{"id":2271,"date":"2014-04-17T09:14:57","date_gmt":"2014-04-17T16:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/?p=2271"},"modified":"2014-04-17T09:22:14","modified_gmt":"2014-04-17T16:22:14","slug":"one-year-ago-halfway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/one-year-ago-halfway\/","title":{"rendered":"One Year Ago: Halfway"},"content":{"rendered":"

(from my journal)<\/p>\n

B<\/span>ercianos del Real Camino
\n17 April<\/p>\n

Francine is in flight! Meanwhile, today was another introspective Meseta day – bleak, virtually unchanging scenery pushing thoughts deep within with little distraction.<\/p>\n

\"On<\/a><\/p>\n

\"On<\/a><\/p>\n

\"On<\/a><\/p>\n

\"On<\/a><\/p>\n

\"On<\/a><\/p>\n

Entered the Province of Le\u00f3n.<\/p>\n

Just before arriving in the town of Sahag\u00fan, at a little place called Ermita de la Virgen del Puente, I crossed the halfway point of my Camino in terms of distance. There’s a monument there – supposedly exactly at the midway point between Roncesvalles and Santiago de Composetela – with statues of Bernardo de Sedirac<\/a> (d. 1128?) who founded the local Cluniac abbey and became Primate of Spain, and King Alfonso VI “the Brave”<\/a> (1047-1109) who founded the nearby city.<\/p>\n

\"Halfway:<\/a><\/p>\n

\"King<\/a>

King Alfonso VI of Le\u00f3n and Castile<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Bernardo<\/a>

Bernardo de Sedirac<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Halfway!\"<\/a>

Halfway!<\/p><\/div>\n

Sahag\u00fan was larger than expected, and the ruins of the great Benedictine monastery of Abadia de San Benito el Real de Sahag\u00fan are impressive. Lunched in the city.<\/p>\n

\"Sahag\u00fan\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Sahag\u00fan\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Sahag\u00fan\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Sahag\u00fan\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Abadia<\/a>

Abadia de San Benito el Real de Sahag\u00fan<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Abadia<\/a><\/p>\n

\"One<\/a>

One of the Photos that Every Peregrino Gets<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Abadia<\/a><\/p>\n

And then there was the incident with the sheep on the bridge. Apparently they have right of way. It was like being subsumed in a tidal wave of wool.<\/p>\n

\"Sheep<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Sheep<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Santiago<\/a>

Santiago in a Sea of Sheep<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Eamon<\/a>

Eamon Plays it Cool.<\/p><\/div>\n

Walked with Eamon and Santiago today. Tomorrow will be my last day with both of them.<\/p>\n

\n

Delightful albergue. Communal prayer, dinner preparation, and dinner. Caught up with Cliff again. Lots of brainwork today on a Sah\u00fbl board game.<\/p>\n

[There followed in my journal some notes about a story\/novella.]<\/p>\n

Fun with a friendly goat wandering around the town and getting into the albergue. Great photos of a sheep flock. Spoke with their fascinating shepherd.<\/p>\n

\"Bercianos<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Bercianos<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Bercianos<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Bercianos<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Bercianos<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Bercianos<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Bercianos<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Bercianos<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Bercianos<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Bercianos<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Bercianos<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Bercianos<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Bercianos<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Bercianos<\/a><\/p>\n

All the photos! More goat! Day 16<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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