Galicia

A trip to Spain with mi amigos, Eric and Em (who was born there), both of whom have been my friends for almost 20 years. We are staying with Em's parents who live in Noia, A Coruna, Spain.

The Camino de Santigao or Way of St James began as a medieval pilgrimage more than a 1000 years ago. The age-old symbols (scallop shell and staff) mark the way across the Northern provinces of Spain. The Camino Frances is one of the many and oldest ...

... would have never been able to do since I don't have a car. It was totally worth it and I love going on these Sharing Galicia trips. There really isn't anything better. You get to meet so many nice people and see so many outrageously nice things that there ...

... del Pasatiempo (the park of passing time), which was a really cool late-19th century amusement park sort of place. Galicia has a long history of emigration, including thousands of immigrants to Argentina. These emigrants all went to Latin America, made a ...

We woke up this morning quite chilly and saw that it was also misty out... my favorite weather! I am liking Galicia ever more. After a pretty typical Spanish breakfast of super strong coffee with milk, dry cracker/cookie things and fruit, we got on a bus ...