{"id":1644,"date":"2013-05-02T23:52:28","date_gmt":"2013-05-03T06:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/?p=1644"},"modified":"2013-05-03T09:37:44","modified_gmt":"2013-05-03T16:37:44","slug":"santiago-de-compostela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/santiago-de-compostela\/","title":{"rendered":"Santiago de Compostela"},"content":{"rendered":"

Praise God, yesterday at about 3pm, we arrived in Santiago de Compostela. On the way into the city, we kept running into people we knew – people who had shared some portion of the walk with us – probably a dozen reunions before we even reached the Cathedral.<\/p>\n

E<\/span>ntering the plaza in front of the Cathedral was an experience like no other. The emotions were overwhelming: gratitude, relief, wonder, the childlike excitement of Christmas morning all rolled into one.<\/p>\n

I have a feeling that heaven is a lot like that: constantly meeting old friends in an overwhelming place of wonder and delight.<\/p>\n

We visited the Cathedral, of course. The traditional entry of the pilgrim is through something called the Gate of Glory<\/em>. Unfortunately, it was covered in scaffolds due to reconstruction work. <\/p>\n

The central image of Christ, however, was visible.<\/p>\n

We prayed. We clambered behind the high altar to hug the statue of the saint. Then we descended to the tomb and prayed before his remains.<\/p>\n

I’m still overwhelmed by the whole thing.<\/p>\n

Today will be a busy day. We need to taxi to the bus station to secure our tickets for Madrid.<\/p>\n

Then a little shopping, I think.<\/p>\n

Confession, and then noon pilgrim’s Mass at the Cathedral.<\/p>\n

Lunch with many old friends.<\/p>\n

Post office to ship home our walking sticks.<\/p>\n

The bus to Madrid leaves at 9pm.<\/p>\n

A whirlwind.<\/p>\n

Thank you so much for reading our adventures so far, and for your support on our way!<\/p>\n

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