Saturday 9 June 2012
Arco de Pino
A somewhat uneventful day, but following a very eventful night. Thank you God for earplugs and I missed all the excitement. Apparently we had a very drunk and abnoxious Ozzie in our dorm.Friends tried to get him to go to bed but to no avail, so we had the police in around 1:30am arresting him and coming in search of his belongings. First I heard of it was this morning when we got up at 5:30am! Good to know it was well taken care of by our Hospitalera and others.
Today´s walk was fairly gentle, but not without uphills! We walked through shaded glades, with beautiful flowers. One garden looked very like my summer garden in Smithers with bleeding heart, fuscias, pink ground cover, African daisies in different colours.
We lost Jenny for much of the day. Holly and I were in front and we both stepped off the trail to pee - Jenny must have gone by us and we didn´t notice. We got to our arranged meeting place and waited until Sharon and Jane arrived. They knew Jenny was in front of them. We waited a bit longer and then came into Arco de Pino. We had booked at this Albergue and when we showed up Jenny´s pack was here but no sign of her. She showed up after about an hour, so all is well. Things always work out on the Camino.
Holly and I have just been for a snack and apparently there is a big music festival here at 6pm. Not sure how much of it we will take in. We´ll probably be in bed by 8pm. We want an early start tomorrow.
So we only have one more day go - around 20km! VERY exciting! We plan to be up at 4am so we can be on the road by 5pm in order to get to Santiago for the noon mass. This is the time when they hoepefully will swing the huge incense burner - remember the "Way"? Apparently they don´t always do this ceremony but we really hope they will tomorrow.
We are all ready to be finished and look forward to our pilgrim mass on Monday. This is when they recognize all those who have come in that day, not by name but by country. In many ways I don´t need the recognition because I know that I´ve done it but it will be good ending for us as a group and we will receive our Compostela. So till next time. Love Daphne
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Daphne and Sharon,
ReplyDeleteWell done faithful servants. We will keep you in our prayers in church tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing you and hearing about your adventure. Blessings
Louise
Great day! Must be such a high to be so close, dont stand
ReplyDeleteunder that swinging smoke pot though..
Lorne was at Georges retirement ,he looks good and said he was well. They pulled off a great party.
cheers until Monday.
d
Momma,
ReplyDeleteSo proud of you! Ellia and Brynn just tried to type you a message but my phone keeps acting up. Enjoy the more restful part of your trip.
Love the Garland gang
PS I don't think the beautiful garden you saw quite resembles your garden at home this year. We are trying but lack of time and warm weather hasn't helped them. They need your TLC! Miss you lots. Hugs!
Momma,
ReplyDeleteBy the time we are reading this you are probably done :) Congratulations..We are all so proud of you and hope that you enjoy a few days of relaxation before the flight home. Declan wants to know if you have seen Ferdinand the bull? He also wants to tell you that he heard Spain on the radio this morning.
We are cut off from the rest of the world right now. We have had a lot of rain and all the highways are washed out, including a big one on the Alaska highway that will take several days to fix. Other than a run on milk and fresh veggies life continues as normal.
Talk to you soon!
xx
Rachel
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Wow Mom, you're probably done by now! I'm amazed when I track your progress on a map and see how far you've come! I can't wait to for our quick visit in a week and here all about your journey.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Stefan & Liz