Thursday, July 24, 2008
After writing my update in Sarria I hung our laundry ( washed in a machine- a luxury on our camino as we tend to wash by hand) and got ready for bed. But before jumping into my sleeping bad I joined other pilgrims and the owner of the hostel in an open room with a lit fire. We sat and chatted while drinking some liquer offered to us by the hospitalero. As we sat around sampling a few different chupitos (liquer) I realized how happy I was to be doing the Camino by foot vs by bike (though you would likely not hear me say this during the day as they soom by me with a polite and quick ¨buen camino!¨ ). Two americans thought it was great that Sylvan (Quebec), Lucas (Poland) and I had come all this way from France that we picked up Damian (Polish) in Logrono and Rebecca (New Zealand) in Leon. These two americans had been on the road for 8 days, traveled the same distance and had not met nearly the same number of people nor did they have as many storries to share. It was just a little reminder that ended my jealousy for the bikers as they quickly passed me the next day. ... got to run internet is going to cut out i will continue this blog later.. much love mila xoxo
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Hola reina!
Finally your last day of the Camino before you head off to "the end of the earth". Must be bitter sweet for you as you say your good-byes to your fellow-travellers; friendshps that will no doubt endure (if only "en los recuerdos") given all that you have experienced together, right?
Anyway, bravo for you and your cause. We couldn't be prouder!
I have been doing some reading and reminiscing about our treking adventure together with Maya and Martin back in 1999. Here are just a few of the more famous pilgrims who, since the middle ages, have gone before us.
XII century:
- 1107 Guido, archbiship of Vienna,)(future Pope Calixto II)
- 1125 Matilda, daughter of Henry I of England.
- 1154 Louis VII of France
XIII century:
- 1213 St.Francisco of Asisi
- 1233 King Sancho II of Portugal
- 1254 Princess Cristina of Norway
XIV century:
- 1325 St.Isabel,queen of Portugal
- 1386 the Duke of Lancaster, from England by sea via La Coruna.
XV century:
- 1429 famous artist Jan van Eyke.
- 1438 Anne of Cleves (fourth wife of Henry VIII)
- 1486 Fernando and Isabel,(los reyes catolicos)who financed Columbus' trip you will recall.)
Don't recall how much English literature you studied but if you recall Chaucer,in his "Canterbury Tales" mentions that the Wife of Bath had "journeyed to Jerusalem, Rome, Santiago in Spain and Cologne.
So you see, millions of people from all over Europe, one big difference being that, unlike you, they had to WALK HOME AGAIN!!!!! (and we can only surmise about their footwear!)
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