Saturday, November 05, 2005

Sunny day from Astorga to Rabanul


We had a beautiful day on our walk yesterday to Astorga. Along the way we followed a monk from Philly and had an incredible experience on the hill just above astorga with a rendition of amazing grace from two fellow perigrinos. Astorga is a beautiful, old town sits on a steep ridge, that had a thriving postion of military, pilgrim and trade routes in it's day. For Sunday there isn't much happening, so today we left around 8:30, and made our way towards Rabanal, a very very small town that for centuries has held the traditions of caring for the pirlgrim traveling thru before he/she makes their journey over the mountains. Tonight we experienced great care in the little auberque we are staying, wonderful food by the owners and our company varied but fellow perigrinos we have encountered in the last few days. Three Germans, one Australian and a South African, oh and Camina, a sherpard dog two ladies brought out of harms way and they are bound for Santiago and hopefully will find her a home. It is about 10 degrees outside and the stars are so clear!!! you can almost touch them. The strangest thing is in the middle of no where I am on wyfy, someone's network so I am getting access, trying to make the most of it, but there is no outlet inside so I am sitting outside, feezing my tush off because my battery is dead and the only outlet is outside. There is a church here that some German monks have recently taken residence here and we were able to go to the Vespers earlier this evening, which was wonderful. So, it's cold, I am going to sign off. I've uploaded new pictures so go check them out. See Pictures Here.

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