Started early ended early! Here I am in the hostel kitchen just about to depart. I was sooo tired. Someone closed all the windows and doors in our too of 20 people. It made for a rather hot, stuffy and stinky night.
The weather was perfect. No stars out due to some fog and little moonlight. The path was steep short uphill followed by the downhill with limited flat regions. So really par for the course so far!
The path was well marked today! I'm pointing to the golden arrow from my last post. An arrow typically painted on a wall, rock, or the ground marks the path to take for most of the route. You can see a seashell and arrow at my legs the shell is another path marking tactic.
After we passed the airport (in the dark still) we got one of our first views of Santiago de Compostela! Still had 4km to get to the Cathedral. It is always hard going on cement or asphalt. Very hard on the feet.
Getting that final stamp in my pilgrim passport!
We are finished!! Now to explore the city :) our certificate says we walked 775km in 30 days. Wow that is a LOT!
The Cathedral is the main pilgrim stop. We plan to explore more in the next day or so.
The Cathedral is also home to the remains of Saint James.
I get to finally sleep in!!!! We have a hotel here for 2 nights it seems luxurious. Tomorrow we plan to visit Finisterra. I hear there is a monument to the boots of the Camino. I hope to add mine to the pile. Oct 1 we plan to tour mire Santiago and head to Portugal on Oct 2.
The cathedral is beautiful! Wow staying in one place for 2 days, must feel strange. Your really going to part with your boots? You're not going to bring them home and have them bronzed??? Ant L
ReplyDeleteThat last stamp must have felt gooooooooood. ;)
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