8 November Intermittent rain

The Camino walk ended yesterday. This blog, at least the Busca portion, ends today.

First some stats:

Distance walked or biked from the GPS: 1789 kilometers, a bit over a 1000 miles

Climbed 15200 meters or just shy of ten miles.

Title earned: C2-QB When one completes the Hegira their legal name is prefixed by Haj. KB has now bestowed the appellation C2 to the QB. Completo Camino.

Camino Ditty composed, to the tune of “Tipperary”

It’s a long way to Santiago,
From Le Puy through Spain,
It’s a long way to Santiago,
With the blisters, rocks and pain.

Goodby Palo Alto,
Farewell Union Square,
It’s been a long long way to Santiago,
And now we are there.

Santiago’s cathedral looks like a sandcastle; just so many spires and crevices and points, each appropriately weathered.

We visited today for several purposes. Sharon wanted to light a candle for Mary, no real candles anymore, only electric ones, where one puts in euro coins of sufficient quantity and a candle lights up. With many sections available C2-QB chose a prayer from Saint Anthony.

KB wanted to hear the Organ and the singing. As we picked a noon time Mass both were well heard and worth hearing. I just like the big organs. A woman led the singing and her voice, the acustics, and the sound system combined to produce wonderful sounds.

Did a standard, translate as big, Spanish lunch. Paella and Percepes. The latter are found only in Portugal and Galicia according to Bob. They are barnacles that one sucks out of their tubes. Taste a bit like clams. Good, expensive, but not outstanding to my taste. Bob’s view differs.

Percepes

We made it

With a little help from Bob.