O Cebreiro - reflection 💜

A day of reflection - appropriate as we remember Amr 6 months today since he left us 🙏💜. It feels like 6 years, and an eternity for Mum.
A misty and cool start to the day. We caught a taxi to O Cebreiro, a Celtic town. We wandered up to the highest point, a cross on top of a mountain with 360 degree views overlooking the village and valley. We then meandered through the village, which is tiny and found a place for coffee / hot chocolate.
We went to Mass at 12noon, not expecting it to be overly busy - it was packed and we were glad we were early and got a seat. It appeared there was a wedding or Baptism about to take place and it became clear it was a Baptism which took place after Mass. Before that a tour group were called to the front of the Church and a Monk explained the history of Santa Maria Real Church. We then lit candles for Amr and other special intentions.
I may have done a little shopping while Mum scouted a place for lunch. We enjoyed an empanada and vino. A pilgrim we had met before came in and called out “Rosie”. Hartley - you may be correct and I will need to fulfill bodyguard duties.
We met Sandee and Tim (our fav pilgrims) after their climb and had a lovely catch up over food and wine sharing our travel stories and more. We wandered back to the beautiful Church to see the chapel that Richard and Rachel had commented on. We ran into Golan (pilgrim friend) and had a wine and chat before our taxi. Really interesting discussions on life, countries and religion. After some quiet time in the hotel we braced ourselves to head to the local Taberna again. It worked out a treat. They know us well. We forgot complicated orders of spirits and stuck to what we knew and had a vino and some tapas.

Now my turn for the day… Cathy has put it well…this place feels very much an Amr place, and it was the right place to light a candle for him…💜
We realised we were so lucky with the weather yesterday as this morning we woke to foggy mist everywhere, which is normal for here, but the spectacular view was invisible until it gradually lifted… but never as clear as yesterday. The pilgrim who called out Rosie was Golan, who we met at Acebo - he is Israeli and such a beautiful person… I really enjoyed meeting him again later this afternoon and philosophising… we may see him again tomorrow, also Sandee and Tim… I have decided to get a taxi for the first 5-6 kms which makes the walk about 16 kms… Cathy is happy! We had a great time at the taberna tonight… just wine and small plates, randomly selected by them but which worked… we were greeted as old friends and I even had a thimbleful of a Baileys look alike to finish… good nightもっと詳しく