Martin got up around 6am and started the cooking preparation, by the time I was out of the bathroom garlic aroma was in all parts of the house!
At that point I thought maybe it wasn't the best idea after all!
We had the remaining eggs with the garlic bread, packed our stuff and headed out again.
Life in an apartment for the short three days has soften me already, my imagination was telling me my pack has since become a lot heavier.
Today, our travel will take us from Lugo to A Coruna in 1.5 hours, then from there to Santiago de Compostela in another half hour. Including waiting transit time we will arrive at 12.30pm.
We arrived in A Coruna just before 11pm. It is a very modern station, clean and bright. Even the intercom announcement had English versions. Obviously this city is a tourist city. I felt it was a dramatic difference compared to Lugo where in the entire city there we only found three souvenir shops.
Here is the photos of the station, their emblem bears the Tower of Hercules, a landmark of A Coruna, shells and a pirate cross skull, all indicating it's maritime history.
After a 40 min wait we board the train to our destination, Santiago de Compostela. The weather has turned again and we can see mist of rain in the distance.
This is the final stop on the Caminos walk, to the home of St James. There were also a couple of pilgrims disembarking the same train.
Google map tells us the path from the railway station to our next hostel, Meiga Backpackers is 1.9 km or 26 mins walking.
Simple enough right? Turns out the path was winding and uphill. By the time we set out it was misting with rain and quite chilly. However I was still perspiring with the effort.
I'm glad the day was not hot and sunny!
Meiga backpackers is a three stories hostel, we were assigned to the top floor six person room, for today we do not need to share with other backpackers.
This is the view from our room window.
After settling in we headed back into town to the Cathedral, the burial place of St James.
At the Grand Plaza, there were many pilgrims just sitting on the ground resting. They looked like they had a long journey.
Stepping inside we see the pillar which centuries of pilgrims has touched and leaned on as the mark of finally reaching the end of their pilgrimage.
The central alter
Other side chapels
This is one of the most beautiful adoration chapel I have ever visited. My photography does not do it justice.
The organ in the central pillars.
Path down to the crypt where the remains of St James the Apostle are kept.
There were many symbology of the Caminos shell all over the Cathedral.
I thought the entire Cathedral was beautiful, an aged beauty. I felt humbled as soon as I stepped though the gates. I was following the steps of centuries of devoted pilgrims.
After much wandering we finally found the tourism office and got ourselves a map.
The bus station which we were to travel into Porto next is in fact across town back where our hostel was. The lady at the tourism office said there is only one bus per day. Therefore in case we miss our bus we tramped back up to the station to purchase our ticket.
The station is much closer to our backpacker compared to the town! Short walk downhill! Excellent!
The weather was still misting and cold, we decided to dine on the global favorite McD. Had another try at the local Spanish McFlurry. Definitely cannot compare to Magnum McFlurry!
We decided to have an early night as the weather was just too miserable to contemplate another 30 mins walk back into town.
I'm sitting in the communal lounge typing this, I'm actually quite surprised that after nearly a month in Europe, this is only our second backpacker.
For 35 euros for two nights, this place is budget but still very comfortable. There is breakfast included in the price too!
Here is half of the lounge.
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