We passed through San Matteo square and carried on past Gaudi’s masterpiece, Casa de Botines, and the statue of the great man sitting on a bench. Just before the Rio Barnesega, we paused at the famous Parador hotel and posed by a statue of a pilgrim with his shoes off. The barefooted pilgrim wore a sou’wester and a giant poncho and Ali looked equally defended against the weather in her woolly hood and red gloves.
