I am still reflecting on yesterday's experience with the monastery. At the albergue where we slept (in luxury for an albergue) it was the complete opposite. We were welcomed by two brothers. The one only fifteen.
Their hospitality was overflowing. The bar worked on a trust system. You take what you want and leave the money in a open box. They could not be there for breakfast, but "please help yourself, take what ever you need, as much as you want." They trusted us.
This morning I was wondering why people do not trust the church anymore?
The evening was a wonderful celebration of divercity with lots of laughter and singing (O sole mia and the camino song).
We walked well, stopped for coffee, beer and a picnic along the way. Tonight is Ansie's birthday, so we must celebrate. We are sleeping, on mattresses, at an institute where they care for the dissabled and people with special needs - Santa Casa Da Misericordia.
Tomorrow is a long day with 35 km to get to Porto. Tonight we will be in the sleeping bag early.
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