Day 31 - Santiago to Santiago

No walking today. Looking for souvineers for the kids and relaxing at the pilgrims house until tonight's flight to Madrid 

What did we do today?

16 kilometer walk to Santiago. Basically 4 1/2 hours but it was pitch black when we started at 5 am.

Got our Compostellas from the pilgrims office which officially says we completed one of the three Christian pilgrimages. 

Found a room for rent in the center of town and checked in and showered. Then went to explore. 

Walked through the museum, very cool. Went to the cathedral and embraced the statue of saint James and prayed at his burial site (traditional items at the end of the pilgrimage for Catholics). 

They had already started the pilgrims mass but had priests in confessionals all around the cathedral. Io found one who spoke English, Irish priest, and went to confession. It was actually fun since he was very humorous and serious at the same time.

Walked around town taking pictures and visited the park. Then found the pilgrims house and used the complimentary wifi to update the blog.

Tomorrow we have a full day to explore the town. We will catch the bus to the airport at 8:30 and our flight to Madrid takes off at 10:30. 

No use getting a hotel so we are going to hang at the airport for our 7:30 check in for the flight home.

Day 30-Oteira to Santiago de Compestella

We made it!!! WIFI is very slow here, will add pictures when we find better WIFI.

Updated:

We started at 5am so no pictures the first two hours.

These markers have been along the route but it has been 200 kilometers since the kilometer count was included.

Walking through the suburbs was very nice

Some streets had the shells embedded in the pavement 

Even tiny bridges in Spain are beautiful 

ARRIVED!!

Day 29- Bandeira to Oteira

No wifi will update tomorrow. Tomorrow 16 kilometers to santiago and the end of the  camino. 

Updated: 

Big train bridge

Day 28- A Laxe to Bandeira

Frustrating walk. It's Sunday so nothing is open. Hard to get going without a coffee.

Some pretty walking though

Ended up in a hostel instead of the alberque. It cost 2 euros more but it saved us a two hour wait and it is air conditioned.

Plans for last week

Sunday - 16 kilometers to Bandeira

Monday - 17 kilometers to Outeiro

Tuesday - 16 kilometers to Santiago de compostella. Arrive by 10:00

Wait in line for compostella

Get to alberque and drop off packs

Tour cathedral

Wednesday spend day looking around Santiago. 10:30 pm flight to Madrid

Thursday 10:30 am flight to Chicago

Eat chik fil a

Eat bbq

Friday: sit and don't walk

Saturday back to work

Day 27-O Castro to A Laxe

In a laxe, nothing special and the walk was very bland. 3 days to Santiago de compostella.

Sad to see a catholic school no longer in use probably due to a lack of kids.