A message from Fromista, Spain

Today is Sunday October 6th already, and we are spending the night in Fromista.  The weather (with the exception of a day or 2) has been exceptional - much sun - and the scenery every bit as beautiful as we imagined!  And to see all this beauty while walking!  We´ve met many wonderful people, and keep meeting many more.  It´s great to meet them initially, and then run into them again and again, very randomly, a few days later at some further point on the Camino.  People from all over the world - United States, Korea, Germany, France, many from Australia, we even met a girl who walked from Holland to Spain and was going to finish in Santiago (some 2800 km. in total!).

We spent a day resting in Burgos and had some time to visit some of its historic places of interest.  We spent the better part of an afternoon touring the Burgos cathedral in the centre of the city.  It is no less than stunning!  It boggles the imagination to see the incredibly detailed sculpture, artwork, and architectural design contained in this one structure!  The aim of the builders was to create awe and wonder.  So much history and beauty in one place, dating back to as far as the 13th century.  It is truly almost unimagineable to see the incredible beauty and handiwork that the human imagination can create, and with so much skill and precision!

After spending a day or so in the city, we look forward to getting back to the quietness and relative solitude of the countryside.  For the last 2 days, we've walked across some of the Spanish meseta - vast open spaces with very few trees, mostly pasture land and rolling hills, and every couple of hours we´ll come across a small medieval-looking town or village.  Today marks the 15th day of walking, and we have another 16 days of walking to go.  Even though the pace of life is slow, the time still goes very quickly.

We are remembering that this weekend is Thanksgiving Day in Canada.  And we are remembering in our prayers the group that is travelling to Mexico.

Much time for thought, and much time for prayer, and much time to contemplate the beauty of the world.

"All things were made through Him, and without Him was not anything made that was made.  In Him was life....."
 
Sent from Fromista,
with our love.

John.