We took in the views of the cathedral one last time while we were waiting for our cab. I’m not sure if I will ever be back again so I wanted to take it all in while I was there.

Timing was perfect and I was able to see Victoria walk in. It was really nice to see her again and say goodbye!
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With that, it is now time to close the Camino de Santiago chapter and open the “2023 Gill Family Spanish Road-trip” chapter! Below is a highlights of what we are thinking but we haven’t booked any reservations yet and are just going to wing it!

We took a taxi to the airport to pick up our rental car. Lucky for us we got a brand new car!! It only had 4 miles on it! We received great service from Enterprise and feel like we dodged a bullet because several other car hire companies required International Drivers Licenses which we didn’t have.

Typical for Galicia weather, it started pouring rain the second we got on the freeway. It didn’t last very long though and we were on our way!

Cat and I were more focused on our road-trip selfie than H was. Luckily he was focused on the road and keeping us safe!

We drove across a really cool bridge.

We stopped for the obligatory road-trip snacks.

…and made our way into Portugal.

After being sent way off track by Google Maps for lunch to a restaurant that wasn’t even open, we stopped at this roadside restaurant that was actually pretty good! Cat won for the best meal! (Chicken kabob)

Cat thought that navigating was easy and laughed at my misdirections from Google. I had her sit in front and help H navigate and she soon learned how hard it was (while I napped in the back!)

We got passed by a hearse. I wonder what the hurry was….

…and we finally made it to Badajoz after 6.5 hours of driving. It was a cute little town that had tons of character and the nightlife was happening!