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Thank goodness we seem to take turns feeling unwell. It would be even more difficult if we both went down together.
10 months agoSo glad you recovered quickly! Love those grackles!!!
10 months agoOh no! Just catching up after a few days - yikes! You are sure a tough nut, Steve! Glad you are there for a few nights to rest up!
10 months agoHi,
This one had me stumped, but I found him in the end. Too many saints named John, I guess. He was a Portuguese shepherd who became a mercenary fighting against the Turks, among others (see the sheep and the banner). After a religious vision or two he ended up founding an order of hospitalier monks who have the vocation of tending to the care of the needy and the pope(!). Many hospitals were built by and maintained by the order. Question: is there a nearby catholic hospital? Anyway he died about the time that the Spanish were colonizing the Yucatán,and since he died in Spain this might be the reason he is found here. Supposedly he got the epithet « of god » in one of his visions, and he went around calling himself that.
His tomb is guarded by his very own knights, a recently founded group dedicated to spreading his message, whatever that was/is. (Kill Turks, heal the sick?)
More than you wanted to know, no doubt, but there you are.
Cheers,
Keith
We have the benefit here of a good room, where we can make it dark and cool. Putting Northerners in the dark and cool for a few hours is a good remedy. We did get tired in the heat and sun today, but no matter, tomorrow we will spin up to Ek Balam and back, just for the hell of it!
10 months agoOkay - sounds like you’re better(ish)! That’s good, it lets me say Merry Christmas unironically. At least so long as mom stays healthy too!
11 months agoI am shaking my head at you quite a bit but not too vigorously because I’m pretty sure I would have pulled the same stunt. Sorry you were so sick dad! Onwards to read the next day’s post which hopefully includes you feeling dramatically better…
11 months agoI hope you’re feeling better now, Steve.
11 months agoGlad you had a better day!
Merry Christmas!
Type 2 fun, for sure. Yeah, survived is the right word. A good rest tonight and tomorrow is another day.
11 months agoA very rough 77 km, Steve! You are amazing. While reading about it, I thought, well he wrote this so he must have survived.
11 months agoSeriously not sure how we did the ride. Dodie says she felt like she was pulling me along with mental energy, and I don't really remember much.
11 months agoType 2 fun for sure. We love Valladolid and this hotel. Christmas in the main square, just around the corner, will be type 1 fun.
11 months agoAs always, I just gritted my teeth and grimly followed Dodie's wheels. Good thing she had the camera, or there would be no pictures.
11 months ago
Great research Keith, and never too much info for us! Of course someone out there not only researched it but built a church on the idea and installed the stained glass.
10 months agoThere was no hospital that we saw, just a small clinic.
As far as we could see, the church also had no name or description out front. But Google Lens yielded all sorts of images of it. These did not yield your info but tended to be things like a car rental using the church as a backdrop.