Bar Vinos Grifo

We have taken a break from the Camino.

Just past the midpoint of the Camino in Sahagún, on April 14, Day 27 of our walk, we continued another 18 km. on to reach El Burgo Ranero, a town in the Province of León, in the Junta of Castilla y León. Family matters back in the States had changed our priorities, so we caught a bus to León, rearranged our plans, and by April 18 we were back in DC. We came back to find Chris having taken beautiful care of the house and dogs, and Jonny on a break from his Kennedy Center road show, and were treated to a welcome home meal.

It gave us the opportunity to begin to share our story in person. And telling the story brings back those parts of the trip that meant the most to us. On our last night of the pilgrimage, before heading to the train station in León, we had an impromptu despedida at the Vinos Grifo bar and restaurant in the Plaza Santa María del Camino, with Pepe (seated on the right) serving us some very fine wine and cheese.

The Vinos Grifo is located precisely in front of the Albergue del Monasterio de las Benedictinas (Sta. María de Carbajal), where Isabel serves as the hospitalera with a mixture of discipline (you do not put your backpack under your bed, or move to another bed from the one she assigned to you) and love: she took such compassion on Martha Luz‘s aching feet that upon our arrival at the Albergue she bathed them in warm water, sea salt and vinegar, and as we were leaving the next day she insisted on coming out to say good bye to her.

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