Good Friday

Today was a lazy day. I was frozen straight through to my bones because the heating in my hotel only operates from 5pm to midnight and the temps outside are around 6C. Its insanity to have such a system in place. I slept under 3 duvets and I still was cold. I didn't get out my bed until past 1pm and that was only to go out and find water and possibly buy a radiator. When I left the room I spotted a portable radiator in the cleaners closet! Thankfully the cleaner was still around and I asked her to borrow it. Amazing! I feel I manifested that radiator as that's all I could think about. There is this saying I picked up on the walk... ask and the Camino provides. Well that rang true for me on a few occasions and definitely this morning.

Feeling much better about life I go out and discover most of the groceries shut as its a holiday. Just a few small convenience stores open so I buy water, beer and a Chinese mango bun. I head back to my hotel and check in on the Canadians. They went out to see the 11am procession and were now in their hotel trying to warm up and nap. They ask if I want to join them for dinner and I accept. Now that I have the radiator warming the room it's a good time to venture out and catch some of the processions that I came here for.

I leave at 5pm to catch the 6pm procession. That starts off with these drummers dressed in white with pointy hats, like the KKK, but I try to remind myself that the KKK stole from these groups and the Spanish probably aren't so bad. It is eerie being one of 3 black people in a crowd surrounded by these masked pointy hat people. The procession has various stages of the good Friday story. There are people walking barefoot dragging wooden crosses, little girls carrying various ornaments such as the cloth Jesus wiped his face on with the imprint, the crown of thorns, etc. The music is quite good but I quite like a marching band especially one that's heavy on the drums.Baca lagi