Yesterday in Santiago I attended the Pilgrims Mass. It was a very moving ceremony, the cathedral was full and there was definitely a special moment when they announced the people from Canada that had started in St Jean Pied de Port.
The service was lovely, there was a youth choir for music and hearing the young voices together with the organ was quite moving, for my camino buddies and I it was very moving and really brought closure to what has been an exceptional journey in so many ways.
The afternoon was spent visiting and touring the city and seeing friends who had completed their Camino that day. one particularly fun time was when the couple that we all referred to as our Portuguese kids appeared, they were doing the Camino for their honeymoon, when they appeared there was whoops of joy from everyone and hugs all around, their parents had come to pick them up so they got to see first hand how. iChat everyone had enjoyed their kids, I think it was a very proud moment for the. Then came the time for good byes for those of us who have become good friends so very quickly, not easy but it was time for everyone to move on to the next adventure.
For me that next adventure started today as I now make my way out to Finisterre, back to being a solo traveller once again although I know I will see people that I have met previously on the way to Finisterre and I am sure I will meet new people.
The walk today was lovely, only 22 km and with the usual uphills and downhills, after a day of not walking it was nice to be moving again. The scenery today was wonderful, I had fog and sunshine, the trees looked much like home, except for the Eucalyptus forests of course, but for that I could have been walking through coastal British Columbia. The homes are different in this area, definitely a more affluent area with larger properties as well as newer homes, much different than the Galicia that I first encountered.
Today has been fair,y relaxing because of the short distance to travel, the next two days will both be plus 30km days so will be longer and a little more strenuous, good for the weight loss program.
Until next time.
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