Zamora Holy Thursday

We made it here last night without difficulty. Our apartment is near a hospital and almost right across the street from the School of Nursing! Our apartment is a 4th floor walk-up. It is small, clean, quiet, and very nice. One drawback is that it is about a mile to the Old Town, where most of Easter Processions are held and even further from the cathedral!

Today's first procession started at 10 a.m., but it had to go a long way before it reached Plaza Mayor, where we hoped to watch it. We arrived at about 11 a.m., and we're about 15 layers of people away from the front. We were on a slight hill so I could see a tiny bit.

In the afternoon at 4:30, a longer procession began. I made sure we were there at 4 pm, and we staked out a position on some granite steps since the prime spots were already taken by 4 pm!

The second procession told the story of Easter up until the crucifixion. There were many floats or pasos and a lot of bands. The floats were less decorated and smaller than Leon but very meaningful. Again lots of children in both the procession and the crowd and there was a very wide range of attendees who watched with rapt attention as if it was the first time they had heard the story leading up to Easter.

Phil and I also noticed that although there are a lot of tourists here, they are all Spanish. We haven't heard any other languages which is much different than on the Camino or in Madrid.

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