Hornillos
We have left Burgos and officially entered the meseta. The meseta is the high plains area of Spain and, interestingly, a place avoided by some traveling the Camino. It came as a bit of a surprise to us that some people actually leave the Camino to bypass this area and reconnect later on the trail. It can be hot in the summer and windy this time of year. A lot of people think that after the beauty of the first part of the Camino this pales in comparison. We think it is beautiful in its own way.
A fellow traveller told us that the first part of the Camino is for your body (physical strength), the second part (the meseta) is for your mind and the third part is for your heart. We tend to agree and as we travel miles of this high plain area we have time to think of many things.
Although we have never been to Hornillos before we know of this place. We had heard of a local priest who had been a missionary to Zaire (DR Congo) and was killed during the revolution. We took the opportunity today to see the monument his village placed in his honor. For this small village it was quite sensational that a local priest was sent on this particular mission and to lose his life on that mission has never been forgotten.
It is quiet here and we are well rested after our holiday in Burgos. We are staying in a Casa Rural and are enjoying fresh fruits, vegetables, meats, cheeses, and wine provided by our host. The breeze is cool, the sun is warm on our backs and we are thinking of you...
Buen Camino.
A fellow traveller told us that the first part of the Camino is for your body (physical strength), the second part (the meseta) is for your mind and the third part is for your heart. We tend to agree and as we travel miles of this high plain area we have time to think of many things.
Although we have never been to Hornillos before we know of this place. We had heard of a local priest who had been a missionary to Zaire (DR Congo) and was killed during the revolution. We took the opportunity today to see the monument his village placed in his honor. For this small village it was quite sensational that a local priest was sent on this particular mission and to lose his life on that mission has never been forgotten.
Buen Camino.
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