Day 5: Santiago de Compostela

A very early start this morning to beat the heat - 6am! However we left just as the sun was coming up, and we are greeted with a beautiful pink sky!

Even at that time in the morning there are plenty of peregrinos (pilgrims) on the road already, but it’s at least a little cooler and the trails less busy.

The day was marked by watching the Camino waypoint markers’ km displays go down and down, with much excitement as we hit single figures then 5km and before we knew it - we’d done it!

An amazingly organised system for collecting our certificates of distance (101km for me and 290km total for Michaela) and we are done with the walk!

It was strangely emotional sitting in the plaza with all the hubbub and noise that you’d expect with so many people around, but yet you felt sort of ‘cocooned’ from the whole thing with a small moment of solace and a huge helping of gratitude. Hard to explain in words but it’s the closest I’ve come to feeling spiritual.

Now for some well deserved r&r in Santiago before we head back to Porto to catch our flights home.

Oh and wordle had a little reminder that this is a pilgrimage with today’s word on Wordle … pious!Read more