Santiago de Compostela, Spain Travel Blogs

Obama wins and Marie makes it to Santiago
Nov 5, 2008 (38 photos)

After 31 days walking (with one day off for good behaviour.. well, one day off because I was exhausted and needed to sleep!) I made it across Spain..along the centuries old Camino de Santiago.. St James Way.. amazing.

Du 29 septembre au 4 octobre
Oct 4, 2007 (6 photos)

Du 29 septembre au 4 octobre - September 29 to October 4  - LA FIN   / THE END

¡Estoy en España!
Jan 8, 2006 (1 photos)

... teamers one guess which one that was... But it was located and will show up here tomorrow morning. That was a great "welcome to Spain, hope your spanish is good enough to describe what a single event waterski bag is and that you lost it" present! Oh, I ...

Despidada
May 4, 2006 (5 photos)

Well, this is it folks. After a killer wine hangover from hell, a pounding sinus infection, two miserable finals and one hour more of packing, we were ready for our good bye dinner. We all met at a fancy restaurant for one last typical spanish meal all ...

Back to where they walk slow and talk fast
May 14, 2006

... . Poor guy. So he met me at Vera's. We got my phone all charged up and went for lunch and coffee with Chris and Adrian. It was sunny in Santiago so it was wonderful. Then they helped me get my skis and backpack and hopped on another plane!! Whee!

One Month!!
Feb 2, 2006

Almost one month I'm finally starting to fit in now. My piso feels like (temporary) home, we cook in our underwear, have dance parties and fashion shows in the hall, and watch american dubbed in spanish movies all in a twin bed (or sometimes 2 pushed ...

Santiago de Compostela
Feb 16, 2008 (139 photos)

Santiago. Lindo. Mae, vc vai amar conhecer esse lugar!

Myth Busters
Mar 1, 2006 (5 photos)

True or False? Europen women don't shave. True! They wax! One word ¡Ouchy! Prepair to witness the worst experience of my life! (well, aside from the dumb idea of piercing my tongue that one time..or when I crashed over the handle bars of a moped) My ...

Good God Almighty, we are here at last!
Jul 22, 2009

... Credential with all the stamps from alburges where you've stayed and restaurants/bars or churches, you´re award a Certificate (compostela).  So we have our certificate!    Checked into a hostel and walked around town for the afternoon.& ...

Vigo and Santiago de Compostela
May 1, 2009 (54 photos)

... ; - just North of the Portuguese border - was our next destination.  We had decided to do a tour to nearby Santiago de Compostela - where thousands of people make a pilgrimage each year to the cathedral named after  St. James aka Santiago and ...

Our day in Santiago
May 29, 2008 (6 photos)

... This is where much of the holy art is housed, including "the recently restored choir hall from the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela that is, without doubt, the most valuable jewel of the Renaissance sculpture in Galicia" (says The Lonely Planet book).& ...

Free weekend in Santiago!
Sep 12, 2009 (5 photos)

... drinks when we finished the first ones. After about 45 minutes, we had found out only that he was from Brazil but was living in Santiago. He invited us to come have a drink with him at his friend's club, who was also Brazilian. We tried to tell him we ...

Galicia, day 3!
Sep 11, 2009 (7 photos)

We left the Casa Rural in the morning right after breakfast, headed for the city of Santiago de Compostela, about an hour and a half inland. Santiago is the third most important Catholic pilgrimage site, after Rome and Jerusalem, because it is supposed to ...

The Silence broken
May 1, 2007

... but i got the feeling I wont be writing so much in the near future.. but who knows? Now its raining in Santiago de Compostela - and we cant play on the street. That what Ive been doing lately - and i find it so fullfuilling - just to give ...

2nd Stage
Mar 25, 2006

Well, Happy Saturday! I finally decided to stay in town for a weekend because Monday we take a group trip to Andalucia! (I have so many trips coming up! I'm so excited!) Anyway, I just thought I'd share with everyone that I participated in my second ...

