBEBsttrt_t2NxmrPEN2HIiw_9Dx1B25i-ErAz54t/s320/11517E86-8BE4-4277-9C61-AC652304AB37.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I guess I will have to return in March. </span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This is probably the sleepiest little town we’ve stayed in so far. Not much was open in the evening, so we went to the super market (and I use that term loosely) and grabbed some salami, cheese and bread for dinner. I felt just like a Millenial with our makeshift charcuterie board :)</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlI5DNc_TfPnAg0l_1RUXYlj7K2ZgMDhola92Wee0-8zIE2Q1nm1YnJ9dQRmu6MfIo3iqtHAeZQu1V957bOtPs9hUMEbQl3f6l9EfoA14gacFC06Lhhvm9J2RNnnwZgKoNmEU5hQxCSrsu-JoJUVbiR17V7ec_VYongNuZSwEShTnmi7s6yEe3rR8G/s1440/46521B81-F281-4F9F-8ADC-B7EE82466C1F.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlI5DNc_TfPnAg0l_1RUXYlj7K2ZgMDhola92Wee0-8zIE2Q1nm1YnJ9dQRmu6MfIo3iqtHAeZQu1V957bOtPs9hUMEbQl3f6l9EfoA14gacFC06Lhhvm9J2RNnnwZgKoNmEU5hQxCSrsu-JoJUVbiR17V7ec_VYongNuZSwEShTnmi7s6yEe3rR8G/s320/46521B81-F281-4F9F-8ADC-B7EE82466C1F.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Buen Camino!</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" />Fr. Bob Jones, SMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09190485668223141934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413223267639378754.post-53057630786155069262022-06-16T21:21:00.003+02:002022-06-16T21:21:36.119+02:0017 Castellanos de Castro to Boadilla del Camino -19 miles<p> <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">The meseta continues….and it’s still hot. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyL4vZ3nbHqedo_iX6QfvxkyC80QHvr5YR--VrnwOmgG6tiwRrj31xRzAvW_eC1RJCwxYjh5eofWs4ZZHWoEwneP80-iVpAPfnUp1eKQZLhRaNXsv4MeSH50aTdwpvvfMpJS_uEL__azuWruQKNMBFIBRaCM6EEOXqTzmV4-042lCv_fY1TsKjB6az/s4032/388AB952-8D17-4A60-8BE9-ECCE8EA98504.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyL4vZ3nbHqedo_iX6QfvxkyC80QHvr5YR--VrnwOmgG6tiwRrj31xRzAvW_eC1RJCwxYjh5eofWs4ZZHWoEwneP80-iVpAPfnUp1eKQZLhRaNXsv4MeSH50aTdwpvvfMpJS_uEL__azuWruQKNMBFIBRaCM6EEOXqTzmV4-042lCv_fY1TsKjB6az/s320/388AB952-8D17-4A60-8BE9-ECCE8EA98504.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You might remember from a previous post that we are now walking on the section of the Camino known as the meseta. For the most part, it is relatively flat but there is very little shade and it is very hot right now in Europe. we also knew that we would probably have our longest walk yet – 19 miles. So, once again, we started early to get a headstsrt. We left the alburgue around 5:45. What we didn’t consider is that it would still be dark. When we did this yesterday in Burgos we were in the middle of a city and so there were lights all over the place. This morning, we were in the middle of nowhere and so I got to use my nifty little headlamp for the first time. Right now, it’s the little things that get me through. Haha!</span></p><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW4pyWcTdx3Xskq20ubdz9lsL2Y6N3K_UAI0sc7GTBNiRROD3iYyEh9ZV8kvOQQxquKaYQokm5HaUekIQSd_c5BUN7q_XxoPpTzWLh10Rzssy03aWhz-gqJ5l3d7toyrsLAhKPFmPl8ijhAj9AbHAVudZWWjz8shDh1xDEv50JNAwOnMdHq40SymDt/s4032/EA38D424-2078-4C78-A112-D192932BCB71.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW4pyWcTdx3Xskq20ubdz9lsL2Y6N3K_UAI0sc7GTBNiRROD3iYyEh9ZV8kvOQQxquKaYQokm5HaUekIQSd_c5BUN7q_XxoPpTzWLh10Rzssy03aWhz-gqJ5l3d7toyrsLAhKPFmPl8ijhAj9AbHAVudZWWjz8shDh1xDEv50JNAwOnMdHq40SymDt/s320/EA38D424-2078-4C78-A112-D192932BCB71.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOEvrmmdzROH0Ny42GbUOnwbdSxKOuw9vCtN9YEkHrXtWnN6ENbnejJn-huhLJf8WWxweU9LHQYVh1jChTB0_W0GZfDmsIGkIPphr9uxCysNndu8YMFWvPCP2p-DG6Oe6tvrx3HmP1tSNJgwLkGNrydOa9wqkWVebRmpmQRPQFA0bt-3EZ2q10rkYn/s4032/A5BD84E0-586E-4D7F-9B6A-59372880DFFB.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOEvrmmdzROH0Ny42GbUOnwbdSxKOuw9vCtN9YEkHrXtWnN6ENbnejJn-huhLJf8WWxweU9LHQYVh1jChTB0_W0GZfDmsIGkIPphr9uxCysNndu8YMFWvPCP2p-DG6Oe6tvrx3HmP1tSNJgwLkGNrydOa9wqkWVebRmpmQRPQFA0bt-3EZ2q10rkYn/s320/A5BD84E0-586E-4D7F-9B6A-59372880DFFB.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the midst of the meseta, however, we encountered some pretty cool diversions.</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We walked through the ruins of the Convent of San Antón (Saint Anthony) originating from the 13th century. It must’ve been quite a structure in its heyday. </span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOKRvCI88rnTjEDmWYzcKF1fzqr1OmbmHe-CImKlFYFDWk2gWvPdydze_c_QJncMB2P6Urwglxsm_0_bRXwEJx-mmkTNGgr71YO6qoUbciLeXteLh7Hso5VjLXzusK3p5FjTmWIZ7p5q28i5Oj6BhtRT8D87TMvb_Z9hWJClJqN_VVFPzm2G1DTx0t/s4032/94CBD837-A143-4FAF-AEEB-FF8E05D3587D.