adventures in spain

the last two days of the camino were tough! we were a bit physically and mentally exhausted but you just keep getting up every morning and pushing on. the last day we did 38 km to get to santiago on time. we got our official compostela to prove we did the walk and then we had some santiago cake to celebrate! we bumped into a lot of our camino friends in santiago and it was a great way to end the experience. we then got on our sleeper train and headed back to madrid – wow those spanish trains are rickety! saturday was a day to celebrate our accomplishments with a relaxing morning at the pool and then a kebab! we met some friends out for drinks and dancing for our last nite out in madrid – we came home late to find a burning smell in the apartment. after sniffing everything for a half hour we discovered the plant on the patio was smoldering. don’t really know what happened there but it gave us a chuckle as we headed off to bed. today was a relaxing day shopping at el rastro a huge flea market thing in the streets. we are now getting sad and sentimental about our departure to chicago tomorrow morning. . . the adventures in spain come to a close . . . see you back in the states!

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