Santiago

Today walk was suite a tough one, not because it was long or over difficult terrain, but because my left foot was playing up.  Yesterday my foot started to give me a bit of pain but when I got up today it wss more or less fine. Then just a few kms into the walk it started to ache under the arch, sending shooting pains all up my leg. In order to keep walking I had to stop every few hundred metres.
Happily I can report that at the moment it is fine again.  A generous application of some pain relief gel and a good hot shower seems to have done the trick.

We set out early this morning to arrive in Santiago early-ish too. My foot prevented a very esrly arrivsl but nonetheless we still arrived around half ten. 

After quick celebrations in the square in front of the Cathedral we picked up our compostellas and had a coffee in Charlie's bar,  where we met an Australian woman from Melbourne (who sounded spookily like Andrea which was how I guessed where she was from) and a guy from LA.

We left our backpacks in the left luggage under Rosslea's care (also an Aus) and went to mass in the cathedral before calliing Gina to get one of her rooms for the night. This is where i am currently typing from now.

Santiago is very busy with pilgrims and luckily very warm. The sun has come out properly at last and I've had my usual treat of a chocolate rum truffle cake so all is well with the world.

Our plans are now to get ourselves a drink in Charlie's bar followed by a Thai dinner. For tomorrow we head to Finisterre. ..returning next Sunday for a final night in one of Fina's rooms before flying back to BCN a week today.