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOKRvCI88rnTjEDmWYzcKF1fzqr1OmbmHe-CImKlFYFDWk2gWvPdydze_c_QJncMB2P6Urwglxsm_0_bRXwEJx-mmkTNGgr71YO6qoUbciLeXteLh7Hso5VjLXzusK3p5FjTmWIZ7p5q28i5Oj6BhtRT8D87TMvb_Z9hWJClJqN_VVFPzm2G1DTx0t/s320/94CBD837-A143-4FAF-AEEB-FF8E05D3587D.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Apw-mhvqjlp6Gn7OODZxXq4sXjFVoCTL-PrbIF2eJGLQHP4Tq6sZWbjESH1OVTkY84LAjmmvIS4vUqwMFHViOHP6uTV1iSW8pYdLTD_guIImDVIbZHVln-uMS-vpldYlJl6FUAwBg286s7_XMfrUjdc-C8xPnN0FrpvIof5-VSkXBff_oduiYW01/s4032/C9950A33-17A9-4E96-A1AA-6334D9A5029A.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Apw-mhvqjlp6Gn7OODZxXq4sXjFVoCTL-PrbIF2eJGLQHP4Tq6sZWbjESH1OVTkY84LAjmmvIS4vUqwMFHViOHP6uTV1iSW8pYdLTD_guIImDVIbZHVln-uMS-vpldYlJl6FUAwBg286s7_XMfrUjdc-C8xPnN0FrpvIof5-VSkXBff_oduiYW01/s320/C9950A33-17A9-4E96-A1AA-6334D9A5029A.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL_PFjejOixgnelwuol_KM-o9-YB7zOIxWumd3Q7nyOpOygiTcoP6vU3JzDbYaKZ5z6JPIKmBCAiAlzm1rX_FfinZqi81kfnm_wI1-0M4jPa4Fd4yZaRTY94d7kGn8NMpbM5ML_Z5V3CTKhtBiFt-B_BA6EwnQxqRcYQGhLuWvSfxnl2RfzCXdOQvA/s4032/CECDBB2A-1B7D-4AD8-90BA-348F5AE441D1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL_PFjejOixgnelwuol_KM-o9-YB7zOIxWumd3Q7nyOpOygiTcoP6vU3JzDbYaKZ5z6JPIKmBCAiAlzm1rX_FfinZqi81kfnm_wI1-0M4jPa4Fd4yZaRTY94d7kGn8NMpbM5ML_Z5V3CTKhtBiFt-B_BA6EwnQxqRcYQGhLuWvSfxnl2RfzCXdOQvA/s320/CECDBB2A-1B7D-4AD8-90BA-348F5AE441D1.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtdeLGizm-I1ZFdjZN2CJT8CrKl0ZCBBVCO5rypKEjkGeDp_VPWVUD5ftF-BQPdFWKIl8V9PfxrC6LLe8xpWxmzy1jB-GdAoNi-lZw02Ny8p5komYDcTayehhUULMcMPW5CDEGwW_ZtHvBA_c7aKYeypU3ygqEElG8GdFhncjdOMIOk83mf5WUtb6m/s4032/6DB77F0D-A42B-465B-AC40-1E508F512F35.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtdeLGizm-I1ZFdjZN2CJT8CrKl0ZCBBVCO5rypKEjkGeDp_VPWVUD5ftF-BQPdFWKIl8V9PfxrC6LLe8xpWxmzy1jB-GdAoNi-lZw02Ny8p5komYDcTayehhUULMcMPW5CDEGwW_ZtHvBA_c7aKYeypU3ygqEElG8GdFhncjdOMIOk83mf5WUtb6m/s320/6DB77F0D-A42B-465B-AC40-1E508F512F35.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipSHiD5S1ojIiRM597AB_9cyBUGNdE7X4FHJtIrdfqpQy-6xfGznho0C1L3lFmt3izv20vv0nEcy0IuR6rdW1Z4rTdCZSz8JNvDi5NVVCg28Y2T8Q-3kIwHTdjDJQaxaPGfvRVGv6N8Do06R8lk1FNqH_k1vHnlKZf8OqTvCJ85aKHawkE6Uh6nApQ/s4032/F770A69C-4E6A-4F26-BA17-9E30D00E574F.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipSHiD5S1ojIiRM597AB_9cyBUGNdE7X4FHJtIrdfqpQy-6xfGznho0C1L3lFmt3izv20vv0nEcy0IuR6rdW1Z4rTdCZSz8JNvDi5NVVCg28Y2T8Q-3kIwHTdjDJQaxaPGfvRVGv6N8Do06R8lk1FNqH_k1vHnlKZf8OqTvCJ85aKHawkE6Uh6nApQ/s320/F770A69C-4E6A-4F26-BA17-9E30D00E574F.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Then, we went through the city of Castrojeriz. There, you can find the Monasterio de Santa María del Manzano (Monastery of Saint Mary of the Apple Tree). Evidently, the name comes from a legend that Santiago (St. James) saw a vision of the Virgin Mary in an apple tree. Today, besides being at church, it houses a museum of secret art. I decided to take a quick stroll through and was not disappointed. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6xMpHqaeFl7le57CFsVyivbG7mdZtpafa0w0PLfNmxzM3BgDF5_WsJ0pgueRsVEfMVmR1yNPPzbXN2ZA3v1p49etfio8_NDTzQMIO9C7wKt9p2mnhPr1TGNGdlQTQbIw23-4TOr59-5OKdrUgt3wd4EGeR4FctsjJvMqV8aozTNf51H8-sy4Alwh0/s4032/EA857DB4-58B2-46BC-B0AB-DE120FB61641.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6xMpHqaeFl7le57CFsVyivbG7mdZtpafa0w0PLfNmxzM3BgDF5_WsJ0pgueRsVEfMVmR1yNPPzbXN2ZA3v1p49etfio8_NDTzQMIO9C7wKt9p2mnhPr1TGNGdlQTQbIw23-4TOr59-5OKdrUgt3wd4EGeR4FctsjJvMqV8aozTNf51H8-sy4Alwh0/s320/EA857DB4-58B2-46BC-B0AB-DE120FB61641.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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However, coming out of Castrojeriz there is one small mountain that you have to go over. It was a pretty steep uphill and a very steep downhill. 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line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Buen Camino!</span></p>Fr. Bob Jones, SMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09190485668223141934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413223267639378754.post-82029654589212652472022-06-15T22:25:00.000+02:002022-06-15T22:25:05.251+02:0016 Burgos to Castellanos de Castro - 18 miles<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Well that definitely wasn’t a rest day. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We left Burgos this morning at 5:45 AM. I know, I can’t believe it either. However, we knew that we were going to have a longer day - around 18 miles - and that it would be hot. I understand that there is a heatwave in the US right now. It’s the same in Europe. Plus, we are now in the “meseta.” Think of it as Spain’s bread basket as all you see being grown is wheat (or some sort of grain). I assume this is why we have so much good bread each day. The good news is, it’s relatively flat. The bad news is, there’s very little shade. 