After breakfast we went to check out the "MailBox" office we were to use to send bikes home on Thurs, all OK. Ambled around town and visited the interesting market. Relaxed lunch in a square and carried on wandering around the narrow pedestrian only area which is the 'historic centre' of Santiago. Went past the Pilgrim Bureau to see long queues of new arrivals in town, holding their passports eager to get their 'Compostela'.
Yesterday we got our certificate and today some of us got the tee-shirts - well we got Camino cycling jerseys. In the square outside the Cathedral among many new arrivals, we met four rugged and fit cyclists from Phoenix CC in Belfast - they had just completed the Camino completely off-road in a much quicker time than us!
We were interested in going to the coast - a bit too far to cycle so we went to the Tourist Office to see about trips, and ended up hiring a car for tomorrow.
In the evening went for a meal - in the same restaurant as David, David, Brendan and Gerry from Belfast. Plenty of banter with them and sharing of experiences. Also with some volunteers who are here for a fortnight working in the Pigrim Bureau, helping new arrivals and issuing them with their 'Compostelas'.
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| Dan and Tony O on way into town |
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| Tony G looking for a bargain in the market |
0 miles - total remains as 609
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