A Different Evening

Last evening was different than expected.

Nancy accidentally initiated our phone call almost a full hour early, waking Sean from his nap. Great phone call, just a bit early.

Mass was entirely in Spanish, but no pilgrim blessing which is often part of mass on the Camino.

Walked a long way for dinner with Brandon, then Maria and Lucas (our Brazilian friends from San Anton) walked in and we became a table for five. Several of us (including Sean and I) enjoyed garlic soup for the first time. A delightful, spontaneous “community dinner,” as Sean observed.

Saw very little of the festival. It was still getting started when we realized we might get locked out of our albergue! We didn’t (thank you, God!) and didn’t even hear partying or fireworks during the night.

Dinner was the highlight. Sean said that he never expected to have a two-hour dinner and enjoy it! But we sure did!Read more