Blogs from Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain, Europe - page 31

We woke up with hangovers and a few blackouts from the previous night. I felt that embarrassing tension that often comes the day after you spend a night drinking with people you’ve only recently become friends with. I love it. Frederick swore never to drink again, but the rest of us planned to visit the fountain of wine that night and see what happened… We sat outside the refuge watching the sun rise and eating our breakfast, in the company of a gorgeous little dog! Oh how I love dogs! He was sooo cute, I gave him some of my tuna. I remembered that one of my friends had asked me once what animal I would be if I had to choose. Straight away I’d said a dog. They just have such happy, simple lives. So ... read more

The Cathedral del Apostol is gorgeous. I can only imagine what it´s like for someone who´s done the camino, to arrive at this destination. It´s a little crazy here due to the influx of tourists and pilgrims but the vibe is great. The Cathedral takes up a whole chunk of the old city, the rest of it is easy to walk around although most of the shops are tourist-oriented. I've tried the pulpo a la galega (octopus with sea salt, olive oil and paprika) and it is delicious!! Also met a group of Spanish people who gave me a taste of ´queimada´ - alcohol in a clay bowl with lemon skin and coffee beans, and then they set the whole thing alight! Was here during the forest fires in the region - some days you could ... read more

Visit this external blog to and relive the heady days of my wanderings through the rural hamlets of north west Spain. Buen Camino. http://www.travelblog.org/Admin/list-entries.html?pos=0&filter=&desc=ASC... read more

The Atlantic coast in winter - with the wrong roll of the dice it could be death by precipitation... ...We'll that roll of the dice went completely against me. After a scenic route from Palermo, via Milan and Madrid, the descent into a huge hailstorm in Santiago was something of shock: The rest of the journey had been through cloudless skies, chasing a drawn out sunset across the south of France, the horizon dividing the dark blue of the sea and the lighter blue sky with a band slowly melting from yellow to purple - then finally sealing together in a seamless blue. Taxis were not much in evidence on arrival (at midnight) but eventually one came before I succumbed completely to hypothermia. That my first purchase in Spain was a brolly says it all; rain, ... read more

Santiago de Compostela - Plasencia - Navalmoral de la Mata (Bus) The night was cool and it rained for most of it, it rained great big rain drops making the night so cosy. When the group left in the early hours it was raining moderately and continued to rain and drizzle until the afternoon. On such a morning it was glorious to be able to stay in bed a little longer. After a luxurious shower and packing our things we headed of for breakfast of hot churros and chocolate. I had to return later as I had left my walking stick behind and was lucky enough that it was still there, I had bought my own pelegrino stick complete with shell and water pumpkin. Au and I met Nua & Joselito at midday and had a ... read more