Granon to Homeless

Everything at the church went real well.  We began by preparing the food for a communal dinner.

After that we went to mass and received a tour of the church museum.

The entire operation was spearheaded by  a gentlemen that reminded all us of Ramon in the movie The Way - a little bit crazy.  After church we were led to another shop and every nationality had to sing a song in their own language to get desert (we chose if you are happy and you know it).

We then carried back desert.

After dinner they gathered us all and opened a small closet door from one of the small dorms and through a short stone tunnel we entered the choir loft of the adjacent church. The choir loft was illuminated with about 75 tea lite candles. The only other lights in the old stone church was the illuminated large golden alter piece. Truly an amazing sight to see.

We then proceeded to give our wishes for the camino and a short prayer. 

The next stop was Belorado and we had lunch there with a smart pigeon who liked the no dogs sign.  At another stop we found that our WiFi code worked from last year,

We also found Paul being a tourist.

The following was part of the effort to stop bullfights.

We then continued walking but could not find a place.  Several did not have WiFi and one would not let us see the room. The sights continued.

While cool in the morning, the afternoon sun is intense and we do get tired.

Meanwhile our Korean contingent thinks it is cold - look at their clothes.

We were about ready to drop and made reservations at a place where there may have been a slight communications problem.  It is a three star hotel for. $127.00 a night.  A little high for pilgrims.

We were so tired we did not care.  After 30 kilometers we were done and there are certain  European benefits as Kate demonstrated.  Great showers with hot water and towels too.

We had a nice dinner and are going to bed.  Another 40 kilometers to Burgos in the next two days and we then meet Brian.

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