O Desvio Santiago de Compostela

The other two tours in Madeira and Lanzzarrotte we planned well in advance, but the trip to Santiago de Compostela was a last minute decision based on the recommendation of the two couples who we had the pleasure of dining with on the cruise. I'm glad we decided to go. It was quite a long drive, but well worth the effort. We walked around the oldest part of the town where the ...

... 8220;perros y gatos&#8221;, a full flight, seats<br>that crunched up against one&#8217;s knees, waves of claustrophobia coming and going<br>AND a nice bumpy flight on the climb up. <br>By the time we got to Barcelona, all was clear and the weather was about<br>10 degrees warmer!<br><br>The highlight yesterday, though, had to be 1) mass at the cathedral and 2) a tour of the<br>cathedral palace and a walk on the roof of the cathedral ...

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.<br><br>The centre ...

... our own bathroom and a room to ourselves. Also had awonderful meal served by a grandpa who reminded Shawn and I of Oscar. He went out of his way to solve our language barrier and also pured soup over sara´s arm and went to get a wet cloth to wipe it up - he was so cute. Mary here--I seem to be the only one the bed bugs are drawn to ,no one else has been bitten,except for the fact ...

... 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 were meeting our friends in the plaza in a few minutes, so we couldn't leave, but he was not having it, and tried to put his arms around us and lead us to this club. Of course, we hadn't payed at his bar, so we kind of felt guilty slipping away from him, but we definitely did NOT want to end up alone at a club with this dude. We get to his ...

... As a side note, despite the interesting shape, tetilla cheese tastes like your standard, semi-soft, mild cow's milk cheese. <br><br>After the roof tour, we were given free time for lunch, and then met up again with the group. About half the program headed back to Madrid with Nuria and Eva, but my friends and I had dediced to stay the weekend, so we got our stuff off the bus and headed to the hostel. When we got there, we found out that, though we thought we had booked 2 triple ...

... Je suis arrive a l'avance a la gare pour prendre mon train pour Madrid car je n'avais rien d'autre a faire et j'etais faible. Je ne pense pas en avoir parle auparavant, mais la raison pour laquelle j'ai decide de rentrer avant au pays, c'etait parce que je m'ennuyais tellement de ma femme et de mes enfants. J'ai ris la decision, apres que les ampoules ont commence a faire moins mal et que j'ai vu que j'etais capable de marcher une ...

... boarded up too, so it was very eery....but intriguing. Brad wanted to go to the train station to check the schedule as he's leaving tomorrow, so while the four of them did that Jim and I went to the Monasterio de San Martin Pinario. 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 ...

I got up yesterday morning, the day after 60k and could barely move. But creaking around a bit helped loosen things up, and two cafe con leches later, we finally began our descent into Santiago de Compostela. We planned on heading straight for the cathedral, but ran into an alberge in the new section of town that had beds available, so we dropped our stuff off there and headed downtown with small bags of stuff for the day. A number of people have commented on ...

... for a second shot of mass, but a lot less heavy hitters at the altar, and no botafmeiro, and no mention of the peregrinos who started from either St Jean Pied de Porte, or O Cebriero. Retire disillusioned, but at least the singing nun was there, and we recorded her on the Palm Pilot. We walk through interesting streets full of restaurants on the same level as the Cathedral square. Lots of live fish and crabs, big pulpos on display, at a price. Internet ...