Finisterra

To celebrate our last full day in Spain we headed out for a field trip to the End of the World. We had a wild lightning storm last night and headed to the pick up spot for the bus tour in the rain. We thought it would probably be a quiet rainy day on a bus looking out the window. What a surprise we had!

We really didn’t know much about the tour other than the destination. Our first stop was to Ponte Maceira. It was a great stop with threatening skies that waited until we were back in the bus to open up the floodgates. Then we headed for the coast and to our surprise, as we started the drive down to the ocean, the skies cleared and we had perfect weather for the rest of the day! It was really an unexpected treat.

We stopped at a site with the only waterfall in all of Europe to fall into the ocean. Then we were off to Finistere, a.k.a. the End of the World. It is one of two sites some pilgrims continue onto as another pilgrimage from Santiago. Then we went to Muxia, the other site which is actually further west and the most western point in Spain (and I believe Europe). The church in Muxia set on the rocks overlooking the ocean and was simple and beautiful. The day turned out to be a very special end to our time in Spain.

When we got back to Santiago the skies went dark again and it looks like they may give us another show tonight.

Tomorrow we leave this country that we have traveled over 500 miles through at roughly 3mph. It’s amazing how much you notice and how differently you can absorb everything you see when you slow down and really take it all in. It has been an adventure of a lifetime and we are so very grateful we were able to accomplish it.

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