Hola dear friends,  

The journey continues.  I didn't get to write these last couple of days 

because  I was walking during the day, finding the alburgue and then 

going to the powerful ocean,  returning late and then to bed.  My Camino 

rhythm changed primarily because I was on a different Camino, to Finisterre 

and Lires and Muxia.  We had a leisurely start on Wednesday, the latest 

I've ever started my walking and it felt great. It doesn't begin to get 

light here until 8:30 so it is easy to rise with the sun when there isn't 

any real pressure. We were walking about 15k these past 2 days and there 

were few pilgrims taking 2 days   to  walk from Finisterre to Muxia.   

Alot of folks walked the 30 k in one day more because of time constraints 

than anything else. The day was mercurial and we had the rain,Wind, sun, 

more rain, cloudy but no rain, you get the idea. When we arrived in   

Muxia we decided to stay at the municipal alburgue, which means we were 

in a very basic alburguefoes 5 euros, nothing like the night before, 

which is perfect. Here we were in bunkbeds again with about 32 people 

total, but  we spent very little time there, only to sleep as the bus 

left for Santiago at 6:45 this morning. After getting our room we headed 

to the pilgrim office to get another beautiful Compostela showing that 

we walked from Finisterre to Muxia. Look out Carlisle  frame shops here 

I come.  Then we walked out to the Rocks. Wow!!!!  What a powerful place.  

 Legend has it that the virgin Mary came here in a boat to encourage a 

disillusioned St James that he was in fact successful in his attempt to 

bring Christianity to the pagan Druids. The rocks represent her boat. 

My recollections  of the legend around this are a bit sketchy  as I don't 

have the Finisterre /muxia guide book. I intend to purchase it and will 

give you more information when I get my pictures attached.  The rain and 

wind kept visiting  but  the wind and rain and sun and rock and the church 

on the rock, and the vast ocean and lighthouse and clouds and then the 

clear sky for the moon to kiss us brought all the elements into a harmony 

that seemed so profound.  I loved it here !!!!  I also had another magical 

experience and encounter with Manuel a fisherman from Muxia who gave me 

my own private tour of the rocks and their symbolism. He spoke no English 

and I no Spanish yet his love of the sea and this land touched my heart. 

He so wanted  me to know the power of this place.  It was truly another 

magical and powerful  Camino gift.  There are three large rocks of 

significance. One was  a fertility rock where couples will lay together 

and well I'm not sure about the and part. I laid on that rock and let me 

tell you any attempts at conception other than metaphorically could be 

dangerous to the health of the couple.  Why did you lay there you might 

ask. Keep asking ;).  There were actually two replicas, one male and 

one female in wax under the ledge of the rock.  Powerful medicine.   

I did not lay on this rock in the presence of my fisherman guide  i 

came back later.  Then there was the rock and ledge he led me to that 

will bless you with a long life and good luck if you crawl under it 9 

times.  He would not leave and take me any where else until I crawled 

under at least once.  So, I did. And then went back with my friends 

and crawled under 8 more times.  I am now going to live a long lucky 

life.  There was also rock that was cracked and would rock back and 

forth, bit we didn't spend much time here.   After my tour we shook 

hands and he ealked around a rock with his fishing pole and I never 

saw him again.  Hmmmm!!!!   Then  up to a 360 degree view of the town,   

the ocean and the moon with the night sky as the backdrop. Yes I  had 

my torch with me.  My new word for flashlight.  Feeling the wind on 

my face and looking out onto the vastness of the sea in the moonlight 

is a memory that will forever stay with me as the end of my Camino.    

So here I am on another bus beginning my journey home. Thank you for 

your prayers, energy, blessings, kind words, and belief in me.  They 

and you sustain me and help feed my soul. I will see you soon.   

Love and my embrace to you in my life.  Camille on, in, and a part 

of the Camino