Lorca

Our bodies continue to heal and get stronger but we are nowhere near as capable as most we meet along the way. The Camino holds you to the choices you've made in your life, but also provides you the chance to choose anew. Like the Led Zepplin song Stairway to Heaven goes "there's still time to change the road you're on".

 We walked through some spectacular  areas including this small medieval village, Cirauqui. Some of the villages are very old, like this one, others more modern. We stopped for the night in the small village of Lorca. 

The albergue is called " La Bodega del Camino" and it's wonderful. We got a private room with private bath for €40 and had a fabulous meal of pizza and paella, vino tinto of course. 

I am falling in love with Spain. Most of the people are friendly and the countryside is beautiful. The food.  Honestly, it often reminds me of eastern Washington. Even saw some wheat fields today.  I continue to try and use what Spanish I've learned and to learn  more.  

We have some choices ahead as it seems clear we won't be able to walk the distance to Santiago in the time allowed without modern intervention (read that as Renfe).  This is not a problem or a disappointment, it just is.

God grant me the serenity

to accept the things I cannot change; 

courage to change the things I can; 

and wisdom to know the difference.

Living one day at a time; 

enjoying one moment at a time; 

accepting hardships as the pathway to peace; 

taking, as He did, this sinful world

as it is, not as I would have it; 

trusting that He will make all things right

if I surrender to His Will; 

that I may be reasonably happy in this life

and supremely happy with Him

forever in the next. 

Amen.

Vaya con Dios, mis amigos.