El Camino de Santiago 2018
We've returned to Spain to finish hiking El Camino de Santiago.  We are of the mind set to continue beyond Santiago until we reach the coast at Finistere (named by the Romans.)
In 2016 and 2017 we hiked in September because that's when the best airfare aligned with the most tolerable weather.  This year Michelle will be in class in September so we had come in June.
Flying from ATL to NYC to Madrid, we landed around 9:30 in the morning.  The first bathrooms we came to had such a long line that by the timne we got to the luggage belt, all of it had been removed.  At first we thought the luggage had not been. loaded yet, so we waited and waited.  Finally we found the lost luggage office and sure enough, they had our bags.  Then we found a place to buy a sim card with Orange, one of the local cell phone companies.  Then we found the train from the airport to the Chamartin station where we caught the train to Leon and then to Ponferrada.  It was rough for me (and consequently for Michelle on the flight from NYC).  So we werehaving a hard time keeping all our stuff together.  First my glasses fell on the floor in the bathroom and I walked away without realizing it until Michelle asked about them.  Fortunately nobody stepped on them.  Then we went through the lost luggage scare described above;  Then we left our train tickets at the Correos in Chamartin.  Correos turned them over to Renfe, who held them at the check-in booth for our train.   After that, we got to our hotel without any issues.