Tryp Santiago Santiago de Compostela

... have been gathering for centuries to visit the tomb of St James. The Cathedral itself was magnificent, and the surrounding buildings where also very impressive. Shopping in the narrow flag stoned streets was a delight. We stayed at were given refreshments in a former hospital dating from around 1513 which is a listed building and is now a first class hotel. It was all very grand.

... of young people around. The cathedral is surrounded by the old city with its small streets and medieval feel about it. It is supposed to rain all day today so we've got a late start.....but no rush. Enjoy the photos. Today's goal is portraits......<br><br><!--StartFragmen t--><br><br>October 22, 2009<br><br>Made it to Barcelona late last night (well after<br>midnight). We had a slightly<br>delayed flight out of Santiago--raining ...

... the city which contains all the old buildings and churches is pedestrianised and huddles round the grand cathedral. The Cathedral is vast and very ornate. The guide books say that is best seen in the rain so that all the lichens and mosses are highlighted. The weather duly obliged!<br><br>The car has decided to have a sick day and has gone to the Ford dealer to recuperate! We collect it tonight and move on to Portugal in the morning.

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 8217;t know: 10-20 rows deep (outside the pit), I guess.<br><br>No matter how completely insane and scary the beginning was, for us it was a true "All's well that ends well" experience.<br><br>I was very happy with the amphitheatre: the steps made it so that - for the first time ever - I was taller than the person in front of me. You couldn't be push nor pulled, it was very relaxed where we were standing (Big Man's side, in front of the screens, about ...

... at a private school in Connecticut. I had briefly met her at the saxophone concert this week, and learned she had done the Camino last summer from Leon. When I was looking up the schedule of masses in the computer lab, she was next to me doing the same thing. So, we decided to get up and go together in the morning. After church, we wandered the cathedral and she pointed out some of the things ...

HI Here in Santiago I found myself a nice and warm place to stay in the livingroom of a livinggroup of five people, where i can stay this week. It´s even near the old and pretty centre of the town! Probably I wil stay here for a week before I will cycle more to the north-east of Spain. My goal is to reach Barcelona around christmas and celebrate Sams (one of my best friends) birthday and newyears! The first days in Santiago (I came here by ...

... at 1am European time, it never got dark until we landed, that was a little strange. So of course I didn't sleep, just watched 3 movies, read some more, and listened to the Ipod. One of the movies, Pride and Prejudice, starred my newest buddy, Donald Sutherland...it was good to see him again. We landed at 6:15pm Chicago time and I jumped on the blue line over to Bryan and Cari's house. Bryan picked me up and took me back to my car. We looked at some ...

... cold. Walk out of town along the river, taking the long route through Samos. Walk is a combination of along the road, and up paths through the woods, right away from the road, past farm complexes, with house, barn and farmyard all together, typically in stacked stone with rustic slate roof. Farmyard odour is affectionately referred to by Jerry and Sharon as "eau de Camino", and has dominated their entire walk. Descend into Samos, where there is an enormous ...