adventure to santiago…

so we made it! we left this morning at about 730 from arca. i think it was the coldest morning we had! we went on our merry way for awhile and then somehow met up with a group of brazilians. they were very interesting people- they all had multiple degrees and have studied all over the world- it was really interesting to talk to them.
after meeting them we were on our own again until the first of the californians caught us. we talked to one of the women for a long time until they “had” to stop for lunch- she was very nice- cant say so much for some of the rest of the group!
we walked with her to the top of mount gozo or mount joy, where in the old days pilgrims got their first glimpse of the cathedral- it cannot be seen from there any longer too many trees and tall buildings. we sat there for awile and talked to the californians tour guide- turns out he grew up really close to allisons school. then we decided we needed to start our treck into santiago.
we started down the massive hill thinking we would make it to the cathedral in less than an hour- haha well almost 2 hours later there we were in the square. the longest part of the journey i think was walking through santiago to get to the cathedral! it also took us awhile to find the pilgrims office to get our compostela! but we eventually found it and only had to wait in line about half an hour which was great. then we are at a great cafe on the squareand drank sangria and people watched until Mass. it has been a great day!

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