Our Post Santiago Adventures

Oct 5-6

   KATHY:

    On to Finesterre. The bus ride was beautiful! Along the coast, the perfect blue water, fishing boats in the harbor. The weather is perfect! Blue sky and sunny. I'm by the harbor writing this. Tom is walking the 3km to the lighthouse. I can't walk that far. My ankle was pretty sore yesterday from our stay in Santiago, so I'm resting it today. I love exploring new places, so this is disappointing but I'm enjoying the scenery -- I'm not complaining.

   We're staying in an actual hotel with a great view of the harbor. It feels like heaven after almost 4 weeks of albergues, and we're getting our clothes laundered!

   This has been quite an experience for us, meeting so many people from all walks of life from so many different countries with the Camino in common. Hopefully next year we will finish the camino. I feel blessed with what we've experienced so far.

 Oct 7-8

   Finesterre was a wonderful place to visit. Some pilgrims walk there as part of their camino. We rode the bus back to Santiago, caught another bus 30 minutes later to go to Vigo. We were going to Porto, but the hotels were less expensive in Vigo.

   It's a beautiful city on the coast -- a lot of boats in the harbor, even a cruise liner parked in the harbor too.

   We took a ferry across the bay to Congas and strolled along the waterfront for awhile. The weather is perfect, and being by the ocean has been wonderful. I'm getting around easier now. It doesn't hurt much to walk on flat surfaces, but up and down inclines are still difficult.

   The hotel we're staying in is one block from the waterfront with a lot of restaurants and nice walking places. Our room is small--feels like a cruise liner room with its nautical decor. It's very comfortable, with an elevator which is nice for me. This is a great town to relax and have fun in. We're sitting by the waterfront right now with our drinks and watching the sunset.

   Wed Oct 9
   We've enjoyed Vigo so much we decided to stay an extra day.  Tomorrow we leave for Fatima, Portugal by bus (a 6 hr trip).  It would be nice to be there on the 13th, but there is no bus service on Sunday going to Avila, Spain.
  
   Adios for now!