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font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As you can see, it has its own beauty. But, I won’t lie to you: it was hot and long!</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On the way, we passed through a few small towns, including Rabé Rabé de las Calzadas….</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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But, it’s new and quute comfortable. </span></p><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNt_yaWAeLHNqf6SbxXv-v82hzxqFVjCXoyhR29hNsSULF8aeSrVS5PPIzMwvkSg7FIzs9qMtK7TV1GiHpZN5FYyBxy-Wex-o1SraDcPDa1Q9AJMJhOnxF6h_RtaBAbmlqanvwV_iixn6He2GpStOkKOpe6MVpIjZvyVkvV3jH0ScthFWrbH0vNj90/s4032/3141D24E-D386-4EF4-839C-C4CB8DFD5E27.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNt_yaWAeLHNqf6SbxXv-v82hzxqFVjCXoyhR29hNsSULF8aeSrVS5PPIzMwvkSg7FIzs9qMtK7TV1GiHpZN5FYyBxy-Wex-o1SraDcPDa1Q9AJMJhOnxF6h_RtaBAbmlqanvwV_iixn6He2GpStOkKOpe6MVpIjZvyVkvV3jH0ScthFWrbH0vNj90/s320/3141D24E-D386-4EF4-839C-C4CB8DFD5E27.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEJLHrAy6zRESbr9brBssjPYXlBnOXKXVRJdkk5oWf25C6yOhiE_O6r4MRNzF2yQ3Alxw_CfafKFMrwIwm2INeJtrTKMxfAaDS3sL2Ap6xfRpav2R9TFcgv1mnNn_gdZOr3AF_09coMH15peOkZntTUsMOAl1k0nZ4NxH7nCbSk69cPLN9xTgWclMm/s4032/6321D3E7-F9CD-4983-AFB9-48B6481852B6.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEJLHrAy6zRESbr9brBssjPYXlBnOXKXVRJdkk5oWf25C6yOhiE_O6r4MRNzF2yQ3Alxw_CfafKFMrwIwm2INeJtrTKMxfAaDS3sL2Ap6xfRpav2R9TFcgv1mnNn_gdZOr3AF_09coMH15peOkZntTUsMOAl1k0nZ4NxH7nCbSk69cPLN9xTgWclMm/s320/6321D3E7-F9CD-4983-AFB9-48B6481852B6.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the afternoon, I sat on the terraza with 77 year old Giancarlo from Italy. My Italian came in handy as I learned he has walked many caminos -18 I think -, including one that is pretty much “unknown.” He started in 2006 when a friend asked him to walk to Santiago with him. Giancarlo thought he meant Santiago in Chile! Once the confusion was cleared up, well the rest is history, as they say. His current camino actually started in northern Italy, went through France and is now in Spain. Quite an individual!</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmAbBnKMJOGsiakrk__XH3RjSDEU0faZpmis1iGiWVexiWO_q1p8wZeZiVTMIzOGZxdXekz2t3kgk1pNL68bMIYybK5blmZ7kr2t90Tk_9e-ia6cuB4r90OzIwrC8T72tvofpwreWCIl6mjdTPEVMYuz059qTWnKONIYycls7kJ4MnJHib1S_878vu/s4032/DF4B5F95-4B03-4992-B791-C50FA422CB85.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmAbBnKMJOGsiakrk__XH3RjSDEU0faZpmis1iGiWVexiWO_q1p8wZeZiVTMIzOGZxdXekz2t3kgk1pNL68bMIYybK5blmZ7kr2t90Tk_9e-ia6cuB4r90OzIwrC8T72tvofpwreWCIl6mjdTPEVMYuz059qTWnKONIYycls7kJ4MnJHib1S_878vu/s320/DF4B5F95-4B03-4992-B791-C50FA422CB85.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And then there’s Andres, the hotel host. He is a hoot! He likes to tell jokes in English with a heavy Spanish accent. For example:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Andres: Are you finished?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Me: Yes</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Andres: Really? I thought you were American, now you tell me your Finnish (from Findland)?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(It’s probably better in person.)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When not working on the Camino, he works in a hospital with kids who have cancer. A real gem!</span></p><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSbd87e0J8oj2d4IKbWgCHwECtZCfCY-18UKYfR1dE3hwBMFo5j4lcgVpQ8hxvdnE_cPGPM8UkzSwIqO5UNBZ2pg35SGYMvwHb5rdfAb6qBD-yiR_rj39xUlvbfNz1toBCuZwn1IIpnxw-qooZSkm7_aMrZjfcsJhJW_Sn_MvYZEHnxQeaGfdsZZpt/s4032/94BB6A2C-0167-44CC-9DD7-950DFE8D5A6D.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSbd87e0J8oj2d4IKbWgCHwECtZCfCY-18UKYfR1dE3hwBMFo5j4lcgVpQ8hxvdnE_cPGPM8UkzSwIqO5UNBZ2pg35SGYMvwHb5rdfAb6qBD-yiR_rj39xUlvbfNz1toBCuZwn1IIpnxw-qooZSkm7_aMrZjfcsJhJW_Sn_MvYZEHnxQeaGfdsZZpt/s320/94BB6A2C-0167-44CC-9DD7-950DFE8D5A6D.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Now it’s off to bed early as tomorrow will be another warm and early day. </span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Buen Camino!</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" />Fr. Bob Jones, SMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09190485668223141934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413223267639378754.post-63029208062874697672022-06-14T22:33:00.002+02:002022-06-14T22:34:13.244+02:0015 Rest day in Burgos - 0 miles <p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Just what we all needed:some rest. