{"id":803,"date":"2012-12-14T17:55:03","date_gmt":"2012-12-14T18:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/?p=803"},"modified":"2016-02-23T12:03:16","modified_gmt":"2016-02-23T20:03:16","slug":"a-mysterious-benefactor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/a-mysterious-benefactor\/","title":{"rendered":"A Mysterious Benefactor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">F<\/span>ifteen weeks to go! Some of you will have noticed a link to my Camino Amazon wishlist under the countdown. While I&#8217;ve got all of the important equipment settled, there are a few odds and ends there.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/2012\/12\/14\/a-mysterious-benefactor\/book\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-804\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/book.jpg\" alt=\"book\" width=\"200\" height=\"308\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-804\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/book.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/book-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>The other day, I received a package from Amazon. Now, I&#8217;ve got a couple of things purchased there on a &#8220;pre-publication&#8221; status, so I&#8217;m never terribly surprised when something just sort of shows up out of the blue.<\/p>\n<p>This, however, was not something I&#8217;d ordered, but something on my Camino wishlist. <\/p>\n<p>The book is called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0312254164\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=0312254164&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=popesonparade-20\">The Pilgrimage Road to Santiago: The Complete Cultural Handbook<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=popesonparade-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=0312254164\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/>. It&#8217;s absolutely brilliant. It includes descriptions of all sorts of sites and sights along the Way, including architecture, history, and folklore. I&#8217;m in love with this book.<\/p>\n<p>It was given to me as a Christmas present. The thing is, I don&#8217;t know who sent it.<\/p>\n<p>I mean, I know his name, but I&#8217;ve never met him. I don&#8217;t know who he is, or how he got onto my wishlist.<\/p>\n<p>So, thank you Federico Giunchi, whoever you are! May the blessings of Christmas be yours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fifteen weeks to go! Some of you will have noticed a link to my Camino Amazon wishlist under the countdown. While I&#8217;ve got all of the important equipment settled, there are a few odds and ends there. The other day, I received a package from Amazon. Now, I&#8217;ve got a couple of things purchased there on a &#8220;pre-publication&#8221; status, so [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[18],"class_list":["post-803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-planning","category-thom","tag-thom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=803"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3215,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803\/revisions\/3215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}