Day 3: Astorga to Rabanal del Camino

So I was kinda praying today that we wouldn't have Internet tonight ... And look at that we don't lol. I love being able to update everyone on what we are doing and check in with everyone but it was time to feel a little but more like peregrinos. 

We are staying at a awesome albuergue run by the UK. There are 3 people working here at a time and they have to have already walked the Camino in order to volunteer. They are here for 3 weeks and then other people come. Today was a short day so we arrived at 1:00 and the albuergue didn't open until 1:30! Part of the reason we got in so early was that Taylor was our leader today! He was passing people left and right! The beginning of the day was a long dirt/gravel road but it ended with a trek into the mountains. We got I to the mountains for real the next day but the end of the day had some steep sections!

The best part was the 4:30 tea where we got to sit and chat with peregrinos from Germany, Italy, France, and the US. Pretty cool! It's a gorgeous place with a nice yard and balcony. 

This evening we went to vespers which was songs in Latin. There was a booklet to sing along that also had the English translations. Dad even was asked to do a reading. I loved the Latin - this was one verse that I found particularly powerful:

"Quoniam ipse cognovit figmentum nostrum recordatus est quoniam pulvis sumus." "For he knows how we were made; he remembers that we are dust"

After many dusty trails and the beginning of the mountains this one really struck me.

Most albuergues have a boot rack

I love hanging my laundry out to dry each night!!

Dad doing his reading - after he read it in English it was read it Spanish, French, German, and Italian!