so we had planned, worst case scenario Michael, myself, Ovi and Jocelin would meet up at the cathedral in Burgos tonight at 6pm...so the scene is set, Michael and i have walked together since we parted ways with the others and were fairly clear about Jocelin´s plan but not Ovi´s as he had not showed up in Santo Domingo as planned. Michael and i walked on and enjoyed time with new-old friends of the Camino along the path and in the alburgues at night. it turns out the reunion plan was one part of the Camino gossip and so all we heard the last few days was, ¨will Ovi show up? will you all be reunited?¨ ...it´s a funny thing. we all met within the first 2 days, between San Jean and Roncevalles, and we just clicked- our pace was similar, our interests compimentary, our enjoyment of picnics along the route, and ultimately our joy of each other continued to bring us together...and so while we lost Bram the 4 of us have been a good team and one that others have gotten used to seeing along the Camino. and as i mentioned, the reunion apparently was the talk of the Camino...so when Michael, myself and Donna (our Canadian friend) arrived early in Burgos we had some coffee and then decided to head over to the cathedral to check it out. and as the bells were ringing at this astoundingly beautiful cathedral we began across the sunny square and who do you think we saw? Jocelin and Ovi! it was quite a reunion!!!
as it turns out Jocelin had stayed in the town we had left him in and Ovi had went on but rather than getting to Santo Domingo he stopped before. the following day he walked a bit and figured he was just a few kilometers behind us (i have forgotten miles and am thinking entirely in kilometers these days so forgive me for not converting). the following day he walked a bit more and then decided the pain in his leg was too much (has now been diagnosed as shin splints) and so he jumped on a bus. who do you think was on the same bus? yes indeed, Jocelin!
i imagine our reunion was quite a site to those sitting peacefully in the square. laughter, hugs, and much chatter as we all tried to share our thoughts and stories of the past few days! it was quite an affair!
and to add to the fun, Donna was with us and later we reconnected with other friends as well. our tradition of Pizza Sundays was started on this night and it was followed by some fabulous desserts and more fun with our growing Camino family.
a very good day overall as it was light...only 22 kilometers of walking today and my achilles-ankles thank me as they are quite sore and swollen at this point. the many blisters have begun to go away and i am now left with ongoing soreness and discomfort but you know it´s life so on you go. thankfully today was a kind of day of rest so i hope it will help in the healing as tomorrow we have almost 30 kilometers to cover.
note- i would love to post photos but most of the computers i have found so far will not allow for uploading of photos...let me just say that the country so far has been beyond beautiful. astoundingly beautiful is the best i can do.
oh and by the way, Spain is not all sun and warmth as i had mistakenly believed. as it turns out it rains and even hails here quite a bit. yesterday we encountered rainbows, rain, sun, hail, rain, sun, rain, hail, sun, hail and then just cool air. never again will i believe that Spain is purely sunny and warm!!!
ok off to bed!
No comments:
Post a Comment