Day 48 - revisted

As we sit here 50 mtrs from the Santiago Cathedral enjoying our cafe con leche and doing our normal Camino business ... planning next few days. blogging etc ,it seems so surreal that we have finished ... or is this just another day off.
We enjoyed our sleep in, sorted our two day trip to Finisterre tomorrow and booked a haircut for 4pm .. have to stay presentable don't I!
Recapping on yesterday.-.
- awoke to the possibility of a blue sky which eventually materialised by the time we arrived...awesome!
- we had mentioned the growing numbers of 100km pilgrims and line up at Alburgues well we saw pilgrims sleeping out for the first time as we left O'Pedrouza (see pic)
- the 21km walk in was on delightful paths again through Eucalyptus forest till you hit the outskirts of Santiago...then its a long slog into the old city..battling bustling traffic and people...feeling a little put out by the fact that there seem little respect that we had walked over 800km to be here ☺... but its just part of their normal life so why should they .
- Anita had the joy of laying down her annoying pink water bottle at the Santiago sign only to notice a following pilgrim pick it up ... ah the Camino does provide
- there are many messages scrawled all along the Camino but only a few km's from Santiago the truth of it all distilled in large letters across a wall(see pic) .. . ''The only way to God is through Jesus...make this Way!"
- we have been walking along with some 250 catholic young people and were keen to get into the Cathedral square before them..we caught them at Monte de Gozo, the first point where you can see Santiago, and had finished our experience at the Cathedral when they charged into the square to much noise and fanfare...it was great to see their joy.
- once we had offloaded our gear at our lovely boutique hotel and made our way to the pilgrims office for a 40 min queue then voila we had our "Compostela and the new Certificate of distance" . .so that was it!
We are so glad we will be in Santiago to soak up the ambiance and ease back into normal life .
We had a lovely Camino experience as we were having a coffee yesterday , was an Irish and Spanish couple with a young 18mth old who we chatted to..they had met on the Camino 4 years earlier and got married following and live in Barcelona. ..so the Camino can even provide a husband.
So its off to the end of the world (Finisterre) tomorrow and km 0!