Jodean
Veteran Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- 2015 CF, 17.04.-26.05.22 CF
15.04-31.05.23 CF
Sadly my Camino has come to an end. After the best day & evening yesterday staying at Sant Nikolas albergue between Castrojeriz & Fromista, I missed the step coming into the church at 06:00 in the dark. Fell with all my weight onto my wrist.
Hurt like hell & looked like hell.
The Italian hospitalarios took such loving care with me of me & all my fellow pilgrims helped me too. Packing my bag, putting a splint on my wrist (it looked horrible), getting me coffee and a snack before being picked up. I am ever so grateful to all of them. We were a wonderful international group. Canadian, French, German, Israeli, Australian, Mexican, Lithuanian, & me. Communal dinner by candlelight, ritual feet washing, & hilarious sing along.
The Guardia Civil stopped in to see me too.
Ambulance took me to Palencia hospital where they pulled the bones back into place (yes, this hurt fiercly even tho they gave me a local injected into my hand) & put on a cast for 6 weeks. Spent the morning in the hospital in high pilgrim fashion - nightgown, leggings, fleece and boots.
Took the train to Madrid and husband was able to get me a flight home to Frankfurt at 17:00. Happy to sleep in my own bed, but tremendously sad my camino is over for this year.
The Camino will continue another time. This just wasn’t the year for it, as had also fallen shortly after leaving Zubiri and had spent a day sick with some kind of virus in Puenta la Reina. They took good care of m there too, so shout out for Albergue Puenta.
It has been a lot of fun though & glad I was here.
Hurt like hell & looked like hell.
The Italian hospitalarios took such loving care with me of me & all my fellow pilgrims helped me too. Packing my bag, putting a splint on my wrist (it looked horrible), getting me coffee and a snack before being picked up. I am ever so grateful to all of them. We were a wonderful international group. Canadian, French, German, Israeli, Australian, Mexican, Lithuanian, & me. Communal dinner by candlelight, ritual feet washing, & hilarious sing along.
The Guardia Civil stopped in to see me too.
Ambulance took me to Palencia hospital where they pulled the bones back into place (yes, this hurt fiercly even tho they gave me a local injected into my hand) & put on a cast for 6 weeks. Spent the morning in the hospital in high pilgrim fashion - nightgown, leggings, fleece and boots.
Took the train to Madrid and husband was able to get me a flight home to Frankfurt at 17:00. Happy to sleep in my own bed, but tremendously sad my camino is over for this year.
The Camino will continue another time. This just wasn’t the year for it, as had also fallen shortly after leaving Zubiri and had spent a day sick with some kind of virus in Puenta la Reina. They took good care of m there too, so shout out for Albergue Puenta.
It has been a lot of fun though & glad I was here.