Santiago!!! WE MADE IT!!! This was a very momentous occassion. You walk through the town and then all of a sudden you are next to the church, it is absolutely incredible, so much detail. We hugged a golden statue of Saint James and went to mass where they read out the people who had completed the jouney; "two Australians from Le Puy" Wooooo hoooooo thats us! We were very lucky during the mass because someone had paid for the incense burner to be swung. This is the largest one in all of Europe. Unfortunatley the real one was getting cleaned which meant we got a smaller silver one. It didnt matter thought because it was great, we thought it would whack someone in the head. For us Santiago was all about the food and drink. It consisted of one meal after another with various combinations of pilgrims. It was very touristy but we kept inside our food bubble and had a wonderful time.
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