Day 3

Yesterday was a real mixture of things and emotions.
I was sad to be in the car driving Bernie and Beate to the start in St Jean knowing I wasn't going to be starting with them but I was also happy  to be seeing the beautiful and some familiar scenery wiz by.  It brought back many memories of my previous time here and I thought about all the people I met and spoke to and even clearly remembered how I felt at those familiar places.  Funnily enough where I'm staying is just round the corner from a bar we had a cafe con leche and we would have walked right past this place where I'm staying this last two nights.
It was also a very busy day with hospital and pharmacy things to take care of.  The hospital was so efficient.   It blew me away.
I was very well looked after and quickly too.  A had few moments of panic though when I can see them discussing my xray and I knew straight away things weren't good.  I was very relived when I realized I had momentarily misunderstood my need for surgery and a cast would suffice.   It seemed odd to be happy about that but I was not wanting to have surgery.
Then the pharmacy to get my needles and crutches was hilarious as I could only hop.  I got exhausted with that quite quickly and my host Istvan and a new pilgrim we had just collected from the bus station carried me.  Oh if onlyI had a picture of that.
So there were 4 new pilgrims here last night.   Really lovely people and we had a great night and quite a few laughs.  I felt like I'd known them for ages when I waved them off this morning so they could start their Caminos.
 
Later today Istvan and Barbara  my very amazing hosts will take me to Burguete where I'll find Bern and Beate and find out about their adventures over the last two days.