Goode to me know this is Dr. Taylor Marshall recording from Astorga Spain. We left from

Leon yesterday on bike and we continue on our Camino de Santiago to the relative of St.

James. I learned of a great little

story on the way to a storgi yesterday as we passed through. What was the name of

the town? I'm pulled up here.

Hospital there Orbego. And I learned a cool story about a night who was from Leon. This was in the 1400s, 1434 to be exact. His name was

Suero de Quixez and allegedly he had fallen in love with a woman who did not return his

love back and so he placed a golden manacle around his neck to show that he was in bondage with his love for this lady.

And he found himself in the Knights of the Hospitlers settlement there on the Orbigo River and he pledged to

break 300 Lances in a jousting tournament in 30 days and so he set up a tournament there on the

giant bridge and I'm guessing the bridge is about 200 meters long it's a big bridge

and for about 30 days in July of 1434 he challenged

men and broke 300 lances and he was so injured by the end of it that he decided to continue on and

finish the Camino.

I'm not quite sure if it was through the lance through the jousting with the lances or

through the commino but he eventually removed the golden manacle from his throat

and declared himself free of this unrequited love, this love that the woman didn't respond to him.

And so that's the story of the Leonese light, Suero de Kignones.

I was told also he's mentioned by Don Quixote,

not sure about that, but an interesting story

and what was great is once a year this town, which is, I was told less than 2,000 people,

holds a kind of like a Renaissance festival or a medieval times festival where they have jousting.

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