Yesterday when we awoke, Monica had been to the pharmacy looking for something to relieve her back pain and the pharmacist told her there was a clinic nearby , so by 8:15 we were at the clinic where the doctor gave her an injection, a perscription and told her, to rest. After walking 485 miles, Monica said I am walking the final 15 miles of the Camino Frances, and at 4:15 we walked into the plaza next to the Santiago de Compostela Cathedral – the end of The WAY. Made our way to the Pilgrimage office, checked in and got our certificates of completion. We were wildly welcomed and congratulated by our Pilgrim friends who had arrived before us, and later we welcomed friends who arrived after us. Today the Cathedral had the Pilgrims mass at noon, which we attended again with a number of our Pilgrim friends. The service included using the huge incense burner that 8 men pull up with ropes and it swings from one side of the church to the other. Then the day had many goodbyes, and well wishes to our many friends. We knew we could complete The Way, bit impressed ourselves that we accomplished it walking the 800 km (500 miles) walking it in 37 days, taking only 2 rest days. While the physical body is a bit sore, the inner person is jumping with joy – We did it!

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