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\nWe packed up everything and got ready for a walk down to the Parador. Just as we got to the door to leave, the heavens opened up, so we bundled into full rain gear and walked out. By the time we got bundled, it had pretty much stopped.
\nWe went down to the Parador, and while the outside is not as impressive at first site as the one in Le\u00f3n it is still pretty neat. The room is incredible. <\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
\nWe were given a room immediately and after removing packs and rain gear and relaxing for a little while, we went to the Pilgrimage Museum and read about St James the Greater and saw an exhibit of the stages of building of the cathedral. This is a statue of St Anne with Virgin and child. <\/p>\n<\/a>
\nTradition holds that Saint Anne (Santa Ana) had three daughters, all Mary: the Virgin Mary, Mary Salom\u00e9, and Mary of Clopas. Salom\u00e9 was the wife of Zebedee, and thus mother of James the Greater and John. Mary of Clopas was the mother of James the lesser and Joses.
\nAfter that visit we went to the Pilgrim Mass (still no botafumeiro), shopped, and went back to the hotel for some lunch and a siesta. We then did a tour of the hotel. It is the Hostal de Los Reyes Cat\u00f3licos, built as a pilgrim hostel and infirmary by Ferdinand and Isabel from 1501 to 1509. It has four separate courtyards, separated by gender and health: well men, well women, sick men, sick women. They were named for the Gospel writers, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Here are the four:<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
\nThe chapel has incredible 16th century stone carvings, which have never seen weather and look like they might be plaster but are stone. <\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
\nThe ceiling and the rejas at the entry were impressive. <\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
\nAfter that we decided to take a walk. We passed the Church if San Francisco, he is popular here since he did the Camino in the 13th century, and were in a minor sun shower with the inevitable result. <\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n