Day 13

“Walk away from anyone or anything that takes away from your joy. Life is too short to put up with fools.” Anonymous 
The other day when Lindsay and I walked into Puente la Reina we arrived at our hostel just inside of town. There was a loud conversation going on at the patio bar between two men, friendly but loud (at this point). One man was very drunk offering to buy the Australian man a drink. The drunk man from Sweden proceeded to offer to buy everyone a drink. 

He and his Turkish wife started walking the Camino in Pamplona but he gotten terrible blisters on his feet and had to rest. Since then he had been drunk and his poor wife had been following him around trying to get him to quit drinking and put cream in his feet. He would get belligerent, then apologize. It was so atypical of the Camino. The albergue owner was doing his best to handle the situation. All of us Pilgrims tried talking with him. 
But eventually we had to walk away. He didn’t want help. Nor did his poor wife. 

Lindsay has a bad rash on her leg. We aren’t sure if it heat or an allergic reaction to some plants we have walked through. But we got to Estella yesterday and showered and started the laundry, then we went to find a “farmacia”. There was one across the street from our hostel but it was closed. So Lindsay asked two ladies walking down the street (in Spanish) if they knew when it would open. They told her it should be open but then said there was another one and proceeded to walk us through town to the other pharmacy. The Spanish people are amazing. 

The countryside is beautiful! When we walk through the forests and woods and vineyards I breathe deeply I find great joy. 🙂 I hope you find great joy. And are able to walk away from those things that do not bring you joy. 

Buen Camino!

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