dear ones-
i am here is finistere (finis = end, terre = world) and it is beautiful!  i took the bus this morning, partly because i just felt so tired, and also following my beloved husband´s request (¨¨would you please just stop walking and take the bus?!?!?!!!¨¨) .  i even slept on the bus ride here.  it has been an amazing journey, that is for sure.  this is the western-most point of europe, and long before there was a camino de santiago, there was a pilgrimage here.  people would walk and walk to come here to see with their own eyes what people had told them about-it was here that you could see the sun disappear into (´get eaten by´) the ocean. 

i had an interesting discussion with a priest that i sat next to on the bus here.  we talked about that, and i thought that he might think that was heresy or something, but no, he knew about it and agreed that the pilgrimage predates st. james´s bones being buried beneath the cathedral in santiago.  he is the second catholic priest that i crossed paths with during this time.  he walked the camino for spiritual renewal and had a wonderful time.  we talked about something that the priest said at mass yesterday.  i told him that i had never ever heard this at a mass before:  at the very end of mass the priest said (in several languages) that when you get home, say a prayer bvefore you enter your home and pray that one of your sons becomes a priest.  he said that it is a great honor to have a priest in the family, and that the church needs more priests, so you must encourage your sons to look for a vocation to become a priest.  it was like a little ad for becoming a priest.  it was both fascinating, and somehow disturbing, to me.  not sure why.  i guess that is one of things that i can mull over these days at finsterre.
so here is the plan-sleep, eat, take a siesta, eat, sleep, repeat   and in there is also write in my journal and write some blogs! 

thank you for being on the other end of this computer.  i know many of you are there who don´t comment, and please know that i enjoy ereading your comments immensely!  it is a treat for me, like the chocolate and pastries that i am savoring here.  they often bring tears to my eyes, and i would respond to them if i wasn´t under time constraints-like now, there are only 5 minutes left.  the computers here tend to be slow, so i think i will need all 5 minutes to finish and publish this.  so that is all for now, but maybe i will be back after my siesta.  this is a nice, if busy, bar, and they fed me well for lunch (salad, sardines and a beer) so i will probably be back.
peace and blessings to you all, and thanks again for being with me on this journey-
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