So here I am; in Santiago after just completing the Camino de Santiago and about 800km’s later. Mixed emotions today as the walk into Santiago was boring. There was however no rain until we got to Monte de Gozo when the heavens opened up and the rest of the Camino was in a torrential downpour. I did not see the cathedral until we were about half a kilometre away when it cleared all of a sudden and there were the towers.

Gratitude for my (and our) safe arrival was my emotion. I think it will hit me when we go to the pilgrims mass tomorrow. We are lucky that we are the “last” of the pilgrims for the season as the square was empty and we had time to look around and take photo’s. Three of us started in St Jean Pied de Port and the three of us acknowledged our Camino’s with a hug and a look. I got my Compostella with my name in Latin.

The emotions after that was I’m cold, wet, need a shower and I’m hungry. We found a little hotel off the square and the first three have been take care of and now I need food.