Santiago was an inevitability. All roads on the Camino lead to Santiago. Of course when we saw the city of Santiago from the hilltop, it was only 5 km away and it was all downhill from there. It was a line I told Laura numerous times a day on this entire trip. All told, the last 5 km at the end of each daily walk never feels less than 10 km and is never ever all downhill from there especially when the question of "Are we there yet?" Is asked too early.
From this hilltop, he may be pointing to Santiago but he's not saying it is all downhill.
Santiago is a conundrum. We may have occasionally enjoyed it in the four times that we have been here. But for us, it mostly spells the end, a city of goodbyes and we don't like that. Peregrinos do not like to say goodbye. We say buen camino and don't say goodbye because we inevitably see them on the next day, at least we hope to. In Santiago, we say goodbye for the first time. Did I mention that we don't like it.?
Slightly extended Camino family. The real family is much, much bigger. Some arriving the day before, some arriving tomorrow.
It was a long journey but not long enough.
Well done! Was it a spiritial journey? Thanks for your blog.
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