(the Pamplona native, Uxue, who sewed my shoe for me)
(I walked all the way in a shoe sew up by Uxue when we went hiking in Joshua tree)
(20,000 people went to Javier)
(6:30 in the morning)
It was a great walk! There were a few girls with us, I met Carolina Bayo who is a Californian, but mainly I was with three numeraries who marched us on staunchly! They said that if we stop then I our legs would start to hurt, so we basically only paused to use the bathroom. They even handed out a ton of food to the pilgrims but we mostly ate on the run. They had some nice bocadillos (sandwiches) that I probably shouldn't have eaten with my lip in the state that it was (all sewn up) but now the thread is all dissolved and gone and I went back to the doctor today and he said it looks great (even though he expected the thread to stay for at least a week!).
We talked, said the rosary, prayed, sang, listen to my iPod shuffle, consumed calories and water and didn't stop to think about how far we'd gone! When we arrived, Maria Fernanda was a little fried (literally) but, luckily, I had put some of the sun screen that Janet offered us. We said hello to our Lord in the big buetiful basilica and then waited outside on the rocks for mass to begin. We got a good spot on the rocks amongst the old people right next to the altar. There we could sit down, do our prayer, and massage our calves...hehe.
The peektures make everything better. :) So I'm interested- did Uxue sewing your shoe and being in the picture with you mean that she was in Spain with you or was that from LA?
March 12, 2007 3:05 PM
hey liz! i love the pics. now i can live vicariously thru you...hehe. life is good here, altho finals are coming up very soon for me (wednesday)! hope to hear from you soon.
March 12, 2007 10:41 PM
btw, it's suyin. :)
March 12, 2007 10:42 PM
Your blog is awesome. I love to pop in and read what is going on!
March 15, 2007 7:52 AM
In reply to the comments:
I tell you Uxue is accompanying my here only in spirit, not in physical reality. She sewed my shoe earlier for me when I was hiking with her in Joshua tree. The point is, that her sewing job has held 50 km and more!
Su Yin, and all you Bruins, I hope that finals went well! I was praying for you then. Well, today is the last day of finals so I´ll continue praying today...
Mary, I´m thinking this is my cousin, and I´m glad that you pop in! It´s a pleasure to have you here in my cyber little place of being! hehe
March 23, 2007 3:16 AM