Greetings from the camino and me! I have been so long without internet that I'm not real sure where we left off. I think it was a bus ride to Sarragosa. It was a beautifu cathderal. The pillar and statue of Mary were cause for a few long stays at the pew that offered the most direct closest view of them. Sarragosa is a very large city, when i booked my room online it had pillar in it's name and listed the cathedral as a nearby attractiion. Nearby as in closer than the vatican? It was about 5 miles one way according to mapquest, when I didn't get lost. Oh I missed Steves sense of direction! But it seemed fitting that going there should involve lots of walking too.
This pilgrimage has definitely become unique and solitairy. Even to the point of not much contact with you! But it has been rich and exactly what it's meant to be, I am sure. My body is healing, ready to undertake what i ask of it. What strikes me most vividly in these most ornate of cathedrals, is the poverty of Christ. He would not ask for any of it. And even though the grandest of cathedrals were probably more about a show of wealth and power of the men who brought them into being, those men have faded into the abyss of history and the churches can at last give glory to God. The small humble churches call to me the most, the ones built by hands that loved God above all, in the present they still seem to radiate with that humble devotion.
I pray that this finds you all well,and enjoying the life you've been given, you are remembered often in my prayers and I am so grateful for yours! Blessings, and Buen camino!