Last day here in Santiago de Compostela and mass of the resurrection.
The only thing we really wanted to do today is attend the Easter Vigil at the cathedral at 10 pm so we had a free day.
We decided to visit some of the museums. There are two museums of pilgrims. We started with the old one. It has some interesting facts of the pilgrimage and religious art. The new museum is very modern and is next to the cathedral. It has an amazing model of the cathedral and a computer game where we role played a mediaeval pilgrim arriving to Santiago and the cathedral. It also has a collection of great photos from el Camino which we could identify, we were there!
We also took the time to have one more visit to the tomb of the apostle and then a last Galician lunch of caldo Gallego and fried squid.
We rested for a while and packed for tomorrow's trip to Madrid. And the afternoon was gone.
We left the hotel just before 9 pm and caught a bit of another procession. This was from the Cofradia del Santisimo Cristo de la Uncion y Nuestra Señora de la Serenidad. I was reading that it is important for the cofradias to include the family thus the processions include women and children. Today they had lots of children.
From there to the cathedral. What a special sendoff. The Easter Vigil started with the ceremony of fire with the cathedral on the darkness. Then the fire was passed along to all the people. We all had candles and then this magnificent huge church became alive with all the lights. This cathedral which was built over hundreds of years is one of the largest of Europe and has a very large pipe organ. The organ and the choir provided a majestic sound to the ceremony. The archbishop was accompanied by 10 priests. I don't have the words to describe what I saw and what I felt. A great celebration of the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Santiago, apostle of our Lord Jesus, patron of the pilgrims, please listen to our petitions and protect us in our way home. Pray for is.
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