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Goodbye Northern Spain
After finishing the Camino - every step of the last 100km and probably another 30-50km in the days preceding - we slept 10 hours. Yesterday as we wandered the narrow…
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The Lennans are in Santiago de Compostela
The boys sit overlooking the main square. As you enter the square you hear bagpipes playing and see a mass of people reclining on their bags - recovering from a…
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Final approach to Compostela
The final descent was through a business district - I guess I was expecting something more meaningful and serene. You can see the cathedral in the distance!
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Friday – 10K
We had only 10km to walk to reach Compostela. This the pope's monument about 4km more!
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As we near
Thursday - More symbols and memorials are along the Camino as we get under 15km.
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10 Kilómetro más hoy
Having a break for lunch in Pedrouzo. Pizza y Sprite y vino y cerveza. It's the way the other pelegrinos do it.
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Thursday – Arzua to Santa Irene
Thursday - this is a photo of Santa Irene. We don't have wifi tonight. Will post again on Friday.
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Holy Cow
On the last 5km of today's trek, we came face to face with this.
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Our new friends
What is fun now is that the Frances Camino and the Camino del Norte have merged! And with that comes more people! These women are from Ireland (the youngest is…
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Not all walls
Well, it looks like graffiti from the American eye, but this may very well be art. This is right before Arzua.