Husa Ciudad de Compostela Santiago de Compostela

We travelled through thick fog over and through the mountains on typically heroic Spanish roads. They cut through mountains and build viaducts over the valleys. We drove through and around weary looking Pilgrims to our campsite which was on the Camino de Santiago. It was closed. After some interesting encounters with some locals, one old man practically ran away when asked for directions, we found this camp site.

The centre ...

... Brazilian mafia-affiliated club, where he notices our hesitance and tries to convince us to just come in and have a drink at his table. At that exact moment, the other girls call, and I sprint up to the plaza and drag them down to the club, where Maureen and the guy are still standing. The presence of 6 other girls makes us feel much more safe, and now the guy has no choice but to take all of us in (In Spain, it is expected that the person who does the ...

... and mass was at noon, so when we got to Santiago, we walked straight through the historic district to the cathedral. The cathedral, honestly, looked like most other big Catholic cathedrals I've seen throughout Europe, maybe even a little smaller and less grand. The main difference was this one was absolutely, completely FULL of people!! There were obviously a lot of tourists, but mostly, the place was packed with pilgrims wearing their hiking backpacks and clothes and with ...

... Burnin’ Love and Born To Be Wild) and No Surrender in the acoustic version. For me there were more premieres: My Love Will Not Let You Down, This Life and Rockin All Over The World. With This Life, I have now seen five song of WOAD… That must clearly be a record ;)

Did I miss not being in the pit? No, not really. Oh well, okay – I won’t lie… I missed it once: during Backstreets.

I know it has been for many a ...

... the city, most of them near the pilgrim greeting center. Their backpacks are adorned with scallop shells and gourds to carry water. The also carry staffs to help them along the journey. Each day at noon, there is a pilgrim mass at the cathedral where the names of the pilgrims who have finished the Camino are read. It is amazing to sit in the plaza outside the cathedral and watch the ...

... breakfast and waited in the line to hug Santiago. Martin seemed so very tired and weary in spirit as he rested his arms upon the shoulder of the statue. On exiting we were astonished to see Gregor doing the robot for some blonde girl (Martin thought it was "eat, pray, love" girl, but I didn't think so). Either way, it seemed a perfect image to be greeted by in the ...

He llegado...I have arrived. After a long, sleepless series of flights and one manic bus ride (oh, the driver...), I'm sitting on my bed in my hip hotel room in Santiago. Good news: there's free wireless here. Bad news: I am WAY too tired to take full advantage of it. Folks in my program seem generally likable, although we've now officially switched to Spanish, so the get-to-know-you process if ...

Hello! (it's Sarah) ok, a few weeks late..but here's our little website... quick rundown of where we've been so far: London Lagos Lisbon Sintra Nazare Coimbra Porto Viana do Castelo Dev and I have spent the last 2 weeks travelling with Robyn and Krista, which was so great!...so much fun. Today however, we finally had to split up,as the other girls are off to Milan. We had a great last night though...we spent it on a boat! We were staying on an old Navy ship that had ...

... everywhere. There's a very strong Celtic influence here, so lots of bagpipes and drums. These little bands of musicians and costumed people have been making lots of little parades through the town all day, and I spent a good while just following them around. (Or was I following the men? I think I like the Spanish ones the best.) Every now and then one little band would bump into another on the street, and then they'd play together. There's just a really good celebratory vibe in this place.