What a treat it was to have visitors today. Cheryl and Marty who I met through American Pilgrims came into town yesterday fresh off the Camino Primitivo. They came by the flat about 11 this morning. Cheryl wanted to see the flat because she will be staying here this October. I showed them the flat and we sat around and talked for awhile. Around noon we wandered off to find a place for lunch. This is a little challenging in Spain on Sunday, first because not much is open in Spain on Sunday and at noon, it is still breakfast time. What we call the midday meal, lunch is for the Spanish dinner and it starts around 1:00 or 1:30. But we found a lovely little place on a small plaza and ate alfresco. It was ensalda mixta all around. We continued our lovely chat until it was time for me to go to work. First we returned to the flat to get my phone which I had forgotten to take, because I was so immersed in our conversation.
Work was fun. I met lots of new people. I gave out lots of hugs to people Whose names I don't know, but I do know them because we are both Pilgrims. I ended up working until 9 pm, an extra two hours because I was having so much fun. I am getting to know the staff better. They are really amazing. Most of them speak several languages. A couple of them have undertaken the task of improving my Spanish. It is great. One of them told me I was doing a great job keeping the lines organized. Another tok pictures of both my tattoos, my dragon and my Camino tattoo.
Many of the pilgrims coming through the line notice my tattoo and ask for a closer look. It's really a conversation starter. Three American girls asked for directions to the tattoo shop. lol
I received a copy of the schedule for the next week. Stephen was nice enough to get one for each of us. I didn't even know there was on, so I would have been clueless. There is music, dance, large puppets, theatre and pageantry all day and night all week.
Actually it is more than a week. It starts today and goes until a week from Wednesday. The music runs the gamut from symphony to rock. It's going to be a fun time.
By the time I got out of the Pilgrims office, I was dead tired. But I did noticed some lovely sights I get to see every day as I walk to and from work.
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