Walking Day 9 O SISTO to SANTIAGO de COMPOSTELA

O SISTO to SANTIAGO de COMPOSTELA

10 miles or 16.8K

1360 ft elevation gain

Tues Oct. 24,2024

We left our beautiful Casa Vella, which is one of the Casa Rural group about 9:00 after the best breakfast on the Camino.  Each small plate was a work of art just like dinner last night. The wife served eggs, toast, plus meats, cheese, tomato’s, avocados and melons in perfect thin slices.

As predicted it was raining when we left and increased during the morning as did the wind.  Leaves were blowing horizontally in the oak forest paths.  Hard to believe that it’s such beautiful country side just a few miles out of the city.

Our first glimpse of the Cathedral was 7k from it.  Up until then it was too wet to take photos .

One of several Halloween scenes .

Just starting the climb up into the city.

Walking to our Hotel to check in before heading to the Cathedral. Still raining and we are drenched inside and out.  Your body creates so much heat walking up hill that it condenses inside the ponchos and causes it to be just as wet inside.

We were able to make reservations at Via Aetcal for 2 nights which is the same one we stayed in 2019.  It's very small hotel.  I think there are only 3 rooms on each floor.

Finally the rain stopped while we were getting warmed up with hot showers and the driest of our clothes on to check out the Cathedral.

So much joy!   A whole group of pilgrims coming in from the Frances runs into a group that they hadn't seen in days and are greeted as long lost friends.