In 2019, I rode up O Cebreiro on a horse. In 2021, I walked. This year, I came up on wheels! So, this is an O Cebreiro post. I didn’t walk today – other than the three miles just roaming around this little, ancient village. It’s full of albergues, gift shops, restaurants, and at least one hotel. People are often put off by the commercialism here, but I enjoyed exploring, reading the history, reuniting with pilgrims and meeting new ones.
I attended evening mass and a beautiful after-mass pilgrim blessing – read in seven languages from volunteers within the pilgrim gathering. If you find yourself in O Cebreiro, it’s a special pilgrim experience.
Fun note to my south Texas friends – I had a rousing good time at a table with four men from Matamoros and a woman from Australia. The guys were pretty excited at running into someone from Corpus Christi. To the rest of you, Matamoros, Mexico is only 165 miles south of my hometown. We had lots of stories to swap.
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