Dancing Rain
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i started out last year on the 1st after all the hail wind and rain i arrived with on the 31st...i stayed at orrisson and thought as i walked up that holy god what have i got myself into...but after a meal and good company and an early bed. i trekked on to one of the greatest experiences in my lifeA year ago today we started our Camino. It had been calling me for over twenty-five years and now we were in SJPP. At the last minute I'd left all sorts of things on our hotel bed that I decided I didn't need after all. Unexpectedly, my dearly beloved had decided to come too. He found climbing up toward Orisson very challenging with the 16kg pack he insisted on bringing. I realised as his lips turned blue and walking that 8 km took over four hours, that this was going to be a very different camino to the one I had imagined. We stumbled into the bar at Orisson, and started the connecting with others that I had hoped for. What a relief we had a bed for the night at Kayla, even though we had to backtrack 1 km. Having had our dinner we were the last ones to stake a claim to beds. Top bunks of course, which creaked with every turn, and created an earthquake every time nature called. With hindsight I think that's where I got my first bedbug bites, but I had a lot to learn about them ahead. Then my beloved starting snoring loudly in this room full of strangers!
Just a suggestion for next time on Camino - look for info on massage etc. on advertising boards in albergues even if you stay in other kind of accommodation.We also went looking for somewhere that could give me a treatment or a massage, without success. I just wanted some magic hands.
Today I'm reading your thoughts in Vianna having just experienced the bull run. I'm very interested in your experiences exactly a year ago today.Mon Sept 14 - rest day in Estella. I used this day to do some yoga & stretching, hoping that this, and not carrying a backpack for a day, would help my back. We also went looking for somewhere that could give me a treatment or a massage, without success. I just wanted some magic hands. However, it was still wonderful to have our own bathroom, with great towels & a bathmat. The simple things which gave such comfort.
A special part of the day was to visit the Church of San Pedro de La Rua and its special cloister. I wandered slowly, bemused and captivated. I was drawn back into the church by a woman reading the Rosary, followed by a mass in which the woman beside me had the most exquisite pure voice. I felt blessed by the grace of the feminine, followed by a meaningful, intimate pilgrims' blessing for the three of us that were there. The request to be remembered at Santiago felt real.
Auberge Villa de Magica has a talented masseurMon Sept 14 - rest day in Estella. I used this day to do some yoga & stretching, hoping that this, and not carrying a backpack for a day, would help my back. We also went looking for somewhere that could give me a treatment or a massage, without success. I just wanted some magic hands. However, it was still wonderful to have our own bathroom, with great towels & a bathmat. The simple things which gave such comfort.
A special part of the day was to visit the Church of San Pedro de La Rua and its special cloister. I wandered slowly, bemused and captivated. I was drawn back into the church by a woman reading the Rosary, followed by a mass in which the woman beside me had the most exquisite pure voice. I felt blessed by the grace of the feminine, followed by a meaningful, intimate pilgrims' blessing for the three of us that were there. The request to be remembered at Santiago felt real.
... we slept, read, rested, talked, ate, and did nothing much at all!!
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