In Santiago de Compistella

Santiago is the Capitol of th Galicien region and has 95.000 inhabitants +  thousands of workers commuting to the city each morning especially to the regional administrations.

Legend says that you get the welcome you deserve when you arrive in Santiago. Yesterday was a cloudy day, but at 12.30 pm when I entered the city the sky opened up and even the wind started blowing out of the east pushing me from behind with my tired legs into the city.

 After the celebration with Ignacio yesterday I went to bed at 19.00 - and slept until 9.00 am this morning. I guess I needed that. After breakfast  todayI changed hotels to the famous Reyes dos Catholicos, a firmer Monastary transitioned into a 5 star hotel.. The place is a quite oasis in the middle of this vibrant city.

I feel like doing nothing today, but somehow I end up going to the museum of the cathedral. When I enter the part of the monastery and transition into the cathedral a mass starts at 1 pm. I sit down and join - and it is a special celebration including the rising of the gigantic and special incent pot at the end of the mass. It only happens a few times in the year - I am lucky:))

During mass I am thinking of the past 4 weeks. What kept me going/getting up each morning and started to walk? What helped me when I felt hopeless and without chance to finish my way? Maybe some of the answers I found after mass when I passed by the St. James statue in the middle of the church, hug it like it is tradition after the pilgrimage and go on to the St. James toom.l