I made it!

After walking 800kms across Spain in 31 days we finally arrived into Santiago for the midday pilgrim mass which was held in the beautiful Santiago cathedral.

What a journey! This is without a doubt the most incredible experience I´ve ever had in my life. When I spotted Santiago city, tears of joy, gratitude, happiness, accomplishment overwhelmed me... I couldn´t believe I´d finally made it.. Seriously, words cannot explain how I felt at that moment... Thank god I made it!

Monique you were right, I don´t think I´ve lost any weight whatsoever, I´ve been eating it up BIG time...hehehe...Although I´ve never felt as fit as this. My biggest walking day was 47kms (which was on the 2nd last day) to arrive into the village and be told the hotel was full...what the? Luckily the Universe was on our side and a room at a Casa Rural was available.... We have been living it up for the past couple of nights staying in hotels and eating great food which makes a drastic change from the refugios/municipals we´ve been staying in for most of the Camino.. Although I believe the spirit of the Camino lies largely in these (refugios/albergues) this is where I met all these beautiful people, it also makes you appreciate the large amounts of comforst we have in our lives..

Last night David and I hit the town we ate Tapas and drank our way around Santiago, to end up sitting in front of Santiago cathedral chatting about our Camino experiences and then dancing with locals to Spanish music. This day will go down as one of the best days I´ve had on my Camino.

Today (Wednesday) I went to the midday pilgrim mass again to greet the other pilgrims I met along the road. It was sooo nice to see them walking towards the church we embraced and congratulated eachother for the massive accomplishment we´ve all been through. It´s definitely a unique experience... I think it´ll hit when I get back to Oz the amount of land we covered...Crazy stuff hey...

Rod just to let you know, I laid your scallop shell to rest in Santiago. I sent out a wish that one day soon you will complete your Camino and experience these magical feelings.. It brings tears to my eyes as I type this.. Thank you my friend fr your support and belief in me and my walk....

With this I´ve decided to walk to Finnisterre (as 800kms isn´t enough...hehehe) which should take no more than 3 to 4 days max.. It´s roughly 89kms. Back in the day they call Finnisterre the end of the world. Only a small percentage of pilgrims walk to Finnisterre it´s more common to jump on a bus from Santiago to Finisterre.

It´s symbolic to continue on to Finnisterre pilgrims burn an item which rids themselves of the old/past and makes way for the new. We met this crazy Brazilian guy who walkd a bit of the way with David and I the other day he gave me a great idea.... Make a list of all the negativity, doubts, fears etc etc and burn it.... So that´s what I´m going to do... Thanks Eddie... Another funny thing this guy said (which I believe to a big extent) The Spanish call the Camino the Mental hospital of Spain...hehehe... I can see why....hehehehe