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Walking to the End of the World

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Santiago de Compostela to Muxia and Fisterra (spelled more than one way) Santiago in the distance on the first day of the walk After staying in Santiago two days and realizing our plane doesn't leave for awhile, we decided to continue to walk another 115  kilometers or so. Back when the world was thought to be flat, the Druids and then the Romans understood that the Camino ended at the ocean, or to them, the end of the world. Honestly the first day of walking felt like the world would end. 17 kilometers and nearly every step was up It was more arduos than anything that I had done in the past two months. I kept walking because of the incredible beauty. Here are pictures from one day out of Muxia I took this picture because it was such an unusually large rock What I had no idea until I walked on a bit and turned around, is that there was a little pupper upper on top! Still not sure how he got up there! Me choosing Muxia Here is where the road splits and you choose between walking to ...
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The Rose of the Camino de Santiago

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Or The Pilgrim's Rose As seen on the way  
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Santiago de Compostela

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I had a more emotional reaction this time when arriving yesterday than the two previous times. I noticed the others coming into the plaza and details in the cathedral facade that never came out in times before.  I read that you never know how it will hit you, positive or negative, when arriving and to just feel whatever you feel and it's okay. I am still processing it and will be for some time to come, but overwhelmingly it feels positive and joyful to complete this part of the journey. Camino Portuguese Central  260 kilometers  Porto to Santiago  I love you and  thanks for coming along!  
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Today is a Perfect Day to Be Happy

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I am about 60 km from Santiago de Compostela in a small town called Porráns.                   Here are some pictures from along the way This is Zola. We ate dinner together with her on my lap. Cat fix.
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Eiffel?

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  Across the Eiffel (yup, that Eiffel)  Bridge aka "the friendship bridge" from Portugal back to Spain  Leaving Portugal Arriving in Spain Update: Eiffel Bridge  The actual Eiffel Bridge, designed by Gustave Eiffel, is in Porto, where I started the Camino Portuguese. I was misinformed that the bridge at the beginning of this post was designed by Eiffel. It was not. It is, however, known as "the friendship bridge." That part was accurate.
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Casa Alternativo

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  Breakfast at the Casa with friends met the evening before Dries, from Belgium, is half-owner of Casa Alternativo  Otto, the other half-owner, was born at Casa Alternativo 7 years ago, just after it opened  Dries has such a unique story. His father told him to walk his first Camino. It was a disaster; walking over the Pyrenees Mountains in pouring rain with no rain gear, someone snoring so loud at his first Alburgue that he slept in the bathroom. And then, someone gave him a bowl of delicious soup that warmed him, and with that gesture of kindness he never stopped walking. Many Caminos later he was working 1/2 year at an albergue. Walking until he was penniless the other half of the year. At one point he began to feel driven to begin to look for a place of his own to open for pilgrims to stay. He would walk the neighborhood of Os Eidos, Spain, because there were no Alburgues near. One day, a ninety year old neighbor pointed to property where a house was being built to be...
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A Tractor Way Back in Spain

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                                         For Declan This tractor made me think of you on your tractor, Decky 
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