Magic in Pieros

It is impossible for me to upload pictures and videos from my computer, so I usually create a draft post on my phone where I upload the images then go to my computer and create the text. For some reason, the post I created on my phone will not show up. If I can get it to I will post the pictures and video. But I had one of those nights that was absolute magic.

It started after dinner with a Japanese man getting out origami paper and teaching us how to make paper cranes. He said they are the symbol of peace, and that he wishes us peace. Then some professional musicians got out a ukulele (belonging to one of them) and guitar (belonging to Mar) and we sang and played under the stars.

The last song was one Gloria, a pilgrim, had written. She was traveling with a large group and when they heard the music they came running to sing along. The guitar player switched to a cajon (wooden box drum) Mar has and drummed while she strummed and sang, “Buen camino, peregrino, hasta a Santiago. Caminando y llorando. Caminando y reirando. Buen camino, peregrino.” In English, “Good journey, pilgrim to Santiago. Walking and crying. Walking and laughing. Good journey, pilgrim.” The most beautiful energy flowed from her and through all of us and I thought, “Yes. This. This is what I want. This makes all the cleaning worth it.”