(Distance: 8kms Time: 1.5 hours)
WE MADE IT! We walked into Santiago this morning around 9:45 with Christian and quickly made our way to the Cathedral. Soon we saw Jen & Hella who arrived yesterday and they guided us to the pilgrims office where we presented our credentials and received our "Compostela". Our Camino is complete and we are excited, tired, emotional and blessed. We attended the noon pilgrim Mass which ended with the swinging of the giant incense burner Botafumeiro, originally used to fumigate the sweaty pilgrims. It was awesome and emotional all at the same time. Later we had lunch with Josie, then Christian came by and joined us for a while. Right as we were getting up from the outdoor cafe, Angeliek showed up! It is great to see everyone and tonight we are all meeting in front of the Cathedral at 7. Since we are a week ahead of schedule we are thinking about continuing on 90 more kms to Finisterre (which was know as the end of the world), then maybe a train to Fatima before returning to Madrid and the trip home. Stay tuned ....
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| as the sun rises we are at a momument on a hill above Santiago |
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| we join the perigrenos pointing to Santiago in the background |
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| in front of the Cathedral |
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| the alter |
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| Betsy's Compostela |
