Tuesday 22 March 2016

We have noticed a lot of pilgrims passing through Grañón around 10 in the morning.  Cullen, Javi and I got our work done and Padre Jesus dropped by around 10 as is usual.  Then the 3 of us went to the bakery so Javi could meet Susannah, then to the bar Teo for a cafe con leche.  We hear about the bombing in Brussels. How terrible. Cullen and Javi walked to the Ermita Carrasquedo church around a mile outside of town.  I stayed behind and did some chores.

Cullen's note -- Javi and I walked down to the Ermita. There is a beautiful shrine there with a youth hostel and a bar. We met a basque guy named Juan Carlos. Javi and him begin debating the Brussels bombing. Javi is more of a pacifist and see the good in people while Juan Carlos is more antagonistic to Islam. In Spain people love debating!

Javi has his car here so he will take Cullen grocery shopping tomorrow and give Jesus a break.  Javi is a certified yoga instructor and wants to offer a class to pilgrims in the evening before dinner - great idea.  No mass tonight so we will miss seeing the pilgrim blessing.

It's now 4 pm and we only have 2 pilgrims. As soon as we write this we get another two and then another three. Seven pilgrims!

Marina drops by to visit. Such a bundle of energy and so dedicated to the federation's albergue said.

We've decided to make spaghetti carbonara.

10 Pilgrims
Carmen, Ama, Alba, Raquel, Ma Alba, Txelo,  Jojune, Pedro Jesus, all from Spain
Anita from Czech Republic
JVI from China