The White Lady near O Pedrouzo

[Burton Axxe]

One of the most surreal, and enduring, memories of my recently completed Camino occurred about 5 kms out of O Pedrouzo. I came upon a ‘healing’ area decorated with proverbs and other words of encouragement. As I walked past, I noticed a woman dressed all in white out of the corner of my eye, on the other side of the path.

I returned back to make sure I had not deceived myself and indeed there she was - suitably angelic. Almost immediately, she stood up, came over to me, hugged me and gave me a long kiss on my cheek. I thanked her tearily, to which she replied in kind but with ‘Arigatou gozaimashita’- Japanese is my second language. How did she know that!?

No one else I talked to seems to have noticed her or had a similar experience. But surely someone here has come across this person. Anyone?

 

[ApproachingBliss]

Were you carrying a japanese spanish dictionary?

One of life's miracles. An angel. An angel just for you.

 

[henrythedog]

One of the most surreal, and enduring, memories of my recently completed Camino occurred about 5 kms out of O Pedrouzo. I came upon a ‘healing’ area decorated with proverbs and other words of encouragement. As I walked past, I noticed a woman dressed all in white out of the corner of my eye, on the other side of the path.

I returned back to make sure I had not deceived myself and indeed there she was - suitably angelic. Almost immediately, she stood up, came over to me, hugged me and gave me a long kiss on my cheek. I thanked her tearily, to which she replied in kind but with ‘Arigatou gozaimashita’- Japanese is my second language. How did she know that!?

No one else I talked to seems to have noticed her or had a similar experience. But surely someone here has come across this person. Anyone?

Wandering aikido practitioner?

I speak precisely ten words of Japanese - all of them opening or closing greetings. (I’ve practiced aikido for nearly 40 years)

What might you have just done for someone to say ‘thank you’ to you?

 

[Burton Axxe]

I told my son about it and he thought she'd probably noticed that my scallop shell had a Hinomaru (Japanese flag) drawn on it. But the interesting thing is that no one else seems to have seen the location nor the lady (yet).

Her 'thank you' response was, I suppose, based on the fact that I had acknowledged her and returned the hug.