Santiago, Spain

Home Up

Arriving in Santiago, Spain was the conclusion of my pilgrimage that began in St Jean Pied de Port on 9 January 2002 and ended on 6 February 2002.  I had decided that while I was on the Camino that I would not drink any alcohol until I arrived into Santiago.  I kept with this, the only exception being having about a glass of wine with 12 other pilgrims on one of our most fun nights in Mansilla de las Mulas!  So as you might expect we had a great evening.  Darryl, Caley, Jean-François and I all arrived together in the afternoon just as the Pilgrim's Office was opening.  For the first 10 pilgrims that arrive each day a local parador honors them by feeding them with three meals a day for three days!  What a great deal.

Our first dinner

After eating we made our way on the town to begin to get silly!  After stopping in a few places we eventually settled on this bar called The Rock.  It was really fun there, and we got totally smashed:

Jean-Francios, Darryl & Caley

The beer and tequila is flowing!

Self portrait

Darryl smoking a cigar

Jean-Francios smoking a cigar

Our bartender!

Jean-Francios & Caley

Darryl & Caley (feeling a little rough, ouch)

Self portrait (I wasn't doing much better)

Self portrait (leaving Santiago)