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We decided to take a “rest day” today in Burgos. We all slept in and didn’t do any Camino walking, just some walking to explore the city. </span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We started by walking through Arco de Santa Maria….</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2xT4F6EL9xyWPOhRrXaJTzxu50j2vltDFJ65o99MOGwMIMkoWtw5YPSqsxtyJXVnw2gYyX4XRBlw77LLxzau8FxjKGRWxDBP9vknwO_BcLhR5Dt9pGZs0_YpSh0l5Nl9dhTFzDQw73DdcV_2PBGZWsgS5H1veqcBhl7OrblHWmOiaG9-ErISNnw4C/s4032/29FD0856-E53C-4C2C-BB39-B824E7938322.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2xT4F6EL9xyWPOhRrXaJTzxu50j2vltDFJ65o99MOGwMIMkoWtw5YPSqsxtyJXVnw2gYyX4XRBlw77LLxzau8FxjKGRWxDBP9vknwO_BcLhR5Dt9pGZs0_YpSh0l5Nl9dhTFzDQw73DdcV_2PBGZWsgS5H1veqcBhl7OrblHWmOiaG9-ErISNnw4C/s320/29FD0856-E53C-4C2C-BB39-B824E7938322.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ5YowfWgpQDyLQn1VC55FqpFzccCHtCziaRVbrJGzEdqyF5ktsmwIgWkorq21zfXO539KmdCFumQ9pVq7z8fJQnFjweSwRPjIYVLYD3Pws3W3tSfaCLkC73p1tTlu28YuLyJEQcL6tsuh9P_fF5eACqcW5caDAgFHdM8VmD5JTaEeHXC-GLdthzmi/s4032/D0A59F1C-94E0-4D63-802E-DFE10765379E.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ5YowfWgpQDyLQn1VC55FqpFzccCHtCziaRVbrJGzEdqyF5ktsmwIgWkorq21zfXO539KmdCFumQ9pVq7z8fJQnFjweSwRPjIYVLYD3Pws3W3tSfaCLkC73p1tTlu28YuLyJEQcL6tsuh9P_fF5eACqcW5caDAgFHdM8VmD5JTaEeHXC-GLdthzmi/s320/D0A59F1C-94E0-4D63-802E-DFE10765379E.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw8lh4gj3lZN5fCft91WDpw6g5iOqRVEY158yPeb9ZZXhwSQ1GzPLUZoLCl-EWJaTRDozTyZ6gAPklXsH_05L-7Ik1mJbDQXj4_D3DnDmcdlMnPzuvjkYwfWsGnmimp9_lUBgSlRUZlh7MVq4IS9vI_XHnIj8Xu5cjqNEKGtAtAGEwdqlUVYKAePUH/s4032/E73ABBBD-7923-4197-9478-7DC934CF2513.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw8lh4gj3lZN5fCft91WDpw6g5iOqRVEY158yPeb9ZZXhwSQ1GzPLUZoLCl-EWJaTRDozTyZ6gAPklXsH_05L-7Ik1mJbDQXj4_D3DnDmcdlMnPzuvjkYwfWsGnmimp9_lUBgSlRUZlh7MVq4IS9vI_XHnIj8Xu5cjqNEKGtAtAGEwdqlUVYKAePUH/s320/E73ABBBD-7923-4197-9478-7DC934CF2513.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div></div><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">…which led us to the Cathedral. It is an expansive complex of medieval origin with many individual chapels, a plethora of artwork and just beauty all around. </span></p><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpVtODDzqPI4kZ-pijFfR23DtRaQAAeESywqmW2QK5UZflJwRlesGKxjTcCRx1e0jYO-tft5hE41_V7BQyWh3G-Vhcc-izIg0JctH95XBGwvKr_omS9lMSHuHzu0fsnI26SmJhlYpFannwPnY758e1FBHR3yaS4Hvgm1E1acGjLLoiGpbXS3uftRof/s4032/4B048543-E949-4A7A-91FB-583E56990FDA.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpVtODDzqPI4kZ-pijFfR23DtRaQAAeESywqmW2QK5UZflJwRlesGKxjTcCRx1e0jYO-tft5hE41_V7BQyWh3G-Vhcc-izIg0JctH95XBGwvKr_omS9lMSHuHzu0fsnI26SmJhlYpFannwPnY758e1FBHR3yaS4Hvgm1E1acGjLLoiGpbXS3uftRof/s320/4B048543-E949-4A7A-91FB-583E56990FDA.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Started in the 9th century, it was a castle that offered protection for the young city. 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Close to here (actually in the last city that we stayed in Atapuerca) there has been discovered remains of early settlements of our human ancestors. The museum showcases some of the archeological finds. 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Bob Jones, SMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09190485668223141934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413223267639378754.post-36833146008439597362022-06-14T08:41:00.006+02:002022-06-14T10:24:31.157+02:0014 Atapuerca to Burgos - 13 miles<p> <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Now for something a little different. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Today’s walk definitely started out a little bit differently than normal. It was foggy, windy and almost cold. In fact, I had to stop and put on an extra layer st one point, but it was a nice change of pace (especially as the rest of the week is supposed to be pretty hot) and gave a different view and vibe to the landscape. </span></p><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTy4hBfSaPN7ZelIpsM6MDADUj0hUhJtJl8LNyIx3BmDpyyR8wzMe1zCUgCGKH-OVCu5sCcOStZjWcv2Oy1mP5WPWWa2r7MP7f43IZO-mdmZM8Tv7QT6OKjKE8Oa9fEd-PreBbui_nBMCvwtDW7OmNxShPCOHK0FklJB4cKgz6jR-RoNSNjchTwzK9/s4032/68B96707-6D7F-434F-91AE-0849BD648380.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTy4hBfSaPN7ZelIpsM6MDADUj0hUhJtJl8LNyIx3BmDpyyR8wzMe1zCUgCGKH-OVCu5sCcOStZjWcv2Oy1mP5WPWWa2r7MP7f43IZO-mdmZM8Tv7QT6OKjKE8Oa9fEd-PreBbui_nBMCvwtDW7OmNxShPCOHK0FklJB4cKgz6jR-RoNSNjchTwzK9/s320/68B96707-6D7F-434F-91AE-0849BD648380.