Wynette: Night before last at dinner with others in the albergue in Cirauqui where we stayed and had dinner we sat next to a man from Czech Republic, Prague. At first he was very quiet then as we talked a bit he said he was ill and feeling poorly. (He was handsome, looked like Russell Crowe.) Later the owner of the albergue stopped by our table and told him he was not sick, just sad. He left the table before we did and she came again to chat with us and said she has seen 40000 pilgrims in the 10 years she has had her albergue and she tries to talk to all of them and she has learned to tell the difference between sick and sad. She said many, especially those walking alone, often carry heavy burdens. Tonight at dinner in another town we sat with a young man from Russia. He too was traveling alone and he seemed sad. At one point Charlie asked him what kind of work he did back home in Russia. He hesitated then said he was a teacher then said on the Camino he didn’t want to talk about his life back home. He wanted to focus on being a pilgrim.
Note: Above photo was beautiful view from our room in the albergue in Cirauqui
