[Gocamino] Fwd: A Traveler's Highway to Heaven

[Renato Alvarado Vidal]

¡Such stories! Thank you my friends, thank you very much.
 From a quiet night in Patagonia, with love

Machi

El 12/12/2007, a las 17:29, blaroli at aol.com escribió:

>
> WoW!
>
> Are you familiar with the "miracle" of O Cebreiro?
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Stys <jstys at unitedwayhouston.org>
> To: Hathor821 at aol.com; Jethess777 at aol.com; PatRush1 at verizon.net;  
> Gocamino at oakapple.net
> Sent: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 10:53 am
> Subject: Re: [Gocamino] Fwd:? A Traveler's Highway to Heaven
>
>
>
>
> I've always interested in the discussion on the list serve.  I've  
> only posted a
> few times in the past few years, but Patricia's story inspired me  
> to share my
> shell story.
>
> It was my second time walking a section of the Camino Frances.  I  
> realized I had
> some unused vacation time at the end of the year so I decided to  
> spend a few
> weeks walking from Pamplona to Leon.  I was a bit worried about a  
> Winter Camino
> but I got some great advice from the folks on the list serve.
>
> It had been a long day of walking when I reached Burgos, the long  
> walk in on the
> main road left my feet aching.  I wasn't in the greatest of moods  
> when I arrived
> and became very indecisive.  "Should I stay or keep walking?"  I  
> just couldn't
> decide.  I came across a large albuerge - it was set somewhat in a  
> city park.
> It seemed nice and I decided to stop. When I got there I had one of  
> those
> quintessential camino experiences that has stuck with me for a long  
> time.  The
> hospitalero was so happy to see me.  He was about to eat his lunch  
> (lentils and
> homemade chorizo) and insisted that I joined him.  There had not  
> been many
> pilgrims in the past few days and he was missing talking and visiting.
>
> We spent the afternoon eating and talking.  He told me how a  
> maritime accident
> led to him being disabled and confined to a wheelchair.  Later in  
> the afternoon
> a Spaniard who had walked with his german shepard (named Lobo, I'm  
> a dog
> nut)arrived.  We sat and drank coffee, wine and scotch until the  
> early hours.
> The next morning the hospitalero greeted me with all the  
> information I needed to
> make it to the next albuerge.  As I was leaving, he gave me a  
> scallop shell that
> had been painted by developmentally disabled children of Burgos.   
> As a walked
> out of Burgos, a light snow started to fall and I was very happy to  
> continue on
> the way of my winter camino.
>
> My scallop shell hangs in my living room.  I have since done two  
> different
> stages of the Via de la Plata but my evening in Burgos will always  
> be one of my
> fond memories of my pilgrimages.
>
> Jeff
> Houston, Texas
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gocamino-bounces at oakapple.net [mailto:gocamino- 
> bounces at oakapple.net] On
> Behalf Of Hathor821 at aol.com
> Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2007 3:37 PM
> To: Jethess777 at aol.com; PatRush1 at verizon.net; Gocamino at oakapple.net
> Subject: Re: [Gocamino] Fwd:? A Traveler's Highway to Heaven
>
> Joanie, I just returned from abroad so I have not  much of an idea  
> of what is
> happening now with the 'shell' issue....perhaps  someone gave this  
> pilgrim
> the shell....perhaps a nice Spaniard sat in the  Cathedral steps  
> and offered the
>
> shells that he had painted himself to arriving  Pilgrims, who
> knows....perhaps one day someone will say that there was a Pilgrim   
> from the USA
> who gave to
> hospitaleras a real rice pearl necklace with gold beads  and when  
> she was
> asked 'why are you giving me this' this Pilgrim said.....'about   
> 200 were made
> by
> my Mom 20 years ago before she lost her mind to Alzheimers, so   
> take it, enjoy
> it, and if you want to give thanks pray for peace in our   
> planet'...who knows
> what will be said 50 years from now about this
> Pilgrim....legends....stories....who knows.....
>
> I was this Pilgrim.
>
> Patricia
> Coconut Grove (Miami)
> * I wear only one pearl necklace at a  time....won't be buried with  
> l99...so
> I made many people real happy....it was my  way to say....thank you!
>
>
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