O Faramello to Santiago de Compostella

Day 5 not walking!

I had a great sleep but was up too early due to movement in the room. One couple left about 4:30!!  Might have had a flight to catch, not sure why else one would leave so early for about 4-5 hours walk. 

I walked?? trudged, shuffled, limped to the bus stop with plenty of time to spare. It was about 850 meters away from the albergue. According to the schedule I had the bus should have arrived at 9:15. At 9:30 I stuck out my thumb but no one stopped. Then miraculously at 9:37 a bus arrived. It was practically full, mainly with locals. 

I got out about 650 meters from the physiotherapist and stopped at a cafeteria for breakfast. I had a ham, cheese and egg boccadillo (sandwich) , coffee and a churo. It was all very good-

I got to my appointment early and she worked on my inner thigh for half an hour, then did ultrasound and taped it. She was horrified when I said I was worried I would have to go home. Definitely not she said. You will be better. Well leaving her office it was a bit better but it didn’t take long that it hurt as much as ever. I go back tomorrow at 9:30. I will suggest I see her Thursday and Friday and if it is not better by then I will have to go home. 

After, I met Mirjanne at a café in the pouring rain. They don’t care if you order or not and only bring menus if you ask.  Once the rain stopped we wandered down a pedestrian street-

looking for tapas-

I had chorizo with a pepper on top, red pepper jam with goat cheese and salmon-

We then headed to the Cathedral which is the culmination of the walk-

There were a lot of people there because all caminos end here-

There were also tents set up with the Palestinian flag. Everyone ignored them-

Arriving here was very anti climactic. It is my third time but this time I only walked 185 km of the 285. Also I am in a lot of pain so nothing is much fun-

We went into the Cathedral-

The pipe organ-

I lit another candle-

Then we went back to the tapas street for supper. There are only 3 tapas restaurants there and one was closed. We went back to the same place and I had roasted peppers and Mirjanne had garlic potatoes-

I also had a thick chunk of cod which was very good. 

There’s a nice park along the way-

and a weird doll shop-

We bought a bottle of wine and walked to the Albergue Seminario Menor which is a former monastery and has 300+ beds-

Luckily our room is quite small-

Tomorrow I have another appointment at 9:30, then will see what the day holds.