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Today's recipe from Spanish Sabores apparently has a Camino history of its own. Lemony muffin/cupcakes called Magdalenas, named after a woman named Magdalena who used to give them out to pilgrim's on the Camino. Here is the recipe, although I have not yet tried it myself. Buen provecho y...
From time to time someone wishes here for a slice of what is also sometimes called Spanish or Galician Almond Cake, and today I received a new recipe from a Spanish (in English) foody blog/newsletter. This is a proper one, since it includes the distinctive, Cross of Saint James. It looks easy...
I was reading this week's Dezeen Newsletter (about architecture and interior design). This is on the Tunnel Route between Irun and Santo Domingo de la Calzada. It was purpose-built by the municipality, and the article does not mention any of the usual important things about albergues, such as...
If this story is true, I feel like I may have missed something when I was there in May 2017. Oh well.;)
https://thereisnews.com/two-altar-boys-was-arrested-for-putting-marijuana-in-the-censer-burner3333/?fbclid=IwAR1L_OCtakSJ_hAGFML4c-bL9mq4xbKirCtG-J7Ta7GUebDK8RCPwkrA6S4
Some of you may have been at some of the concerts; I read about them.
Hope the film becomes available as video sometime soon so that even I can see it...
Maybe it's my advanced age, but I somehow have always thought that if you are at any religious service--doesn't matter which one--you were expected to show at least a modicum of respect for all concerned. Consequently, today at the noon Pilgrim Mass in Santiago I was, as they say, shocked and...
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