Archive for August, 2008

Restaurant in Santiago: Casa Felisa

Casa Felisa is a restaurant and a Pension, located a few hundred meters from the cathedral. I have not stayed in the pension, but the restaurant is a great choice for a nice dinner, especially during the summertime. Casa Felisa does look like any bar from the outside. A small door that looks like it [...]

27 August 2008 at 12:55 - Comments
Ron Mellor
Stayed a couple of times at Casa Felisa.First time in October 2007 when unfortunately there were some other guests who ...
28 August 08 at 15:10
Lillian
Got to experience it this July and I must say I was so delighted when I walked through its bar ...
5 September 08 at 02:11

Safety for women walking alone

Many women are now planning to walk the camino, and some are worried with the fact that they will be traveling alone. So is it safe to walk alone? We have a good thread in the forum that deals with this in our “Camino Crime” section.

24 August 2008 at 17:31 - Comments

Pilgrims office still busy

As we know, august is the big vacation month in Spain and therefore most Spaniards walking the Camino do it this month. The line at the pilgrims office today around 11.45 was quite long, but this is also the peak time of the day to get your compostela, since most pilgrim walk into town around [...]

22 August 2008 at 13:33 - Comments
I've kept this quiet till now, but as I won't be in Compostela for a while now, here's the secret ...
24 August 08 at 16:42
By the way, if you stop by the pilgrims office in the afternoon (they are open until 21.00), you will ...
25 August 08 at 21:23

Lines out the door at the pilgrims office

With the flood of visitors to Santiago this weekend, the number of pilgrims arriving also has increased. This photo shows the line at the pilgrims office to get the Compostela. I would guess a 30 minute wait, more or less.

15 August 2008 at 13:35 - Comments

Santiago packed with tourists

This weekend is the last long weekend of the summer. Today (Friday) is a holiday in Spain, and this fills up old town in Santiago. This summer has not been a warm one, the paper today reported that Santiago only has had one day with more than 30c. Even so, today people have shown up [...]

15 August 2008 at 12:57 - Comments

Some of the pilgrims that arrived today

August is the big vacation month in Spain, so many pilgrims come into Santiago each day. Here are some of the ones that came in today.

13 August 2008 at 09:42 - Comments

The Galician coast

If you were walking out to Finisterre this past weekend, you will most likely have a tan today. The photo below is from just north of Muros (taken Saturday). Sun tan lotion required by the way. As you can see, we had 3-4km of beach practically to ourselves.

11 August 2008 at 18:55 - Comments

Rain in Santiago

It is summer and August, the big holiday month in Spain… and it is raining. Better weather expected later this week.

11 August 2008 at 17:53 - Comments