Thursday 24 Mar 2016
Cullen slept in a little soJavi and I got breakfast together.  Everyone was gone by 730.  The medicine the pharmacist gave Cullen seems to be making him feel better.  Angel stopped by to say "hello"and to let us know he will be in Grañón until Sunday.

Our first pilgrim arrived at 1345 - a young Italian named Kevin.  Arroz con pollo for dinner.  We had 24 pilgrims last night-the most yet.  One person helped with dinner last night, Davinia, a Spanish woman who lives in Burgos.  She gave us her phone number and told us to call her when we get there and she will show us some of the city.  Several interesting pilgrims; Pierre from Brittany France.  Very handsome man who spoke English very well.  He wore some sort of wrap skirt over his pants and carried a shoulder bag instead of the usual backpack - very Celtic.  I learned they make a lot of hard cider in Brittany.  Sebastián from Montpelier in France spoke English and Spanish very well.  He works in the tourism industry and lived in Spain for several years. He will be heading back to Najera in the morning because he believes he left some medicine for his knee at the albergue he stayed at last night.  He is having a lot of knee pain.  He left his backpack here and said he will return later and spend another night here.  There is Fred, a man from the Isle of Man now living on a sheep farm in Ireland.  He plays the recorder, piano, and guitar and says the piano is in need of a tune up.  Shane, a lovely young Irishman currently out of work, a nice young woman from Denmark who speaks very good English and some Spanish, an 'almost blind' man, Yvonne, an older 'red' headed woman from Sweden who claimed to have been lost in the forest on the Lepuy route.  The was a Holy Thursday procession around the village.  There were 3 statues each carried be 4 men.  They led the way and were followed by the villagers singing a hymn and lastly Father Jesus.  Though several us followed behind him.  They ended up in the beautiful church.