August 2nd continued

After I started the walk today, I had a strange experience.  I suddenly got the message that today was the last day of my Camino!

At the start of my Camino, when I had entered Lisbon Cathedral to get my credenciale, another strange thing had happened. When I walked in to the cathedral, I felt jangled by all the tourists snapping photos. Then suddenly the organist started playing and it was as if I were in my own bubble and — please gloss over the following if it’s against your belief system —I felt some angels were there to accompany me.

I had barely thought about that since – but when I started out today I suddenly had the feeling that, unbeknownst to me, they had in fact been accompanying me, and now they needed to move on.  So I realized I had better get to Santiago today!!!

August 2nd continued –  So, as I was saying, today was all about the breaks! – I was having to walk twice as far as I had planned.

After several more kilometers, my feet were hurting – sign for another rest stop!  Just as I was thinking this, I reached a bridge and on the other side, under a tree, was a stone bench! So I proceeded to take a catnap.

Immediately after this, the Camino veered uphill (to the left of the flags in the photo) and, unbelievably, within a couple of minutes I found myself in the outskirts of Santiago. Mind you, there were still several kilometers of uphill streets before reaching the center of Santiago!

Photos – on the left from top to bottom – getting nearer to the city center.  On the right – my first glimpse of the cathedral.

To be continued—-.