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Couldn't agree more!In Finisterre I arrived around noon, I'm not standing in alberge, I continued walk to the lighthouse with a backpack on my back. The feeling of the end of the pilgrimage was strong. Spiritually, I experienced more than in Santiago.
Young pilgrim from Germany, she was already been in Finisterre, she told me that I need to come in the evening and look the sunset.
I believed her and about 8 pm once more I walked from alberge to the lighthouse. It was a little early but wait was worth it.
It was beautiful, indescribable, unforgettable. Pictures can not describe it, that feels, blessedness and glory.
There is a saying "See Rome and die". I think it's much better to say "See the sunset in Finisterre and die"
Thank you @mspath to bring Duino Elegy out. Not long ago when @timr visited Slovenia we went to the seaside and from the medieval castle high above Koper/Capodistria (Slovenia) and Trst/Trieste (Italy) we were able to see Devin/Duino castle in the distance. Years ago I was visiting the Duino with Rilke's slovenian translation - unforgettable. You should definitely go there"...But to have been,
This once, completely, even if only once:
To have been at one with the earth, seems beyond undoing."
Rainer Maria Rilke,
9th Duino Elegy
Consider Camino Ingles which is also very beautiful.Thank you for this fine thread and the posters on replies. Just given me an idea of how I could spend a four or five days in Spain. Doing a non walking holiday abroad for a change this year but this could be an add-on to a two weeks in mainland Europe for this year. ( And we still get on Camino) Thank you.
When I arrived at Finistere beach after 18 hot dry hot days covering 500 km I took off my backpack onto the beach, togged and went straight in to join some locals for a refreshing swim. I swam out and then turned on my back to see a large black cloud above me. The heavens opened suddenly and my pack and clothes got soaked on the beach--I was already wet. I then went to the albergue to dry out and did get to see the sunset at the Lighthouse. On the Camino always be prepared for the unexpectedI could not escape Santiago soon enough, too busy, too many tourists etc. The walk to Finisterre provided the peace and tranquillity I looked for. Forget the town , yes walk to the lighthouse and see the sunset but for me the breathtaking moment was arriving at the deserted Finisterre beach and looking out across the sea.
We took the bus back to Santiago and had a whole different reaction. Sunshine, blue sky and less crowded. A night off before the train journey home next day.
I regret we didn't have enough time to go to Muxia
Hi Meredith1The three days I spent in Finisterre were the most calming and restful days I'd ever experienced. In fact, I meant to stay only one night there, but I felt such healing from my slow, solitary, and unburdened walks through the town and out to the lighthouse that I didn't want to leave. I had bused there from Santiago, not feeling up to three more days of walking; I needed restoration. Two of my favorite memories from the time there: on my first evening walk to the lighthouse, I carried a bottle of wine (opened and re-corked by my host at the inn), a crusty bread roll, and some cheese. Sitting on the rocks watching the sun set, I noticed a young man who was as quiet as I was (in contrast to other people there); I offered the bottle, the bread, and the cheese, and there we sat, me a 68-year-old woman from the U.S. and him a maybe 30-something man from Germany, enjoying a special kind of communion.
The other and much more significant event happened when I walked down to the bus station early on the fourth day. I had decided just that morning to take the 8:00 and not the 10:00 bus. Queuing up with others at the stop, I saw a young Austrian in a familiar-looking red jacket -- it was a person I had befriended on a bus ride (while skipping the meseta) and had traveled on foot the rest of the way, off and on, to Santiago. I hadn't seen him since then and assumed I never would. He was one of the very nicest people I know (a medical student at the time, now a full-fledged doctor). So we took the bus together to Santiago and had time for coffee and warm conversation at the end of the ride, and then kept in touch on facebook for a couple of years. I don't usually use the word "healing" about events, but that's the correct word in this case.
Hi @ KinkyOne,Consider Camino Ingles which is also very beautiful.
Robins Nest doesn't rings a bell, sorry...Hi @ KinkyOne,
Yes a beautiful camino did it in 2014 with peregrino b we loved it. Would be nice to see Anthony at (Meson Nova?spelling?) again but not this year. Thought we might just spend a few days together walking to Finisterre and Muxia and we wondered about the retreat I think it is called "Robins Nest", do you know much about it? Is it still open?
b
Hi Meredith1
I'm not describing all, but I made the same
I bought a bottle of red wine and a packet of cheese with six different kinds of cheese, plastic cup and cigar. I shared it with a young German woman which pointed me at sunset.
