• Last day in Spain

    Oct 5–7, 2023 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 15 °C

    The holiday is over now. In the hotel room trying to get sorted for the 6:30am flight to Paris tomorrow.
    Had a good night in the San Martin Pinario Albergue, although took a while to get to sleep. Nice breakfast, where we chatted to the Swedish fellas.
    Had another look in the Cathedral then went to a Mass an Australian fella, who is volunteering at a Pilgrim support place, invited us to.
    We had the Pilgrims' menu lunch at the hotel and once again chatted with the Swedish fellas!
    We went to the Cathedral museum and then did a guided tour, which was really good because you go up onto the roof of the Cathedral for nearly an hour, and the views were fantastic. Probably would've been better if the tour wasn't solely in Spanish! Nevertheless it was a nice way to finish our Camino.

    A few things we noticed.
    There were a lot of Germans and Americans. Also a fair few Dutch and Danish.
    We didn't meet many Australians until the last few days.
    Not that many people spoke English outside of the cities.
    Not many 4WDs, and most cars were manual.
    Meals can be confusing because certain foods are only served at certain times of the day.
    The pastries were better in Portugal.
    Water isn't served with meals, but wine is, and people drink beer in the morning, but generally only one or two.
    Spain has the siesta from 2-4. The cafes and bars re-open and get really busy around 8, then quieten right down again around 9:30.
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