Today we drove from La Coruna to the famous pilgrimage site of Santiago de Compostela where the body of St James the Apostle is reputed to be buried, having been mysteriously spirited from the holy land to here in the middle ages.
We saw the enormous censer, but didn't stay to see it lit up and swinging.You had to stay for mass to see that. There were teams of pilgrim arriving all the time, milling around and taking selfies. It looked more like homage to Facebook rather than to St. James.
It is really very touristy. The cathedral is being repaired and is covered with scafolding so no photo of it. In the photos the censer is on the left. The thing on the right is a light.
Coming back to the ship we went past the old Roman lighthouse which is the oldest working lighthouse in the world. It has been in continuous use for a thousand years. It has been modernised of course.
The "really touristy" is, I am sure, why St James was moved there in the first place. Seems to have worked, too!
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