Our parting was very touching
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its areIn Finisterre I arrived around noon, I'm not standing in alberge, I continued walk to the lighthouse with a backpack on my back. The feeling of the end of the pilgrimage was strong. Spiritually, I experienced more than in Santiago.
Young pilgrim from Germany, she was already been in Finisterre, she told me that I need to come in the evening and look the sunset.
I believed her and about 8 pm once more I walked from alberge to the lighthouse. It was a little early but wait was worth it.
It was beautiful, indescribable, unforgettable. Pictures can not describe it, that feels, blessedness and glory.
There is a saying "See Rome and die". I think it's much better to say "See the sunset in Finisterre and die"
It might be Fox HouseHi @ KinkyOne,
Yes a beautiful camino did it in 2014 with peregrino b we loved it. Would be nice to see Anthony at (Meson Nova?spelling?) again but not this year. Thought we might just spend a few days together walking to Finisterre and Muxia and we wondered about the retreat I think it is called "Robins Nest", do you know much about it? Is it still open?
b
Ditto!When I walked, Santiago wasn't my goal. My goal was to walk all the way across Spain; from the French border to the End of the Earth.
Ditto!I could not escape Santiago soon enough, too busy, too many tourists etc. The walk to Finisterre provided the peace and tranquillity I looked for.
I am planning to travel at the same time, next Spring. How was the weather? The crowd? Mud? Did you use a bag or sleep sack?In Finisterre I arrived around noon, I'm not standing in alberge, I continued walk to the lighthouse with a backpack on my back. The feeling of the end of the pilgrimage was strong. Spiritually, I experienced more than in Santiago.
Young pilgrim from Germany, she was already been in Finisterre, she told me that I need to come in the evening and look the sunset.
I believed her and about 8 pm once more I walked from alberge to the lighthouse. It was a little early but wait was worth it.
It was beautiful, indescribable, unforgettable. Pictures can not describe it, that feels, blessedness and glory.
There is a saying "See Rome and die". I think it's much better to say "See the sunset in Finisterre and die"
Too much liquid refreshment is another reason "to go in Finisterre",In Finisterre I arrived around noon, I'm not standing in alberge, I continued walk to the lighthouse with a backpack on my back. The feeling of the end of the pilgrimage was strong. Spiritually, I experienced more than in Santiago.
Young pilgrim from Germany, she was already been in Finisterre, she told me that I need to come in the evening and look the sunset.
I believed her and about 8 pm once more I walked from alberge to the lighthouse. It was a little early but wait was worth it.
It was beautiful, indescribable, unforgettable. Pictures can not describe it, that feels, blessedness and glory.
There is a saying "See Rome and die". I think it's much better to say "See the sunset in Finisterre and die"
Thank you I am sure your right Fox House Nelia.It might be Fox House
Perhaps you mean the Little Fox House. See more here.Thank you I am sure your right Fox House Nelia.
Thank you Margaret that is it. By the way I hope you are well on the way to recovery now after your nasty fall ( I hope I have that information correct) You have been a real inspiration to me as a Septuagenarian,Perhaps you mean the Little Fox House. See more here.
https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/little-fox-house.43469/#post-449172
I haven't heard of Robin's Nest & couldn't find anything after googling - but is it possible you might be interested in The Little Fox House (http://www.thelittlefoxhouse.com/)? I don't know it personally, but I read quite a few posts about it around the time I was on my camino (Sept/Oct 2012). A woman I shared a taxi with to SJdPP (who bicycled her camino!) stayed there for a couple of days - said in an e-mail how lovely it was, very supportive, friendly. I had thought it closed down, but apparently not.Hi @ KinkyOne,
Yes a beautiful camino did it in 2014 with peregrino b we loved it. Would be nice to see Anthony at (Meson Nova?spelling?) again but not this year. Thought we might just spend a few days together walking to Finisterre and Muxia and we wondered about the retreat I think it is called "Robins Nest", do you know much about it? Is it still open?
b
Well, I only just now see that several others had offered Fox House as a possibility -- great minds, and all that. Reading some of the comments posted on its site, I see the one from Pat, Yonkers, NY, who is the woman I met.I haven't heard of Robin's Nest & couldn't find anything after googling - but is it possible you might be interested in The Little Fox House (http://www.thelittlefoxhouse.com/)? lovely it was, very supportive, friendly. I had thought it closed down, but apparently not.
Hi Oregon's MarkI am planning to travel at the same time, next Spring. How was the weather? The crowd? Mud? Did you use a bag or sleep sack?
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