ログローニョからブルゴスに移動のため宿を出てバスターミナルに向かう途中のことだ。ここで最大トラブルに見舞われた。今回はATMでこまめに現金を引き出すことにしていて、サラゴサで一度首尾良く操作できたので、道路の反対側にATMマシンを見つけた時、いろんな端末に慣れておこうかと思い引き出すことにした。問題は国際キャッシュカードのつもりが、無意識にいつも使っているVISAカードを挿入してPINコードを入力してしまったことだ。コードが違って8桁必要とか何とか表示されてハッと気付き、キャンセルを押したら、操作終了してしまいカードが戻ってこない。そこはBankiaという銀行だったので、中に入って助けを求めた。出てきた女性は英語が出来ないと言いつつ、そこは銀行員なので簡単な言い回しは英語にしながら説明してくれた話では、不正操作等で機械が食べてしまったカードについては法律ですべてマドリードの中央銀行に送られることになっていて、ここではどうしようもないとのこと。取り戻す手続きはと尋ねても、カード会社に相談してということだ。VISAカードのキャッシングも出来る機械なのに、一度の操作ミスで即死というのはちょっとフールプルーフになってないよと不満に思うのだが、女性銀行員の応対も事務的というより親身にあれこれ説明しようという気持ちが出ていたし、このカードは失われたものと諦めるのが自然に思えた。流石にこの事故後はずっとATM恐怖症がトラウマとなって尾を引く。ブルゴスへのバスは巡礼路のサント・ドミンゴ・カルサダ方面ではなく、ワイナリー巡りをした北側のアーロを経由するルートを取ったが、ここは自転車ロード・ツアーしても快適そうな風景だった。
The bus to Burgos took the northern route via Haro instead of the pilgrim way via Santo Domingo de la Calzada. This road looked well suited for a bike tour with nice scenic views.
ブルゴスのホテル、フォーラム・エボリューション(€55)は開業2年ほどのとてもモダンなプチホテルで、大聖堂のある中心街とは対岸側のバスターミナルに至近の立地でスーパーも近い。室内のレイアウトは合理的で、バスルームのトイレに仕切りもあるし、なにしろ大いに気に入った。二人でこの値段なら何も言うことなしだ。宿の名前が何なのだろうと思っていたら、これは近くにある東京国際フォーラムみたいなイベントスペースの名前で、これまた魅力的に斬新な建物だった。
Forum Evolucion (€55) in Burgos was a very contemporary petit hotel that runs now for over 2 years. It locates very close to the bus terminal as well as supermarkets conveniently in the other side of Cathedral across the river. The room was designed nice and clean, and in the bathroom the toilet can be shut by a sliding glass door. I was fully content with the quality for the price for two. I was curious about its name and soon learned that it was another huge event facility of the city across the street, and its modern architecture was attractive.
Forum Evolucion (€55) in Burgos was a very contemporary petit hotel that runs now for over 2 years. It locates very close to the bus terminal as well as supermarkets conveniently in the other side of Cathedral across the river. The room was designed nice and clean, and in the bathroom the toilet can be shut by a sliding glass door. I was fully content with the quality for the price for two. I was curious about its name and soon learned that it was another huge event facility of the city across the street, and its modern architecture was attractive.
ホテルのカフェで軽くランチをしてから街に繰り出した。ここまで来ると流石に巡礼者も多く、我々も公営巡礼宿に出向いてクレデンシャルを発行してもらうことにする。150名くらいの収容能力を持つ近代的な施設だが、夕方だったので巡礼者は「もう今日は満室」と宿泊を断られていた。
We had a light lunch at the hotel café and went out for sightseeing. We saw more pilgrims here, and we walked to the municipal albergue for issuing our own credentials. It was a modern renovation of building with the capacity of some 150 pilgrims, but around 16 or 17 o’clock in the afternoon, they were telling to the visiting pilgrims that the facility was already full the night.
We had a light lunch at the hotel café and went out for sightseeing. We saw more pilgrims here, and we walked to the municipal albergue for issuing our own credentials. It was a modern renovation of building with the capacity of some 150 pilgrims, but around 16 or 17 o’clock in the afternoon, they were telling to the visiting pilgrims that the facility was already full the night.
Monasterio Las Huelgas has been maintained by the Spanish kingdom. It locates a little away for the center, and you walk through an upper-class town of nice flats. We arrived at Monasterio before 13:00 assuming sufficient before Siesta closing at 14:00, but they said to us the ticket gate closed 1 hour in advance already. Here the visitors have to be guided and they said English-speaking guides cannot be arranged immediately either. We begged them asking how they could help miserable visitors all the way from Japan, and in the end they somewhat reluctantly replied that we could catch up and join a Spanish tour already in process. So a staff took us inside the monastery and let us merge with the tour. We thought it would be a group of Spanish people but actually there was a single only lady visitor there. The guide actually spoke English, and she started explaining in 2 languages. This tour was impressive. Both architectural variety and quality, although photos were not allowed. We thought more visitors should see this.
もうひとつ、サン・エステバン門から登る山の上に城跡があるので行ってみたらなぜか閉門されていた。あとから一人女性が登ってきて、確かクロアチアの外交官夫人だと言っていたが、お互い残念がった。それでも少し下ったところに展望台があり、ブルゴスの街が一望できた。(5月10日)
One another spot: Castillo on a hilltop behind the Cathedral. We walked up via San Esteban, but the facility was close somehow. Another female visitor was seen coming up, a Croatian diplomat's wife this lady introduced herself, and we regretted our misfortune. There was a vista point downward, so we could at least have a panoramic view of the city.
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