Casterojeriz,Spain

With a monte ( mountain or ‘quite the climb’) to cross tomorrow we took a short day today. 11+km. Several others that we have met have had the same idea.
We have taken the time to walk the village slowly and absorb the feel. Usually we are tired, hungry and need to shower. . It’s a lovely change and good for our bodies. 👍
As we left this morning, we came upon signage showing how far we have gone/come on our 800km journey. What a boost to our determination!
San Anton is a ruin of a 14th century convent set up to care for pilgrims. St. Anton’s Fire, a disease in the medieval era was apparently rampant. The order ceased to exist in the late 1700’s.
The local church is amazing! The artifacts beautiful. There are stone statues (?) of husbands with wife’s depicted in the ‘lids’ covering the tombs. I am certain there is a term that I am missing.,😉
The entire church was beautiful and I felt ‘filled’ somehow with the beauty and the religious content. Some days one just needs a lift that you didn’t know you were going to need.Read more