santiago again

hi everyone
i don´t know if anyone is here, but if you are, i´ll tell you about the last few days.
i walked to finisterre on monday, tuesday and wednesday. it was a beautiful walk in spite of the fact that it was misty and foggy for the last two days. i could hear the fog horn so i knew the ocean was close, but i couldn´t see it until the last couple hours of walking. Finisterre was rainy and cold the first night. i checked into a great hostal, with corner windows in my room.it felt very cozy. the hostal was called hostal lopez and it had figures of snow white and the seven dwarfs on the patio. i knew it was for me when i saw them.
i went to sleep with the sound of rain out my window, but woke up to bright blue skies and a view of the harbor that look my breath away. christine and her friend marcella and i had coffee and then walked to the lighthouse, the final 2.7 km to marker 00.00km. impossible. i think i walked around 1700km, give or take. but to think of it in terms of central france to the ocean just seemed too good to be true. we sat and laughed and took pictures of the ocean, the rocks, each other.
i burned some of my clothes in the firepit, my favorite orange shirt melted and disappeared. it all felt so good. later we packed a picnic to go for our swim in the ocean and watch the sunset. on friday morning i walked alone on the beach. everything looked beautiful.
i took the bus back to santiago friday afternoon, to be here for the feast of st. james. crowds, music, fireworks, parades, a festival for the whole town.
now santiago is perfect. it all seems just right. i have gone to two more masses, happily gave st. james a hug, walked around smiling. i met new people who i spent the day with. maybe tomorrow i will go on a day trip back to the ocean to muxia before i get on the plane to come home.
i am so happy to be coming home. i think that´s all there is to say. goodbye from spain.
love,
mary