<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SERIF" FACE="Palatino Linotype" LANG="0">Dear Dan,<BR>
Thank you so very much for your kind words.<BR>
I will be leaving for the Camino at the end of this month. My plans to walk the Via Plata will have to wait since I have been told that August is definitely not the time to do it, and I cannot go any other time. I will travel the route by car, however, will also visit my adored San Juan de la Pena (absolutely my most admired place anywhere, including that extraordinary St. Catherine's Monastery in Egypt's Sinai), and will walk down from O Cebreiro to Santiago.<BR>
Fortunately I have struck friendships with some people at the Archdiocese and while there I will try to find as much information as may be of particular interest to those of us on the other side of the Atlantic.<BR>
But..... California? It doesn't seem likely, much as I would also like to meet you all, particularly those of you with whom I've had a sort of e-mail palship, like Kathy and Elyn. But I am overwhelmingly busy during the Spring and really have to jump through hoops to make my annual visit to Seville in Holy Week. <BR>
Perhaps someday you may consider having a Camino-related reunion on these Eastern parts; I would certainly be there.<BR>
Again, thanks for your graciousness.<BR>
Rosina</FONT></HTML>