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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After being in the countryside and in small villages for so long, it was definitely a bit odd to start to see so many people and signs of industry other than agriculture. At one point, we</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666984558105px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> went passed a scrapyard where something was on fire! I hiked as quickly away as my tired legs would go!</span></p><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq3VGTebmbk2x3G6_MgMSZexvPi7Tt1P9Nb4_9rP9kv3xA_iEZjIR29jhK42MJeCHVXbRdGgTnQSK9jyXyCz_Cyn4SWwY7mdjJITzeMpVOoSS2nVR7b7BVoM5lz3jWYtOt11ZDvVCYuwetoc0AJMXjtVzO6YOCsHPJYq8S_V5BUbJwHjye7J46EYl9/s4032/CC3921F9-A9AE-49A4-8195-4CBAEA4FE5D8.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq3VGTebmbk2x3G6_MgMSZexvPi7Tt1P9Nb4_9rP9kv3xA_iEZjIR29jhK42MJeCHVXbRdGgTnQSK9jyXyCz_Cyn4SWwY7mdjJITzeMpVOoSS2nVR7b7BVoM5lz3jWYtOt11ZDvVCYuwetoc0AJMXjtVzO6YOCsHPJYq8S_V5BUbJwHjye7J46EYl9/s320/CC3921F9-A9AE-49A4-8195-4CBAEA4FE5D8.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3H90pCO2VNvbbjyWwj1o6uwFET-IZjlqX75Y_JQw2KMxKv9zy-9jzxEAKGXe_fDW-TPIP76tffuJ7IzrlKBaM5TYa58rtq3MiXc81tk7t026gzMgRlO0-Gob3ZHwMTsBItwDW4lnJ4eYQOoNDQkhLIjZkhBwsVzPkNIg3npGahHiu7tjNF3ZcQio7/s4032/4EA831FA-283E-4E1A-AEE3-529AA58AFCF2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3H90pCO2VNvbbjyWwj1o6uwFET-IZjlqX75Y_JQw2KMxKv9zy-9jzxEAKGXe_fDW-TPIP76tffuJ7IzrlKBaM5TYa58rtq3MiXc81tk7t026gzMgRlO0-Gob3ZHwMTsBItwDW4lnJ4eYQOoNDQkhLIjZkhBwsVzPkNIg3npGahHiu7tjNF3ZcQio7/s320/4EA831FA-283E-4E1A-AEE3-529AA58AFCF2.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To get to Burgos, I took an alternate route that was recommended by several people. The “official” Camino evidently takes you through a larger industrial area, whereas this alternate follows the Arionzon River. It wasn’t very well marked, and I relied on directions like “at the new white houses turn left.” Thankfully, we have google maps and I knew I had to head west. 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Bob Jones, SMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09190485668223141934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413223267639378754.post-67521954188517727702022-06-12T22:19:00.000+02:002022-06-12T22:19:40.197+02:0013 Villafranca to Atapuerca - 12 miles <p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Today was about dodging rain showers. </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsD3u7hcD4RGLM-FZHUobErZr4pcV_U1dqsyLbX_I_P88tx6nK1KQWuc3Gbvx3wGB0gyUTWGzl6GcLikccRFsfp8VIN0HAge2Bu2rXrMkOrDysEPCDFxXCdpMUOnnC2Emov0fWF3vHA6SXzSl_tG05Im4T_cZw95T-juePjLr7LR9kLo11FgPk0-7r/s4032/44CB4893-6B4E-4AA7-A4F4-48DFC57B288B.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsD3u7hcD4RGLM-FZHUobErZr4pcV_U1dqsyLbX_I_P88tx6nK1KQWuc3Gbvx3wGB0gyUTWGzl6GcLikccRFsfp8VIN0HAge2Bu2rXrMkOrDysEPCDFxXCdpMUOnnC2Emov0fWF3vHA6SXzSl_tG05Im4T_cZw95T-juePjLr7LR9kLo11FgPk0-7r/s320/44CB4893-6B4E-4AA7-A4F4-48DFC57B288B.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Knowing that today was going to be a little shorter than others, I let myself sleep in a little. That ended up being a good decision because as I was just about to leave, it started to rain. I looked at the weather app and it was going to move out pretty quickly so I just decided to wait it out. Another good decision as someone told me it actually hailed a little. </span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Once the rain ended, I got on my way. There was a pretty steep ascent that eventually flattened out. Along the way, I saw a real ass. </span></p><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhslrWsrVX2pFr8y2a4lcdvJ_VkrB2q_sz05MHDZnf5lkSRtW1tujPTV_5zgj6CREqg1ejAEbuK4CZ1y1Jk7cYQ7oklTC4VHSiuuTDy-gvbYomEFFcUaue8Zk5OjEHmW2dfPum1z7IfgWu9w8PNxmgrUo7r6askgai-l_YVd1V8Mb-oS5iGORABr1Cb/s4032/C298919A-3783-46D6-B623-8A1D21C337D9.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhslrWsrVX2pFr8y2a4lcdvJ_VkrB2q_sz05MHDZnf5lkSRtW1tujPTV_5zgj6CREqg1ejAEbuK4CZ1y1Jk7cYQ7oklTC4VHSiuuTDy-gvbYomEFFcUaue8Zk5OjEHmW2dfPum1z7IfgWu9w8PNxmgrUo7r6askgai-l_YVd1V8Mb-oS5iGORABr1Cb/s320/C298919A-3783-46D6-B623-8A1D21C337D9.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; 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line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(I think the sun might be getting to me.)