Blogs from Galicia, Spain, Europe - page 3

We packed up and left the albergue about 6:30, wound our way out of O Pedrouzo, and finally entered Arzua. The address for the albergue and my Camino App implied they were the same, but they weren't. There were a couple of kilometers between them. We saw a couple churches on our way through Arzua, and finally entered As Barrosas, where we stopped at Cafe/Bar Preguntono for a break. I took a photo of a town, way off, in the fog, but I'm still not sure if it was O Pedrouzo, our destination for today. After our coffee break, we continued on, passing A Peroxa, and El Lugar de Tabernavella (apparently its the name of the town). We crossed the highway on a bridge that had stickers all over it, then walked through a scene from ... read more

By 6:30am we were out the door. First we had to cross into Sarria proper, over the bridge. We wound our way through the streets, past a couple of churches and some ruins of a castle. We were up above Sarria with a nice view, so we took a photo, and continued on down the trial. We passed through Barbadelo and 7:30 then Rente about 8:30, then found a nice cafe around 9:30 called Mercado de Serra, so we stopped for coffee. There were very few signs at the beginning of towns, so I probably missed and will miss mentioning some. At about 11:00 we passed through Morgade and entered Ferreiros shortly thereafter. This is where the famous "100 kilometers" until Santiago marker is. Around 11:30 we passed through Rozas, and found a very nice donativo. ... read more

We left Fonfria at 6:30am, when the sun was starting to rise. We walked along the edge of the mountain top and through forests for about a half an hour. Soon after 7am, we passed through Biduedo (or Viduedo in Galician), and entered Filloval 45 minutes later. Here we found a bar, called Aira do Camino, and took advantage of it for a coffee break. About 20 minutes later we passed through Pasantes and on the other side got our first view of Triacastela, the only large town before our stop in Sarria. Before reaching Triacastela, we passed through Ramil and spotted a very weird, very old tree right on the Camino. At about 9am, we entered Triacastela and stopped for breakfast at the Restaurante Parrillada. After our breakfast of a very unusual and tasty pastry, ... read more

We made it!!!! And it was great having our niece Courtney meet us Pics are from the last couple of days. Will post more pics of SdC in another post. Plan to go to Pilgrims mass tomorrow. A bit disappointing the botafumeria appears to only be done on special holidays. But the city is gorgeous. We arrived in a slight rain. But hope to take some pics tomorrow. All and all. A great experience and so grateful we had the opportunity and health to do it!!! ... read more

Nachdem ich durch den gestrigen 4:0-Sieg des FC Bayern in guter Stimmung war, habe ich heute Santiago de Compostela erkundet. Die wichtigste Sehenswürdigkeit ist natürlich die Kathedrale und die Plätze und Gebäude drum herum. Dabei entdeckt man viele Pilger, die zu Fuß den Jakobsweg gelaufen sind. Einer hat sich auf den Platz vor dem Gotteshaus gesetzt und genehmigte sich genussvoll eine Zigarre. All das sieht sehr schön aus und ich erinnere mich an meinen Besuch im Jahr 1991. Dabei habe ich heute auch in einem Café mal wieder einen Cappuccino getrunken. Leider gibt es ja in der Stadt kein Starbucks. Mittlerweile bin ich wieder im Hotel. Dort telefonierte ich mit der Heimat, bereitete meine weitere Fahrt morgen in südlicher Richtung vor, schreibe an meinem Blog und gehe gleich nochmals mit dem Firmenrechner online. Später werde ich ... read more