It was great to hear the bagpiper as we approached. And it was the same tune as in the video posted above . However, when I returned to Santiago after a trip to Fisterra, I was lucky enough to hear the piper playing "Amazing Grace" instead...
What a fun post to read this morning as I was born and raised in Scotland but live in the US now (still kept my accent 😉) and I really look forward to hearing those bagpipes when my daughter and I walk through that tunnel next year! Cheers 👍🏼😊
The Galician (Spanish??) bagpipes are of a different construction to the Highland bagpipes so have a different sound. If you happen to have an interest in the subject, you should try to see the World Bagpipes Championship held annually and...
One of the days we walked, I believe the day before Robidiso we started early with no breakfast or coffee thinking we would hit the next village. Well we walked 10 miles in the rain with no food or coffee because there wasn't anything open or...
I purchase about twenty instant coffee, single serving packets before I go to the Camino. Put them in a Ziploc bag. There's several brands of coffee available. They weigh little and since a consumable get smaller and lighter. I used them at...
Whenever I go away on holiday I take a thermal cup and 10 coffee sachets Nescafe 3 in 1 for the mornings ..on the camino there be alberques which don't serve breakfast and when you go out there may be nothing around which is open ..so I have a...