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Great story. And what an awesome coincidence. My Camino starts in 40 days in sjpdp. Maybe I'll get that lucky and have my own posseeOn my Camino Frances 2011 I met a group of seven men from Verona. I called them my Italian posse. I met them in Portomarin and for the next two days we bumped into each other. We had lenghty discussions about the way pasta should be cooked to perfection. They also " rescued " me from some French man who was too clingy to my liking. And they bursted out in beautiful arias from Italian operas.
Roll on 2013. Who did I meet at the Parroquial in Granon? Yes the Italian posse again...all seven of them.
I have this great picture where I and some other women were cooking the dinner and the seven guys were sitting at the table. They were joking that seeing there was no pasta to be cooked they would not get into the kitchen. They did do the washing up though...
My wife always say that coincidence not exist. It had to happen she says.Great story. And what an awesome coincidence. My Camino starts in 40 days in sjpdp. Maybe I'll get that lucky and have my own possee
All right, I'll tell you a strange story:
In 2014, on the 2nd day (first day only to Orrison, 2nd to Roncesvalles), I came upon a lost notebook up in the Pyrenees. It had a few names written in it; it was a sort of documentary of the planning, walk etc. Very personal, although I couldn't understand too much: Portuguese.
In Roncesvalles, in the albergue, I asked around for Portuguises/Brazilians, and found the owner: A Brazilian priest, part of a flock of severeal, walking in their faith for the first time on the Camino. The priest was extremely happy, and in return, he tied a yellow band around my left wrist (+ signed a cross on my chest). On the band was printed a Brazilian prayer (I did not understand the full meaning of the Portuguise words...). He told me that the wristband & prayer was for me to have a safe journey & life, and it would stay on until not needed for me anymore. I was told to not remove it, but let it stay on until it left me by itself.
It was just a piece of thin fabric, and I was surprised that it actually stayed on for more than a year. My girlfriend asked several times if I shouldn't just tear it off (I guess she thought it was a bit too hippie-like for this old guy), but somehow I trusted the priest and kept it on.
Well, more than one year after, one day, I booked my plane for my next Camino, and then we drove to my cottage for the weekend. That afternoon, as we were sitting on the porch sipping a glass of red, she suddenly said: "Where's your yellow wristband?"
It was gone. I swear that this is all true.
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