from Santiago to Madrid

We stayed in Santiago for 3 days, one day we went to the "finnisterre", meaning the end of the earth...and reached the 0.0 km of the Camino...the Atlantic Ocean is of course magnificient...it's nothing to compare when you see the ocean in this way! Seems the camino has a good ending with this and of course the botafumerio.  We saw it 3 times, how lucky...and also a blessing.  Joseph had a faint in the Mass but got well soon.  EVeryone in the church was helpful anf the father came to greet him after the Mass.  On june 6, we took the night train and arrived Madrid early in the morning of june 7, we wrnt to visit the plaza m as or, the palace and the cathedral, as every tourist do...in the cathedral, we managed to attend the Mass at noon, a children choir was there to sing the songs...they always sounds like angels!

arrived Santiago on june 4th...pray for China!

Sorry I didn't keep the blog updated...but today we arrived the cathedral and got the certificates, met many pilgrims we walked across with in the camino...everyone congratulated to each other...the feeling was really warm and blessed.  The even better part is that after having a confession and blessed sacrament adoration,  we can see the "botafumerio" (big swing) which according to the tourism office, will only happen every friday evening,  it is because there was a group of congressmen were there so they have it this evening.., the coming days we will be travellers to tour around Spain...but the experience of the camino for sure is wonderful enough to keep in my memories!

10th-13th days

A few days not able to get to the internet, sometimes it, s because the server is too slow, sometimes simply because too tired, or wanted to spend more time to do othrrs than to do internet...walking continued and the weather getting warmer and warmer, sometimes to walk under the sun is already a challenge...and I always felt the last 2-3 km of each day is the hardest part..as the backpack is too heavy and the feeling is always just wanted to finish but the road seems never ending...the photo I put in facebook may sound scary but that was just my allergy...nothing serious at all.  Tomorrow we will reach santiago, just about 15 km to walk... sounds like a dream almost achieved.  Can, t wait!