Santiago de Compostela. Dios mio, we made it! 500 miles and no blisters!...Probably the wrong thing to say after finishing such an arduous pilgrimage, but frankly it was a bit anti-climatic arriving at the front of the Cathedral. Maybe because of the number of tourists, or because the Cathedral was mostly covered in scaffolding, or because no one was congratulating us, but I was hoping for some sort of epiphany and instead I simply wanted access to wifi to find the best place to eat lunch.
Perhaps I just don't have that much baggage to shed... Whatever.... But, one quick reflection - the best part of this pilgrimage was the walking, the folks one meets, and spending time with Les, not the ending. In fact, unless you are keen on getting the Compostela, I would not walk the last week. That said, we will go stand in line later today to get ours. Best not to take any chances....
By the way we did find an amazing lunch venue - best of the trip - ending with a white chocolate soup with slices of melons, mint and berries. and a fabulous bottle of Albariño. Perfecto.
We will be in town for 3 nights. Tonight we are in this funky Pension, but with a grand view of the Cathedral. This weekend there is also a world music festival happening - so we will probably go listen to some music.
We are still expecting to meet up with all our Camino friends at the Noon mass tomorrow. I will follow up tomorrow with some final thoughts.
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