- Time of past OR future Camino
- First one in 1977 by train. Many since then by foot. Next one ASAP.
September 14th is Holy Cross Day. A middlin' big deal for Catholics and traditionalist Anglicans and Lutherans....
Way back in 2015 I chanced to be in Burgos on September 14th, and after a rather awful Chinese lunch near the bus station (my friends' idea, not mine!) I strolled thru the Arco S. Maria and into the Plaza del Rey S. Fernando. And there I encountered the jaw-dropping sight of a religious procession with soldiers, policemen, confraternity members, drummers and priests carrying the celebrated 'Cristo de Burgos' thru the streets. Looked like something right out of the Middle Ages, or even Ancient Rome. Lives in my memory still!
Well, I expect to pass thru Burgos next month, and I have the option of taking a 'rest' day on September 14th -- or pushing on into the West.... If there's going to be another such spectacular procession then I think I'd like to linger, and let it ravish me again. But will there be one? I'm having no luck at all finding any useful information on the 'net. I've even emailed the tourism office, but gotten no response. Can anyone on the Forum help me out here?
Way back in 2015 I chanced to be in Burgos on September 14th, and after a rather awful Chinese lunch near the bus station (my friends' idea, not mine!) I strolled thru the Arco S. Maria and into the Plaza del Rey S. Fernando. And there I encountered the jaw-dropping sight of a religious procession with soldiers, policemen, confraternity members, drummers and priests carrying the celebrated 'Cristo de Burgos' thru the streets. Looked like something right out of the Middle Ages, or even Ancient Rome. Lives in my memory still!
Well, I expect to pass thru Burgos next month, and I have the option of taking a 'rest' day on September 14th -- or pushing on into the West.... If there's going to be another such spectacular procession then I think I'd like to linger, and let it ravish me again. But will there be one? I'm having no luck at all finding any useful information on the 'net. I've even emailed the tourism office, but gotten no response. Can anyone on the Forum help me out here?
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