A Coruna, Spain

We are feeling much better after having taken yesterday off.

We skipped breakfast and watched the port talk for A Coruna.

Our excursion today is A Day in Santiago de Compostela.

We drove an hour through beautiful hilly terrain. It was very green with well kept farms.

We arrived at Santiago De Compostela. We were told that this is the third most holy site in Christianity after Jerusalem and Rome. Many pilgrims make their pilgrimage to Santiago De Compostela.

We arrived at Santiago and began our walk to the square.

The square consists of 4 buildings. The Cathedral representing religion, the University representing education, the Parliament representing Justice and the hotel representing hospitality.

We made our way to the cathedral's museum. On display were artifacts that has once adorned the cathedral but were removed during various renovations of the cathedral. These artifacts were stored in the cathedral 's storage areas.

We entered the cathedral and had a brief moment to take pictures from the rear aisle. We then toured a small chapel.

When we returned to the main area of the cathedral, I had hope to get closer to the high alter. Unfortunately, mass was beginning so we were ushered out of the cathedral.

I wished that we had spent less time in the museum and more time in the cathedral. Come to find out, mass does not occur at a specific time. When the pilgrims fill the cathedral, they begin the mass. It was pouring outsided so I think that the pilgrims hastened their arrival to the cathedral resulting in mass beginning 30 minutes before estimated time.

We then walked around the cathedral and back into the square. It was really raining hard so we skipped free time and headed to the hotel. We waited in the lobby until lunch was ready to be served.

Lunch was really good.

After lunch, we walked back to the bus for the hour drive back to the ship.

We had dinner in the restaurant with Dale and Jenni.Read more