OBRIGO DE BRIDGE AND HOSPITAL - SANTA CATALINA DE ZOMOSA
4th stage
Thursday, May 6
27km
The morning sun should start plan.
The sun rises behind the pilgrims, shine the fields covered with frost frozen, wrapped, quiet, the rhythm of the walk goes to the agriculture or the birds of the forest.
After 4 hours of walking the gift is the cathedral of Astorga and Castillo Gaudi.
I would write a section on art history for a thousand years pilgrims rewards. With € 1.50
make me a huge stuffed sandwich that "shared" with the sparrows and pilgrims.
The afternoon is full sun, among green hills and Renaissance CASTILLAN pueblos. I choose as the end stage S. Catalina, because the church is a statue of St. James I love: it is dressed as a pilgrim hat .... at all points, drone, shell, beard and book in hand ... but the dog walking beside him in the mouth that brings the bread. Ivano
Meeting and Leonardo, Italian pilgrims. In the kitchen, the first wine of wet spaghetti Rioch. Way
secret (dall'ospitalero Angel) who goes to Santiago and does not go to the Savior, but do not say goodbye to the servant of the Lord.
The church of S. Salvatore is in Oviedo, in the way of the North.
Much less publicized than the Shroud of Turin retains a relic.
John
4th stage
Thursday, May 6
27 km.
only after 10.00 am, the first frost. But
are boiled and ended the connection.
I'll write tomorrow if I find internet.
Baci
John
LEON - BRIDGE AND HOSPITAL DE OBRIGO
3rd stage
Wednesday 'May 5
29 km.
sun and wind chill in the Coppin.
continue their protest against the Pilgrims' crossing of industrial zones. 4 km, are 5 min by bus, we walk for an hour is among the warehouses and smells.
In reality we begin to walk from the Virgin del Camino. I choose the version of the journey through history is longer than 3-4km but is among the fields and no traffic.
now see the troglodytes, the earth houses. We
Castilla.
Without trees and rocks without the insulation is best at no cost the earth. It looks like a Hobbit village, small doors and windows that look out on the hills. They laugh at this season, all green and with flowers in the center of the chimney!
Then blow to the heart: the bell tower of the de Orcino Valdorcina the first pair of storks! They are beautiful, an 'impressive wingspan, a thousand-year cohabitation with the peoples, that the priest does not ring bells when they are small.
Maps and handing pieces of silver in each Pueblo that through, I slowed down a bit, but allows me to appreciate even more the work of the occult but insdispensabile Hospitalier. The end stage is Bridge Obrigo. It 's a gigantic medieval masterpieces, more than 18 arches. The legend says that, to defend a pilgrim, 9 Knights Templar in the middle of the bridge just stopped a whole army of Islam. Before meeting
Obrigo Imelda, a beautiful ... Then Ivan
Hospital, also Italian and master weapon.
tutos: long, almost 30 km, but all right.
sun but freezing cold in the back.
hospitalero Yesterday I said that 'it was snowing or Cerbeiro (Paola understand?)
Physically: no blisters, no overheating of the tendons, joints, ankles, knees, hips do not creak and I am not swollen. Just a point of groin discomfort but that is my fault: I had a very rocky dirt road and before leaving I did not change insoles for shoes.
will be the first thing I'll do tomorrow.
today I did ...
John
BLESSED VALLEY - LEON
2nd leg Tuesday, May 4
1668 km.
sun (but Avila was snowing!)
I wanted to book the bus so as to make it ready to talk to the beautiful wives of my small Christian community but then, my friend Norcinaio at that time to go to work and aims to acompagnarmi him to train. But then in the middle of the night, my son makes me a surprise. "I can not leave from the mo papa pilgrim without saying goodbye, put that this is the right time that does not come back! "Now is great, but my first walk to Santiago I did with him when he was 15.
Cristian Awake to tell him not to wake up. Way to
The approach is already a step which would call "leapfrogging." You're in your house, get into a car, then on a train, then on a plane, then on a train ... Nobody goes where you go. It 'on Tuesday morning, trains are the workers, on air travelers. But the bill on track in Madrid the first! attached to the backpack has new shoes, a pocket guide check the unmistakable English and feet have new boots. It 's a novice, not run-in with the shoes of three days will have their feet full of blisters. He does not know if they are or not. I do not display the sign for good luck until they really start to walk. It launches and asks me. I smile and give him the first straight. His name is Xavier, and the lack, want to know everything. I sleep by the Benedictine Sisters. The Hospitalero is happy for the map that the gift, the nun impressed by the standard of Santa Bona. The silver coins will give them to the mayor tomorrow.
system backpack, exposing shells, water bottle, Pañuelo de la Virgen del Pilar. I do a wash. Ceno to "Sacristy" the first drop of the Pilgrim. After the Blessing of the Pilgrim, sung by the nun, in bed with the chickens.
Tomorrow begins my third journey ....
Before sleep a beautiful smile that
Joshua, Brazilian pilgrim that I give below the bed because he's tired and can not make it to climb the ladder.
John
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