</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Today was another day of surprises on the Camino. </span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I came across the “Oasis of the Camino.” Evidently, an artist created some fun creatures to lift pilgrims’ spirits. </span></p><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio6ZWMCuEX8LIyb6jMHG4VYhNsV6MCYr2FTBPQU7Wzg2tN85u72S8PwdoQVUCnYfF7mN0-2VIC0JvnNKfxpsdAvJ96YWJapayq70byWnok6jgP-IUORATqh6trFNXOg5aXSe1Uc8b1oBCtqtWpRKprbXBwLhcN6E8ZrXKp2U_R6ns3qRQqtLYRhi2e/s4032/E4A6504A-DC62-4111-86EA-02ED23DCF864.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio6ZWMCuEX8LIyb6jMHG4VYhNsV6MCYr2FTBPQU7Wzg2tN85u72S8PwdoQVUCnYfF7mN0-2VIC0JvnNKfxpsdAvJ96YWJapayq70byWnok6jgP-IUORATqh6trFNXOg5aXSe1Uc8b1oBCtqtWpRKprbXBwLhcN6E8ZrXKp2U_R6ns3qRQqtLYRhi2e/s320/E4A6504A-DC62-4111-86EA-02ED23DCF864.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I didn’t understand much of what he said, but it was fun to see his enthusiasm. </span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPuPlRBQTwmp_tKqqXBI1gq7oVWgVBYdPJ1c91EL9scWnY7lZsaWSxwCPb_fRXm4qY35PjOLuJj3vTk-JGB0EW__47IIkyUZ752WmcWGtfah0xT0HllyDzEdzTOdzZ6PZX4bv3RKQA6Ux0akI5Vh-wD7PFqGVtEEFVZPfY2VoxqKs8EJW7iTbMDxLd/s4032/F0ABC3BC-9D8B-4F2A-9ABA-6C113B753845.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPuPlRBQTwmp_tKqqXBI1gq7oVWgVBYdPJ1c91EL9scWnY7lZsaWSxwCPb_fRXm4qY35PjOLuJj3vTk-JGB0EW__47IIkyUZ752WmcWGtfah0xT0HllyDzEdzTOdzZ6PZX4bv3RKQA6Ux0akI5Vh-wD7PFqGVtEEFVZPfY2VoxqKs8EJW7iTbMDxLd/s320/F0ABC3BC-9D8B-4F2A-9ABA-6C113B753845.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR5bnVfJ_taJiM97dT5ZT_mqCLAynHhsWbZFn8QJ_EACHFef4dIrGqayGm8hxfP_zht9GR59bC1yQAfrtKu-HEzbm7b23SRwqAc8ODaVf01yZHXxo2JD1zPwSYmcFJsIwWQEf7yyffLz2PuSiZjmZGEUwAPNZLinQXayMHe4l7CPyxsnMGn0R6m4PF/s4032/5A4DF66A-BAF8-43CE-B7FA-72BD30998CB7.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR5bnVfJ_taJiM97dT5ZT_mqCLAynHhsWbZFn8QJ_EACHFef4dIrGqayGm8hxfP_zht9GR59bC1yQAfrtKu-HEzbm7b23SRwqAc8ODaVf01yZHXxo2JD1zPwSYmcFJsIwWQEf7yyffLz2PuSiZjmZGEUwAPNZLinQXayMHe4l7CPyxsnMGn0R6m4PF/s320/5A4DF66A-BAF8-43CE-B7FA-72BD30998CB7.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4zm5kEUYL5JO2ucYrPlFWdXSyJTxijVleQWIQHjpRCw-WwQTf9hj9LwOsFto8udztqxUqSEEIXF-qf3F8oGrK_pjY1iFGWKs8G5nCgP-KoGKu-oK7PtIYfPd-RI0dFnrHSUPGfbs8M4OOfJDp_GARBKrbbIWh9_vOyrWJQr9aUV1ZE0Qa4QPWh3Rq/s4032/E17DB817-6C57-41C3-AFB6-05EEF918D97E.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4zm5kEUYL5JO2ucYrPlFWdXSyJTxijVleQWIQHjpRCw-WwQTf9hj9LwOsFto8udztqxUqSEEIXF-qf3F8oGrK_pjY1iFGWKs8G5nCgP-KoGKu-oK7PtIYfPd-RI0dFnrHSUPGfbs8M4OOfJDp_GARBKrbbIWh9_vOyrWJQr9aUV1ZE0Qa4QPWh3Rq/s320/E17DB817-6C57-41C3-AFB6-05EEF918D97E.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJjATUjFL3QzRA76r_tO3anIhKkdaxhC_Mlk1_GI4F8m8ZXUqcv1rAcH-LyQBoDcV596OiTaIAb7gEHBfg8QRmnVJ1R_t7rgdK6dJZvYsC0CObGZi6SqFixUNpu4B4D7qwYtv8UmYVpmGQiagL20sEJxCb9rfNlVjvX4KLIQRK3gmSM7xG04RyKbHr/s4032/E632A86E-2A5C-4036-AB0A-B5BFBF0F4F14.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJjATUjFL3QzRA76r_tO3anIhKkdaxhC_Mlk1_GI4F8m8ZXUqcv1rAcH-LyQBoDcV596OiTaIAb7gEHBfg8QRmnVJ1R_t7rgdK6dJZvYsC0CObGZi6SqFixUNpu4B4D7qwYtv8UmYVpmGQiagL20sEJxCb9rfNlVjvX4KLIQRK3gmSM7xG04RyKbHr/s320/E632A86E-2A5C-4036-AB0A-B5BFBF0F4F14.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbYAO8C7Fytpwt6qNI0NEZx1c4Ybxgo2dS8knCYRHW4AX7IZFcVCtfexJ-eO_zfIP7_GWxnD8x45PuN-_62HtZ5iy_xQhu7SWNa6LHil-2MnZetB9phUhD5U48rsy09lbFhCMJRtiCdXLzl0kKWQmclzVHXzWBDr_vmGLu6YgGJybgPs5KCO8Xf6rs/s4032/EC70653F-9B18-4A9D-B256-B076F7A6FB8E.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbYAO8C7Fytpwt6qNI0NEZx1c4Ybxgo2dS8knCYRHW4AX7IZFcVCtfexJ-eO_zfIP7_GWxnD8x45PuN-_62HtZ5iy_xQhu7SWNa6LHil-2MnZetB9phUhD5U48rsy09lbFhCMJRtiCdXLzl0kKWQmclzVHXzWBDr_vmGLu6YgGJybgPs5KCO8Xf6rs/s320/EC70653F-9B18-4A9D-B256-B076F7A6FB8E.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He recreated the town church, including the bird’s nest. I then found the church, which did have a big nest on the belfry. </span></p><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBKvzzUTLvq0F_dk3ElHNMDMp9dO5ydi8HbXtvyM0PQxhnizW305Oc7wmCN6-K-ro-MUpLKtHHgELi77kylegiGd5xNYmXWJW5vCLyDYqG0FB5U34dMoB-CSiI2fLqhcx5j6ydxRaF8ubcIgsAmyZnbN_l9LbhA4XcqcGccjL-ZCcU-vaBBG-Bxe7A/s4032/E69BE60F-878A-4782-940D-2FC70D4E4FC4.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBKvzzUTLvq0F_dk3ElHNMDMp9dO5ydi8HbXtvyM0PQxhnizW305Oc7wmCN6-K-ro-MUpLKtHHgELi77kylegiGd5xNYmXWJW5vCLyDYqG0FB5U34dMoB-CSiI2fLqhcx5j6ydxRaF8ubcIgsAmyZnbN_l9LbhA4XcqcGccjL-ZCcU-vaBBG-Bxe7A/s320/E69BE60F-878A-4782-940D-2FC70D4E4FC4.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyNcjrSktY340IXb3TRNqlgYFSCdmjJXEw9QvhAt7ByYh8QfSUdp5pjPENZCm2qp3nEcHvUyC9TLbUdHjlZtaKCBRIzRzB-2I0x5dcbuOB-Cfie8H5r3Rm3Ej92d3d-HVrZjoFP2kXLoufGY09kYVkTeqAqJfHHHWRfFqdA2I2rzxcLOR4O0UlrPJr/s4032/9521C618-F686-418D-B973-F6EC3D1AED0A.