Sunday, April 26- Happy Birthday to my younger sister Gisèle. In Santiago- it's sunny to start the morning but we know that this will not last so we are getting ready to go out soon. The long range forecast is calling for rain most of the week. We might get a break on Tuesday. Monique's flight to Paris leaves at 4:30 today. She will overnight in Paris and fly home Monday to be ready to go back to work on Tuesday. She's had a great Camino. She's hoping to get back here soon to finish the last 100 km and get her accreditation.
We went off to have breakfast and stopped at the same place as yesterday. We both had a tortilla which is a smaller version of our omelettes. We then walked to an Albergue that used to be a seminary and today is a school and hostel. Beside it was an old church. It's a great viewing area to see most of Santiago..

Albergue and school. Built in the 1950's.

Convent of Belvis

View of the city from the Albergue.

It had just stopped raining when we reached our destination. The rain was on and off all the time.

We headed back into the old city towards the Cathedral. Mass was soon going to finish. There was 

already a line up started for visitors to enter as you cannot get in once the service has started. We moved on to get a bit of shopping in before Monique's departure. She bought a pendant and chain as I had yesterday and I bought a ring, from the same jewelry store.

This ring has two of the symbols seen on the camino; a shell, and a sword. 

Monique's bus to the airport was just across the street from our hotel, so an easy walk. Her flight leaves for Paris at 4:30. 

I am back in the hotel for a while, again to rest the foot and stay out of the rain as it started up again. I will probably head out later to find supper and call it a night. I will book a rental car for Portugal and reserve a hotel in Porto for Wednesday night. We will either take a bus or a train to Porto on Wednesday.