Still 501 km to Santiago de Compostela
An uneventful day. We walked a bit around the cathedral in Burgos, then we took the bus to Sahagun. The bus had free WiFi and a movie. I was surprised to find 5 more pilgrims in the bus. Still I missed the walk but we now should be able to get to Santiago by Good Friday.
We walked a bit in Sahagun and found a convent where we participated in mass in the evening. It is a special experience to attend mass with the nuns. Their prayers and chants make a difference.
Sahagun is the birthplace of Fray Bernardino de Sahagun, a name well known to any Mexican. He was born in 1499 and early on the XVI century he travelled as a missionary to New Spain. While his main work was as a missionary He has been called the first anthropologist for his work on the "Historia General de las Cosas de la Nueva España". A comprehensive work on the life, customs, language and culture of the Aztecs. He also founded the first school of higher education in America, El Colegio Imperial de Santa Cruz de Tlatelolco. He died in Mexico in 1590.
After a month in Spain there are things that still puzzle us. The schedules for us are difficult to deal with. In the larger towns they are fairly well defined but
somehow I cannot get used to find everything closed between 2 pm and 4:30 pm. Pretty well everything closed on Saturday afternoon and on Sunday. In the smaller towns is touch and go. The food store may have hours listed at the door but the owner may decide to open late or go for coffee and close early or may be not even open at all. So if we find a store open we need to make sure we have enough food for the next day, in particular Saturday mornings.
Tomorrow early morning we will be back to our pilgrimage.
Hail Mary full of grace pray for us sinners and help us get closer to your son Jesus.
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