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyNcjrSktY340IXb3TRNqlgYFSCdmjJXEw9QvhAt7ByYh8QfSUdp5pjPENZCm2qp3nEcHvUyC9TLbUdHjlZtaKCBRIzRzB-2I0x5dcbuOB-Cfie8H5r3Rm3Ej92d3d-HVrZjoFP2kXLoufGY09kYVkTeqAqJfHHHWRfFqdA2I2rzxcLOR4O0UlrPJr/s320/9521C618-F686-418D-B973-F6EC3D1AED0A.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjAl5QtqnPja45gr-kHEXttfPAzkIK5BuGWwpLHRjwTZojg2R2cypXOLpPxONSBNSJzRpuF0MkqDhcUeTuvUliyR4D0aMmCRipYZw6alnyTmfvuq2p4Gxa1TOzpFnZPY-v43rNYE-ZX6z9bmpEMdZzKOELacV-XdsmVHnT4aq_Ou-c_AV6DI1bG0U9/s4032/EC16EAA7-FFDD-4D64-A97D-1413B3B19A66.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjAl5QtqnPja45gr-kHEXttfPAzkIK5BuGWwpLHRjwTZojg2R2cypXOLpPxONSBNSJzRpuF0MkqDhcUeTuvUliyR4D0aMmCRipYZw6alnyTmfvuq2p4Gxa1TOzpFnZPY-v43rNYE-ZX6z9bmpEMdZzKOELacV-XdsmVHnT4aq_Ou-c_AV6DI1bG0U9/s320/EC16EAA7-FFDD-4D64-A97D-1413B3B19A66.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw231DU0ilSBoc1h6UgU3Qo_65ZwHER0u5Arzp4FfadP0Sw1KnfpZt_ar-Apno4YuwVI-zYT5K7D56OfTQtJWF0Lbi5_adFQgNKHIvt02SRcULwamdMg8cqG6zWw6GeTcu0-s8ITNcaO_A7-CDOcYKkJLGrEBntlQW57qwSz6ynNhFGQwoP9tB_yvR/s4032/1BE8FEF5-F505-4C07-8BAE-DA1AB7A10D72.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw231DU0ilSBoc1h6UgU3Qo_65ZwHER0u5Arzp4FfadP0Sw1KnfpZt_ar-Apno4YuwVI-zYT5K7D56OfTQtJWF0Lbi5_adFQgNKHIvt02SRcULwamdMg8cqG6zWw6GeTcu0-s8ITNcaO_A7-CDOcYKkJLGrEBntlQW57qwSz6ynNhFGQwoP9tB_yvR/s320/1BE8FEF5-F505-4C07-8BAE-DA1AB7A10D72.jpeg" width="320" /></a><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I took a little rest at the plaza in front of the church. There was such a nice, cool breeze coming in. Only when I got up to continue walking did I realize the breeze was so cool because another rain storm was coming in. I had 1.5 miles until my final destination of Atapuerca. 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Another good day!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: right;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqOYsOIC-LUv42lRmtAJfHSEAd7Vlf9qXA4W0vMjDeffiWkK8DfoDmqc3Iqu1g2LEFmT57CnE1o9DVDKAaTgc6Q1B3OkTn7JjB3svZsFAGk-wLt9HoaeYU3RytUfQb82oOHbMu96yWuqVYDWh2qk24ObUeFY-bBsnKbwIisc8AzNAzvvG522hoEMo-/s828/12D5E366-88C1-445B-AE10-8F9D95481AC3.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="621" data-original-width="828" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqOYsOIC-LUv42lRmtAJfHSEAd7Vlf9qXA4W0vMjDeffiWkK8DfoDmqc3Iqu1g2LEFmT57CnE1o9DVDKAaTgc6Q1B3OkTn7JjB3svZsFAGk-wLt9HoaeYU3RytUfQb82oOHbMu96yWuqVYDWh2qk24ObUeFY-bBsnKbwIisc8AzNAzvvG522hoEMo-/s320/12D5E366-88C1-445B-AE10-8F9D95481AC3.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Buen Camino!</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" />Fr. Bob Jones, SMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09190485668223141934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413223267639378754.post-9973020728709847422022-06-12T07:33:00.006+02:002022-06-12T07:34:13.138+02:0012 Grañon to Villafranca Montes de Oca - 17 miles<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Early start in the morning = late coffee.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To once again try to get some mileage done before the afternoon heat settled in, we were out the door by 6:15 this morning. This is still later than a lot of pilgrims. And it meant that we would get coffee and breakfast on the way. After all, there were several small towns we would be going through and each was only a few kilometers apart. Unfortunately, I learned that shops don’t open early on Saturday mornings. Ooops. </span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">However, we did see a beautiful sunrise. </span></p><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyNrRb3RHKUQnGd3gv66IN_uk665_2eNfHA7eQyx25q92qOZCT-2gxZquh03nx0wpHInOwYoT3HkupWInxi8nmsg01CBYFohXUCGJcq1R3sIy5-8aKFcqgb3maMGBwdb-G2GTZ55WFdSa2wgbs01-h5aWSIjUk5W0A8HLOBDiTNBdmv4jG4hPpuQk3/s4032/18AF0B2C-DEF3-4769-8675-33BAC8CC1657.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyNrRb3RHKUQnGd3gv66IN_uk665_2eNfHA7eQyx25q92qOZCT-2gxZquh03nx0wpHInOwYoT3HkupWInxi8nmsg01CBYFohXUCGJcq1R3sIy5-8aKFcqgb3maMGBwdb-G2GTZ55WFdSa2wgbs01-h5aWSIjUk5W0A8HLOBDiTNBdmv4jG4hPpuQk3/s320/18AF0B2C-DEF3-4769-8675-33BAC8CC1657.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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It is the birthplace of Saint Dominic - our a chicken miracle Saint from yesterday. </span></p><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6pBCU2I-3LDdCwaqWinGyLAkjQHM2k3qNSmh3pZ3iULujBFWOzsYVtqnDC58WkI8O5WouUQu6zFSnWPh9L6J0Rtphth6B8Wnx_smgvbELo2uQeW2n8_APe65tgXTOJ2C_6hZj9Vpt-QPuKjICo3cwvrSHG-Rc411WYOjitWwJzGWcC7uTaR68U1O9/s4032/734410CC-BB02-4165-885D-795E35B414B4.