Day 38 - Santiago de Compostela

Today is the day the rest of us begin to go our own way. We were up before 7am to say farewell to Myra who left for the airport shortly after. As it was still raining the rest of us were not inclined to rush out so we lounged around the flat before eventually heading into the centre for breakfast. The rest of the day was spent exploring the Pilgrim Museum - covering the history of the pilgrimage and the city and well worth a visit whether you have walked the Camino or not - and then the adjacent cathedral. Apart from the overly gaudy shrine area for the relics of St James the interior of the cathedral appeared tired, very different to the flamboyant exterior, and our general consensus was '500 miles for this...?'

           

It was still raining when we headed for lunch in the old town so afterwards we just chilled in the hostel Gale and I had booked for the next two days. It was then off through the rain to meet Rob and Greg for the evening, a glass of wine in the the very impressive five-star Parador by the cathedral, farewell to Janna, and then us boys headed off for a lads' night out... well sort of. We found a small bar full of locals listening to locals playing Galician music, bagpipes and drums and flutes and very Celtic like Irish and Scottish music. Everybody was singing and clapping along and the atmosphere was great. We headed off after a quick chat with the players late in the evening, grabbed one last drink and then made our way to bed. And it was still raining.