andonius
Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- Frances, Ingles, Portugues, Norte, Primitivo, Aragones, Baztan, Sanabres, Finisterre
Today is my 60th birthday, and I wanted to share with all my pilgrim friends the wonderful present my family gave me last week-end.
We live in Madrid, and my wife Paloma told me we were going to take a long weekend together in an unknown (to me!) place. On thursday she took the car and drove us to Burgos, exactly to the same hotel in which we stayed when we were doing the Camino together, some years ago. It's Hotel Meson del Cid, just in front of the cathedral.
I thought: Great¡ . A romantic weekend in a nice city in the Camino¡¡¡. Good plan...
We went to have dinner to a nearby restaurant and what was my surprise when I saw my two sons and my daughter (31, 28 and 26 years old) entering the restaurant. I was completely astonished when my wife told me:
- Surprise¡¡¡, that's your birthday present¡¡¡. We are going to cover three stages of Camino all together, in family¡¡¡
I almost cried. Every year I go twice or three times to cover some part of the Camino, usually alone, and I've always told my wife how much I would like to do it with the whole family...and now they were making my dream come true.
My oldest son had flown fron Holland, where he lives, and the other two had picked him at the airport and they drove to Burgos following us. They have coolected at home all my Camino equipment (backpack, boots and all the rest) and I had it waiting at the hotel's room when we returned.
To make it short, we covered three stages in the weekend from Burgos to Fromista. They were three great family days of neverending laughs, shared efforts, easy understanding, unusual chats, fun card games, wonderful dinners....
It was the best birthday present I've ever had ,and I'll be always grateful for it.
And I wanted to share it with you all because after alll, It's also Camino Magic, isn't it?
We live in Madrid, and my wife Paloma told me we were going to take a long weekend together in an unknown (to me!) place. On thursday she took the car and drove us to Burgos, exactly to the same hotel in which we stayed when we were doing the Camino together, some years ago. It's Hotel Meson del Cid, just in front of the cathedral.
I thought: Great¡ . A romantic weekend in a nice city in the Camino¡¡¡. Good plan...
We went to have dinner to a nearby restaurant and what was my surprise when I saw my two sons and my daughter (31, 28 and 26 years old) entering the restaurant. I was completely astonished when my wife told me:
- Surprise¡¡¡, that's your birthday present¡¡¡. We are going to cover three stages of Camino all together, in family¡¡¡
I almost cried. Every year I go twice or three times to cover some part of the Camino, usually alone, and I've always told my wife how much I would like to do it with the whole family...and now they were making my dream come true.
My oldest son had flown fron Holland, where he lives, and the other two had picked him at the airport and they drove to Burgos following us. They have coolected at home all my Camino equipment (backpack, boots and all the rest) and I had it waiting at the hotel's room when we returned.
To make it short, we covered three stages in the weekend from Burgos to Fromista. They were three great family days of neverending laughs, shared efforts, easy understanding, unusual chats, fun card games, wonderful dinners....
It was the best birthday present I've ever had ,and I'll be always grateful for it.
And I wanted to share it with you all because after alll, It's also Camino Magic, isn't it?