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6pBCU2I-3LDdCwaqWinGyLAkjQHM2k3qNSmh3pZ3iULujBFWOzsYVtqnDC58WkI8O5WouUQu6zFSnWPh9L6J0Rtphth6B8Wnx_smgvbELo2uQeW2n8_APe65tgXTOJ2C_6hZj9Vpt-QPuKjICo3cwvrSHG-Rc411WYOjitWwJzGWcC7uTaR68U1O9/s320/734410CC-BB02-4165-885D-795E35B414B4.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC3jugVZ6DdylFfUiuYMmqHqgwIQssjY-d_cGUXi5fz19KdHqluzNeU6yiDyPoEbgP72LwXPuHhv6GFY34JyywhBPaXSGzcXzGcRGFLCtfh5FI6kvFFgwowgakaH6F7bpzdpO7g6DFULtTvAET9PTgfXHZo6jcsyxYmPOzhrx5j6OThvlwDQiTcX79/s4032/E448A8F7-3986-4B67-8580-4911EB1F82D7.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC3jugVZ6DdylFfUiuYMmqHqgwIQssjY-d_cGUXi5fz19KdHqluzNeU6yiDyPoEbgP72LwXPuHhv6GFY34JyywhBPaXSGzcXzGcRGFLCtfh5FI6kvFFgwowgakaH6F7bpzdpO7g6DFULtTvAET9PTgfXHZo6jcsyxYmPOzhrx5j6OThvlwDQiTcX79/s320/E448A8F7-3986-4B67-8580-4911EB1F82D7.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-TJfgC-g38OzIPQojAaPxJaYfo__HYzDYF6clF6U1-GLiZUxLZLLuTmU0GE4m8rX0fT1OjVM9Ld9f4TpseK9vVf7xfjwJmUhlY3F1D1ks8VOFfBh3VGaQe1LbtoLRLODpR775WZ29r0BfnoGo0u3pC232Poie8db-dUWGRWP7TVnzZoHr7l3o9Y6g/s4032/1F87E0C0-6CA2-4EF5-A3B0-0D96CFEFD791.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-TJfgC-g38OzIPQojAaPxJaYfo__HYzDYF6clF6U1-GLiZUxLZLLuTmU0GE4m8rX0fT1OjVM9Ld9f4TpseK9vVf7xfjwJmUhlY3F1D1ks8VOFfBh3VGaQe1LbtoLRLODpR775WZ29r0BfnoGo0u3pC232Poie8db-dUWGRWP7TVnzZoHr7l3o9Y6g/s320/1F87E0C0-6CA2-4EF5-A3B0-0D96CFEFD791.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc_p0tAzSWjX_OS-qTLYaRcAJVpmql-dj1dIFJYg5xVZwF6Rhy7MC5jHkHf3UwuEnEYMRVCWMtofrteo9b55y4nouvnyFlncGwB76e52-YtnsDyC-Bqye1RzHf5v-yxGebEAadgGcb4Sj2zHK9VUkbUJf8vGv4wCTBLi9CCfGtDSAOUWUgtUJq5E3o/s4032/FA93F4E9-81B4-483B-B7B5-4B9C54A1B521.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc_p0tAzSWjX_OS-qTLYaRcAJVpmql-dj1dIFJYg5xVZwF6Rhy7MC5jHkHf3UwuEnEYMRVCWMtofrteo9b55y4nouvnyFlncGwB76e52-YtnsDyC-Bqye1RzHf5v-yxGebEAadgGcb4Sj2zHK9VUkbUJf8vGv4wCTBLi9CCfGtDSAOUWUgtUJq5E3o/s320/FA93F4E9-81B4-483B-B7B5-4B9C54A1B521.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmV4vepgOjYVPrB7uuOga_HzlVKmFB1lZ_doRsuhz8Q2rbQbyxaxwbwTNSI4T7mePwMGGYMNGd4-yWMUZ_bP6I3OTucGaA6Jykv8X90sEJUa21fsh91wSZdVQMaE8u5qN6NB5y2p8FIXx_vg5FBIV8y-1J-_fvm4-0H_hCsjvRcPO7ScspkGiUqahK/s4032/33A31818-CCCA-4CCD-8A44-B1CB4BDC4235.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmV4vepgOjYVPrB7uuOga_HzlVKmFB1lZ_doRsuhz8Q2rbQbyxaxwbwTNSI4T7mePwMGGYMNGd4-yWMUZ_bP6I3OTucGaA6Jykv8X90sEJUa21fsh91wSZdVQMaE8u5qN6NB5y2p8FIXx_vg5FBIV8y-1J-_fvm4-0H_hCsjvRcPO7ScspkGiUqahK/s320/33A31818-CCCA-4CCD-8A44-B1CB4BDC4235.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Eventually we made it to Bellorado where I found a good cup of coffee and a breakfast sandwich. 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font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Then, once again, it was time to make the final stretch of the day. Today was a long day about 17 miles and it was starting to get a little warm and my feet are starting to hurt. But low and behold in the town of Villambistia it was as if the heavens open because I came across a café that was advertising smoothies. I got the raspberry mango… </span></p><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjww02NGpfBMk64DzrHUkvybBf4BzfDsjZaK0LeXNDC44ba_5xmYV7Ar_N3AGtvwZ3PsHA1NFPQ-hEYkFfhpLUx5fhqWwHbp_elntPNuwS34mQwSqfKv8mDHuPczRES2e9uI4IbwfqjAyZTwpGupd96TqNIDRrx07u8r5d8aNzqXhgnw0cjlUPaLHR0/s3088/9D886470-1BEE-4B7B-BFD7-86718300D6E1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjww02NGpfBMk64DzrHUkvybBf4BzfDsjZaK0LeXNDC44ba_5xmYV7Ar_N3AGtvwZ3PsHA1NFPQ-hEYkFfhpLUx5fhqWwHbp_elntPNuwS34mQwSqfKv8mDHuPczRES2e9uI4IbwfqjAyZTwpGupd96TqNIDRrx07u8r5d8aNzqXhgnw0cjlUPaLHR0/s320/9D886470-1BEE-4B7B-BFD7-86718300D6E1.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666984558105px; white-space: pre-wrap;">…and that was enough to get me to our final destination of Villafranca Montes de Oca where we had the whole afternoon to just rest and read and relax and hang out with other pilgrims.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj25-3bfpSXA-U15tfDKerCX6k9XBpNkMhmC2wo78yRl818J5E8_8afpcatPdERjzbbLHtUR-aNzjN4HLWpqwycBubxZYZmkwGWl5FPsfJiNQhw-9UDp8zxWSnOEQPBMZryzgaYKObOjXUvJMm2mYZTs3FX9bSrW3JanNn7pl1gTLtjR8qsUP0iwkV2/s4032/707F9B76-9C24-4EDF-ABE3-C00BB4D29D7E.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj25-3bfpSXA-U15tfDKerCX6k9XBpNkMhmC2wo78yRl818J5E8_8afpcatPdERjzbbLHtUR-aNzjN4HLWpqwycBubxZYZmkwGWl5FPsfJiNQhw-9UDp8zxWSnOEQPBMZryzgaYKObOjXUvJMm2mYZTs3FX9bSrW3JanNn7pl1gTLtjR8qsUP0iwkV2/s320/707F9B76-9C24-4EDF-ABE3-C00BB4D29D7E.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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