Milladoiro to Santiago
Distance: 5 miles / 8 km
Total: 345 miles.
Notable memories
The final day
Cheated this a.m. to keep weight off of the leg. Took a cab for 3 km, but walked the rest from the Santiago City limits.
Reached Plaza do Obradoiro and the Cathedral of Santiago about 8:45 and had compostela by 9:15. Almost no lines at the Pilgrim Support Office.
Just came from the noon All Saints Day Mass. It was beautiful. There was a procession, followed by the swinging of the Butafumiero ( 200 lb, I believe, incense burner ), followed by the singing of the All Saints Day Mass.
Cathy and I got separated by the crowds in the cathedral, but we both found today's mass to be a moving experience, each in our own way.
I know it sounds strange to say we had a joyous goodbye, but when it was time for her to go to the bus station and for me to go to the train station, we had already reflected back on how wonderful this always life transforming experience on the Camino de Santiago is.
Sometimes a person grows out here, and sometimes a person changes out here. But one never returns the same as when you left. Such is the miracle of the way of Saint James.
Just came from the noon All Saints Day Mass. It was beautiful. There was a procession, followed by the swinging of the Butafumiero ( 200 lb, I believe, incense burner ), followed by the singing of the All Saints Day Mass.
Cathy and I got separated by the crowds in the cathedral, but we both found today's mass to be a moving experience, each in our own way.
I know it sounds strange to say we had a joyous goodbye, but when it was time for her to go to the bus station and for me to go to the train station, we had already reflected back on how wonderful this always life transforming experience on the Camino de Santiago is.
Sometimes a person grows out here, and sometimes a person changes out here. But one never returns the same as when you left. Such is the miracle of the way of Saint James.
Camiga Cathy and I complete the Camino Portuguese.
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