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Isobel Cunningham has published short fiction and poetry. Her book, Northern Compass is available on Amazon. She was born in Wales but Montreal is her adopted home. She speaks French, Modern Greek ( it’s a fun story) and a little Spanish…oh, English too, of course. She welcomes comments on her blog and looks forward to chatting with you over cyber-space.

Ten minutes before my shift

The poles are adding up

There are already over 50 pilgrims in the albergue and it is only 4 o’clock. My worst nightmare will be turning someone away.

One of my colleagues is an early bird and she goes off to bed quite early. The kitchen as jumping lady night and I admit to being a bit grumpy when people wanted to go on drinking wine and chatting in a dining room with a terrazzo floor. It has tremendous resonance and I resorted to taking out my hearing aids. That made for some rather surreal conversations with a troubadour who wanted me to confirm the words of a Greek song.

An elder bush coming into flower

I try to be zen and enjoy what I can understand of what is going on….

Booked for my getaway next week -to Avila and then home!

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4 responses to “Ten minutes before my shift”

  1. georgeshebert Avatar
    georgeshebert

    What a trio you have had but I think you may be glad to get home for some peace and quiet. Not sure how you manage being around so many people most of the time but that is the nature of the job. Madrid is cool and booming and we have just come back from seeing the Cathedral in Toledo. What a lovely town and thankfully not too crowded with tourists except for the Japanese who are here in droves, charging around as their guide leads them at breakneck speed so they don’t miss anything to see the next object or painting of interest. I am not sure how much they are actually taking in as they don’t have time to draw breath. Then there are the school kids who seem to have a great time just goofing around. Tomorrow we are off to the Prado again. We just spent 5 hrs there yesterday. My legs are dying but I keep going knowing I only have 3 days left. The Andalusian coast was gorgeous as you said it would be. Going to have a shower and maybe rest my poor aching bones before heading off for something to eat that is not ice cream. Bon voyage if I don’t speak to you before, love MP

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    1. isobel cunningham Avatar
      isobel cunningham

      There is another museum which I liked even more… not far off. How much Goya can you see after all? Something like Therieson or something???

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  2. nanreis34@gmail.com Avatar
    nanreis34@gmail.com

    I are sure doing an INTERESTING and unpredictable job

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  3. isobel cunningham Avatar
    isobel cunningham

    it is 8 pm and the number is now 101. The noise in the dining room is deafening!

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