Time is winding down, pilgrims I started this journey with are beginning to arrive in Santiago de Compostela for their completion. Jim and I won't arrive until October 8th. But we are going to enjoy the last 100 km at a very relaxed pace.
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Last night in Leon the mass lasted for an hour as the nuns sang their vesper at the beginning of the mass. Beautiful but I'm sure confusing for some. The pilgrim blessing just before ten o'clock was also lovely but again confusing with trying to incorporate all the different languages.
We said goodbye to our Irish friends after dinner as they are stopping here in Leon and will continue again next year. We were incouraging them to get at least one night in a Parador Hotel on the next segment which they will finish in Santiago.
Today we all woke up after a long night of sleeplessness..there was a party in the plaza outside our windows until after 3 am. We had to be in by 10:30 pm but the locals were enjoying themselves.
We'd planned to bus to the edge of the city but walked instead. We saw some beautiful parts of the city that we would have missed and the view of the skyline of the city from a distance was great.
The day was a long fourteen mile walk that took us seven hours as we made several stops. It was mostly a gravel path separated from the highway that we followed.
Tonight we are in Villadangos del Paramo in the municipal albergue. .. very nice. Tomorrow we are going to take the bus and skip two sections. We chose these as this is where they are still looking for the American pilgrim who disappeared last April. It will be 31 miles by bus...the first part is easy as it is on a main highway. The second part is questionable as it will be on small mountain roads we think. Always an adverture. So glad I have Kathleen with me as she is fluent in Spanish.
The afternoon has sailed by and it's nearly dinner. We have the very best wifi for days so I'm trying to add a couple of photos from today. Buen camino
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Last night in Leon the mass lasted for an hour as the nuns sang their vesper at the beginning of the mass. Beautiful but I'm sure confusing for some. The pilgrim blessing just before ten o'clock was also lovely but again confusing with trying to incorporate all the different languages.
We said goodbye to our Irish friends after dinner as they are stopping here in Leon and will continue again next year. We were incouraging them to get at least one night in a Parador Hotel on the next segment which they will finish in Santiago.
Today we all woke up after a long night of sleeplessness..there was a party in the plaza outside our windows until after 3 am. We had to be in by 10:30 pm but the locals were enjoying themselves.
We'd planned to bus to the edge of the city but walked instead. We saw some beautiful parts of the city that we would have missed and the view of the skyline of the city from a distance was great.
The day was a long fourteen mile walk that took us seven hours as we made several stops. It was mostly a gravel path separated from the highway that we followed.
Tonight we are in Villadangos del Paramo in the municipal albergue. .. very nice. Tomorrow we are going to take the bus and skip two sections. We chose these as this is where they are still looking for the American pilgrim who disappeared last April. It will be 31 miles by bus...the first part is easy as it is on a main highway. The second part is questionable as it will be on small mountain roads we think. Always an adverture. So glad I have Kathleen with me as she is fluent in Spanish.
The afternoon has sailed by and it's nearly dinner. We have the very best wifi for days so I'm trying to add a couple of photos from today. Buen camino
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Love the photo of you and your bronze man. Couldn't believe when I expanded it how much he looks like Jim! I can't be the only one to see that resemblance.
Love the photo of you and your bronze man. Couldn't believe when I expanded it how much he looks like Jim! I can't be the only one to see that resemblance.
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