2008 … The speed of the Soul; the speed of the Snail
After serving fellow pilgrims for three days at Tosantos, I headed back out myself onto the Camino’s dusty trail, soon arriving that afternoon in the town of Ages and entering a tiny, uber-rustic refuge that Jose Luis had recommended called Casa Caracol (fittingly, “the house of the snail”). This was one of the few remaining donativos (refugios that do not charge a fixed fee, but rather run purely on voluntary donations) along the Camino de Santiago, and I was deeply moved by the complete abandon and wholehearted sincerity with which I was cared for here by hospitalera Paz …
“As I make my slow pilgrimage through the world, a certain sense of beautiful mystery seems to gather within me and shine forth from my every word & motion.” ~ via A. C. Benson
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