22. Oct 2025

Pause

I had a very nice pilgrim hostel for my day of rest today. When I do this, it changes the flow of people that I might see along the way. Those with whom I had contact the past days, move on, and those that I passed the past days or maybe even a week ago or more, catch up. All my clothes have been hand washed and the last batch is now drying... in the sun. It would have been a nice day today for hiking, but the weather today is also good for drying clothes... and I really enjoy these days of rest. Later this afternoon a German and Swiss man that I met and talked with last week, arrived at the hostel together with a third man from Germany. We all plan to arrive in Santiago de Compostela next week on Saturday. I mentioned that there should be a special pilgrim mass on Sunday in English at 10.30 in the morning, but did not think that there would be one in German. The one German said I could translate and the Swiss man said I could give my own sermon. I replied that they would probably not be happy with my sermon and told them what I would say, that finding God occurs more along the way and in real life than at one special ceremony in a Cathedral. The way is the goal and Jesus is the Way.

Photos: Some impressions from the past week that did not make the daily top five...