All good things (and painful things) must come to an end

WOOOLOO!
We´ve made it to Santiago! All in one piece.
It feels very weird to be sitting in an internet cafe chillin all morning rather than thinking´how many km have we covered? Is this a good pace? When can we stop for hot chocolate?´
Actually, I am thinking about hot chocolate. And I suspect Julian is too. But now we have all the time in the world for it.
We will be meeting my dad this evening and exploring the city and surrounds from the comfort of a rented car. Bliss.
We´ve been to the cathedral, a little disappointing, but I don´t think anything but an apparition of the Virgin herself could have lived up to our effort to get there. It was also a bit weird when we discovered on arrival that the central refuge is closed, so we have to stay 5km out of town. Because of this, we may not see and congratulate some of the friends we made along the way which is sad. Why don´t they provide for pilgrims? This is Santiago! It´s like once you get here, they don´t care about you anymore.
But it´s not all bad. It´s a nice, cheap refuge and we can stay multiple nights. Last night we got our first motorised transport since 14th October- the bus out of town to the refuge. It was moving so fast! I felt a little ill.
Anyway, the cafes and cake shops of Santiago are laid out before us, and we have a lot of calories to regain.
So, until we see you all again in wonderful, rainy England.
Amy x

p.s. to all you doubting types who may not have sponsored us cos you didn´t think we´d make it, now you can! We´re getting close to our target, go on, help us out! That website again is www.justgiving.com/iwillwalk or we´ll come get the money off you with sticks when we get back