Ahoy!
Jan 20, 2005 (2 photos)

... Titanic...) Today Dev and I left Portugal and arrived in Spain. We are in a town in the North-west called Santiago de Compostela...it's very cute there...we walked through an amazing park this afternoon and we visited the Cathedral, which has the most ...

Grim Progress
Apr 13, 2008 (17 photos)

... little money left and didn´t fancy a non-ensuite, non-comfortable stay in a convent. Morally suspect hotel booking aside, Santiago is a beautiful place.  A mouthwatering array of food is on offer as you walk down the streets.  Unfortunately, we ...

A weekend in town
May 1, 2006 (12 photos)

I feels like I haven't spent a weekend in town in forever! Here are some pictures from this weekend. It's nearly over but its just starting to feel like home. We all wake up late and meet at the park to sunbathe, study, play hurling (an irish lacross ...

Journey´s End
Jul 23, 2005

We arrived in Santiago around 10.00am after a night at Monte de Gozo from where one could (in medieval times), on a clear day, see the spires of Santiago Cathedral. We didn´t actually see any spires yesterday and I was way too tired to go yomping around ...

Santiago..
May 9, 2008 (5 photos)

... sole. E un cavallo che si rotolava nell'erba, che non guasta mai... Dopo la cattedrale siamo andati a ritirare la Compostela, il documento che attesta il pellegrinaggio, mentre abbiamo scoperto che la messa per i pellegrini si tiene a mezzogiorno... e io ...

Home sweet Home!!!
Apr 20, 2006

... to be one week but I decided I needed two! I guess I got a little carried away, and it was great! I arrived back in Santiago at 7:30 this morning. When I arrived I saw our landlord had just changed our bombona (gas to heat the water). So, since I hadn ...

We're here - wha heyyyyyyyy
Aug 13, 2008

Monte do Gozo On the big hill overlooking Santiago In the bar! OK, I haven't done this entry yet, I just wanted to put it on the map, we're in Santiago (well Monto do Gozo - but only 5 kms away) and tomorrow we go to collect our Compostella and do ...

Lavacolla to Santiago - destination reached!
May 28, 2008 (5 photos)

... . We had missed the pilgrim's mass at noon, so Judy suggested that we go and get our passports verified and get our "Compostela", the certificate confirming that we finished.  So we lined up and, one hour later, it was official!  During the ...

Penultima
May 3, 2006 (6 photos)

Well, it's the second to last night...and I'm sad. I've been packing my room and for the first time ever, almost had a nervous break down. Now, I know I have a bunch of sweet stuff coming up and I'll be back soon enough, but moving on and moving out is ...

Familiar Face!!!!
Mar 8, 2006 (6 photos)

... in the US. Plans were, visit Spain Cities: Barcelona, Madrid, you know the usual. Then we came in contact.... Wanna visit Santiago? I got nothin' but time baby! Yea! So theres nothing wrong skipping one day of classes to meet a good friend and hang out ...

Santiago de Compostela
Apr 20, 2009 (27 photos)

We went to Santiago de Compostela today.  This is the 3rd most visited Catholic site in the world (the others being Jerusalem and Rome).   ...

A Beautiful end to a beautiful voyage
Mar 23, 2007

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Galicia
Mar 6, 2003 (6 photos)

Thursday morning found me on a plane on my way to Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, a region of Spain above Portugal, with my Italian room mate, Francesco, and my travel buddy, Alejandro of Mexico. Obviously the plane was late - it's Spain - but ...

Les 42 derniers km...et Santiago de Compostelle.
Sep 3, 2008 (25 photos)

Top 5 du royaume du pelerin: Santiago de Compostelle 1- Il y a tellement d monde a la messe du pelerin de midit (en plein milieu de la semaine) qu on doit s assoir par terre a la Cathedrale de Santiago de compostelle. 2- Il peut y avoir plus ...

Home Sweet Home!!!
Jan 11, 2006 (5 photos)

... ! It's a actually restaurant/café on campus and there's a waiter and everything! I sat and did some homework and ate an empanadilla de atún (like tuna in a pastry-like bread) y un coca-lite with full service for 1.8 euros! Oh! And I found a beautiful park ...