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18 August - day 23 - A Coruña to Sigüerio to Santiago - 15kms

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Last day. Our total distance walked over the Camino will exceed 400kms today. Mixed feelings.  Broken sleep as the girls in the next room came home around 2am and talked and laughed 4:30am. Our alarm goes off at 5:40. At bus station by 6:10. Coffee, bananas and croissants while we wait. The station security guard stops to chat and ask where are we going. Confirms we are at the right platform, the time the bus is due, and that we can buy tickets on the bus. Super nice!  1 hour and 5 mins we arrive at Sigüeria. It’s cold. The coldest it's been this trip. Find a coffee shop to warm ourselves up.  Caffeinated and fed we are ready for our final leg. The first way marker we see leaving town tells us we have 14.252km to the cathedral in Santiago. As we make our way out of town we are met with a stream of pilgrims on the road ahead. Most are day trippers with tiny backpacks.  We soon pass bidding everyone Buen Camino. We walk on mostly on ...