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Day 30 ending in Negreira

It’s great to be back walking the trail. The weather turned out very nice, and I even got a little overheated because of the humidity. We are definitely getting closer to the ocean.

I was a little worried about the waymarking, but there are shells and other pilgrims to follow

I used to eat these flowers for some reason. Looking back, this explains a lot. Mom told me that some flowers are edible, I guess.

My company on the road today was sure different than two days ago. Just a few of us, and all the Spaniards have gone home from their long holiday weekend. Fairly quiet and very peaceful again.

Miles 15

Ode to a grumpy cat I saw the other day

Hola gato gruñón

Extiendo mi Mano

¿Por qué me odias?

Day off in Santiago

‘Twas lovely

Slept in til 7, had a nice coffee, and spent some time in the square, watching pilgrims come in. Watched some reunions and some tears shed, and some horseback pilgrims were there too. That was fun

There’s a nice cathedral museum. No pics allowed, so I stole some off the interwebs.

Was lucky enough to catch organ practice at a church

After lunch with a fellow pilgrim, I took a walking tour like usual for Europe. It was really good.

I’m ready to keep going tomorrow. Should be an easy day, but I’ll be in rain all day.

Lots of the grand old buildings are now museums and hotels

At 730 am, the scene here is really different

Technically….your camino isn’t over until you step over this last, official shell. I went ahead and did this just to be sure

The courtyard of the first university in the city

The holy door. Technically…if you walk through this door, and confess, and take communion, and do it all on a special day, your sins are definitely forgiven

This is the original fountain that filthy pilgrims washed themselves in before being allowed into the fancy new cathedral

Miles: technically zero, but about 5 because I walked around a lot

Day 29 Santiago de Compostela

Well, I’m here.

Kinda bittersweet moment for me. I’ve thought about doing this trip for so many years, and now this part of it is over.

It rained more on me today than all the other days all put together. I guess I got super lucky before lol. But things cleared up and we all got to walk into the cathedral square in the sunshine. Very nice.

I’ll have more to say tomorrow

Edit: I just found out that my name was read out at a mass as one of the pilgrims who received their compostela today. How cool is that??