Life's a Stitch

A day of fun and rest. We transferred to our accommodation for two nights at the Hospederia San Martin Pinario, a renovated monastery located across the street from the cathedral.

It seemed fitting for the end of a pilgrimage. Elegantly simple rooms and facilities. Fluffy towels, machine dried, instead of stiff ones dried on a clothesline, in a great location for 52e nightly. We learned, thank goodness after the fact, that they have monk's cells on the top floor, much more basic with tiny clerestory windows, for pilgrims for 25e.

The dining room reminded me of a scene from Harry Potter.

We headed to the pilgrim's office to receive our compostelas, certifying our mileage and the end of our great adventure. I couldn't get through it without more happy tears. The final arrow:

I'll post a picture of the certificates when we get home as they are safely sealed for travel.

Met our friends Denise (West Vancouver) and her brother Greg (Australia) for a farewell lunch as they are flying out tomorrow. I gifted her a fridge magnet appropriately showing bandaged feet on the Camino.

Now we're planning the next phase of our trip, some time for foot recovery and sightseeing.

A huge thank you to all who followed us on our pilgrimage. You thoughts, prayers and good wishes, without doubt, helped us along the Way. I will continue to post afterthoughts and more as we continue our journey.

Tomorrow we'll visit the cathedral for traditional pilgrim rituals.