412/499 … surrounded by Alone (10/28/08)
Our passage through the humongous pilgrim’s hostel-complex of Monte de Gozo was more than surreal. The hostel at Ribadiso, where we had stayed just two days previously, had been completely packed, and yet this monstrous place was completely empty. I think we saw only two other pilgrims the entire time we paused here. Like most of the rest of this Journey, it was deliciously odd …
“The past itself, as historical change continues to accelerate, has become the most surreal of subjects – making it possible… to see a new beauty in what is vanishing.” ~ Susan Sontag
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