After O Pedrouzo, we stopped at the Hotel Amenal Cafeteria for tea. While we were updating our blog, a group on horseback arrived for refreshment. We had not realized that you could ride into Santiago. The horses and their Italian riders ( seven couples) and their leads continued to lead us for the next 4 kilometres. 
The riders dismounted and asked for a photo-op with a lone pilgrim sporting a boldly decorated prosthetic limb. He happily obliged.
The trail went around the Lavacolia Aeropuerto runways heading into Santiago continuing to give us regular kilometre updates.
We had pre-booked our stay at Ruta Jacobeo worrying that with the volume of pilgrims, we would not get beds closer to the city. Turns out that our little hotel was a three star Michelin. (Our kind of camping!) Our room had a bathtub for the first time since we left home. We took turns filling and soaking. We went for beer and snacks while we updated our blog.
Dinner at 8 pm meant that this was the latest we had stayed up in weeks. The Peregrino meal proved to be exceptional. We enjoyed scallops and fabulous seafood paella.
We were surprised when our pilgrim friend, Ana and her family that we met in Salceda had come to the hotel to celebrate a family birthday.
We shared happy greetings and hopes that we would all successfully meet at the Cathedral in Santiago the next day for the pilgrim's mass.
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