So, nine of us hiked together from Sarria to Santiago de Compostela, covering 125 km in five days. Only two of us continued on to Fisterra, the symbolic end of the journey.
The name Fisterra comes from the Latin finis terrae, meaning “end of the earth.” For centuries, the far western coast of Galicia was imagined as the edge of the known world by those looking west across the Atlantic.
For us, reaching Fisterra represents a second ending: we arrived at Santiago de Compostela, received our certificates, then continued west to the ocean – the true end of our Camino.
As usual, I took some photos along the way, but these two are especially meaningful to us.
In the second photo, the plaque on the milestone reads “km 0.000.”
Fisterra, Galicia, Spain
October 7, 2026
