We have decided to spend another couple of days in Santo Domingo. Yvonne can walk short distance with out the crutches but it is not Kilometers or miles. The pictures are of a couple of folks from Switzerland who we keep running into. This seems to happen alot as people speed up and slow down.
Yesterday we toured the Cathedral here. They have an interesting way to worship here. There is a chicken and a rooster that are in church all of the time. The story goes that a married couple and their 18 year old son on their way to Santiago stopped here. A girl at the inn fell in love with the son. He rebuffed her. She wanted revenge an planted a silver goblet in his luggage. When they left she called the sherif and he was arrested. The punishment for robbery was death so he was hanged. The parents went to see their hanged son and heard his voice telling them that Sainto Domingo had saved his life. They went straight to the house of the Sherif and told him of the miracle. Incredulous he responded their son was about as alive as the roasted cock and hen he was about to eat. At which point the cock and hen leaped from the plate and began to crow. In memor of this event a live cock and hen (always white) are kept through out the year near the sepulchre of the saint buried in the church.
We walked around the 13 century city walls and you can see the storks that seem to be every where roosting up there. There will be a Fiesta in Spain on Tuesday and this should be interesting. We probably would not have seen it if we were walking.
There may be a few days of Yvonne bussing and me walking or Yvonne walking short days and then catching the bus until she can be sure that her knee will hold up.
All this is a little depressing but we are trying to stay positive and take it as it comes. Walking your own camino has a whole new meaning
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