Our pre-arranged transportation worked out perfectly as Istvan met us and drove to his Casa Rural in Bizkaretta.
We have a room and dinner with breakfast tomorrow and a ride to St. Jean Pied de Port, our starting point.
Istvan and his wife are Hungarian having lived and served peregrinos for 2 years.
It's been a peregrino kind of evening with a communal meal shared with another American couple and 4 German women.
We had a fascinating conversation with Istvan's wife about the EU, Hungary's role in it, her perspective on Putin and the Ukraine situation. Where you are from informs life and beliefs regardless of where one lives.
The American couple is from Westchester but the husband is from Sourh Dakota and wife is from NYC. No coincidence?!?!??
We seem to enjoy each other's company a lot. Kathy is from Brooklyn and Phil is from a tiny town about 30 miles away from Wessington Springs where Craig grew up. We are at similar stages in life now, as well as having similar backgrounds. The Camino does that, seems to know who to connect with whom or perhaps we are just a little more receptive? Suspending judgments is a big deal.
Today it hailed , lightning, 100 km winds, rain and sunshine . Tomorrow? Quien sabe?
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