Arrived in Santiago Today

About 3 o'clock this afternoon we made our way thru the winding streets of Santiago, the cathedral coming into view with the last steps we would take on the Camino. While we left out this morning with our UK friends in the mist and fog, Dwight and I wanted to share the walk in together. We had come a long way. Today was a short walk of under 12 miles, and it was probably one of the most beautiful days we have had in the 5 weeks of our travel. It was up and down steep hills but our packs seemed light and we felt pretty strong physically. As I type the cathedral bell tolls loudly as if it is just outside my door. We celebrated in the plaza in front of the Cathedral with champage and were thankful to share the experience with our new UK friends as well as our friend Steph from south africa and the Collie who herself walked all the way from Astorga. We received our last sello, (stamp) and our signed certificate. It is official, we have walked the Camino!!! We stood in front of the cathedral for quite some time thinking about how far we had come, all the wonderful people we met along the way and some of the most incredible scenery you could image. The slow pace of walking thru the Camino heightens the appreciation for it in a way that only walking it can. Every choice we made directly impacted what we would experience on the way, we have been blessed with health and no blisters but most of all clarity in our minds that this is just the beginning. As anyone who has done the Camino will say, finishing the Camino is really the beginning, it's about the journey and it doesn't end when you leave Santiago.


We will have one more day here and then will be heading to Madrid to fly home on Sunday. Amazing, we have wyfy where we are staying but no heat!!! So email us and we will get back to you before we leave out tomorrow. Thanks to everyone for their great emails!!!! We will try and do some more posts of the remainder of our trip so stay tuned.