We have already discussed extensively the gear and equipment we brought, and its usefulness to complete the journey. I have already identified 3 items that to this point I did not use or need, namely my sleeping bag, and rain gear with included my rain jacket, and poncho.
So as we were about to leave the Albergue we realised it was raining, or perhaps a more decriptive word would be drizzle. So we had to stop and deploy all the measures we had available to ensure all our equipment stayed dry that included ourselves.This reduced my obsolete item on the journey to my sleeping bag.
This day's walk was very different from the others as we were in urban areas for longer periods of time and could hardly distinguish between the different towns and cities.
We passed around the Santiago airport and at one stage we were right beneath the flight approach route. We had the privilege of experiencing a passenger jet roaring overhead on final approach, aha the marvel of modern flight, in stark contrast to ancient travel on foot.
We found one section "dead" uninspiring and very difficult to navigate, not as one might expect due to difficult terrain , but because it was very boring, uninspiring and hence very difficult to maintain momentum.
Soon we reached "Monte del Gozo"and started heading down hill into Santiago. We passed one of the largest albergues which houses 500 people at the western foot of "Monte del Gozo", and headed across the "autopista" to were we found our albergue "Residencia de Peregrino San Lázaro" into the outlying suburbs of Santiago, which we also booked from Ribadiso 2 days ago. We reached this, our last albergue just after midday, and we were issued beds, ritualed in making beds, washing ourselves and our clothes, and then preceded to have pizza at a local Italian restaurant ....no more pilgrams meals for these two peregrinos.
We passed the rest of the afternoon exploring a small area around our accommodation and prepared in great expectation for entering Santiago's old city early the next morning.
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Location:Santiago de Compostela
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