📹 Camino Update from Santiago

[ivar]

 

[mlhhome]

Thank you for the update! Watching you and the life in the city deepens our desire to come back. And the rain, it’s not Santiago without rain.️

 

[Paul A]

Ivar, thank you for posting your videos. It is great to see and hear the sounds of Santiago as we wait our turn to travel back to Spain.

 

[nycwalking]

Gosh!

I really needed to hear those bagpipes.

Thanks for video.

Stay safe.

Stay well.

Buen camino as soon as you can.

Salud.

 

[Rozenn]

Thanks Ivar! it is really the same kind of weather again in my north Finistere here in Brittany!
walking the Portuguese camino is still on my mind .. But now i have my daughter coming back from UK ( didnt see her since a year now!) France until now hasnt retaliate ...and may be she can move around freely!
And my son coming back from USA in September !
As soon as i feel the spell again i hope i can go!
Take care !

 

[nathanael]

Ivar always good to hear from you and giving us updates on the Camino during Cov19.

 

[roamingpaddy]

Thank you for the update Ivar,appreciated

 

[Artful-Chick]

Thanks for the update Ivar - I appreciated your positive and realistic approach to COVID-19. It enforced in my that each of us carries the responsibility of staying safe. The bagpipes bought back lots of memories.
Kia kaha (stay strong)

 

[Lexicos]

Pilgrim numbers are higher than I expected Ivar. Infection rates are high too. I hope fires are out now. And hopefully no losses. Keeping a close eye on things there so thanks muchly for your video updates. Keeps us in the frame.

 

[Priscilla NC]

I love how you walk us through Santiago at the beginning of your videos. And you coastal pics were gorgeous.

 

[Sue127]

Thank you for the updates. The call is getting stronger but I am still mindful of risk. I will be patient a little longer.

 

[Rex]

Thanks, Ivar. I always enjoy seeing pics of Santiago and familiar parts of Spain.
Summer has arrived in Seattle after quite a bit of rain through June and July, and since we are mostly "weather wimps" up here in the PNW of the US, we are already complaining and wanting the heat to go away and the cool (wet) weather to return. We have an unlimited capacity to complain about the weather. :>)
It was good to hear that you have rain in Santiago as I've been worried about the fires in the N of Portugal and other forested areas along Spanish camino routes. Good to hear the bagpipes and see all the construction/rehabilitation on the Cathedral. Looking forward to the days when we can walk again, safely. Cheers.

 

[Allyson Hughes]

oh.....the bagpipes....the tunnel. I walked from SJPP IN 2017 and from Le Puy en Velay to Santiago 2019. On my second time, when I first heard the bagpipes I ran down to the tunnel and onto the Cathedral plaza, fell over and wept. No, I am not r religious....I was so overcome by the majesty of the moment.

 

[jnpsk]

thanks for the video and your statuses!
I can't find any further info about Camino in these days nowhere on the internet. I've read some news article though. It says that covid situation is quite bad in Galicia and I am afraid if I can enjoy my first camino despite of measurements, or I should wait till next summer.
What are plans with albergues - do they stay opened for another 3-4 weeks?
Are there many pilgrims on the Portugese way?
What about Spain-Portugal border, is there any lockdown plan?
Thanks for help, or is there any good source of these informations?

 

[Deleted member 34316]

is there any good source of these informations?

There is a channel on youtube that is just like Ivar's, that's an Australian guy who lives (I think) on the border of Galicia and Portugal and does daily updates on the situation there, including a lot of info from daily press, Those videos are just 10-15 mins posted every day, here's a sample:

And here is the link to all his daily updates: Spain Speaks

I hope Ivar doesn't mind posting this in his thread but I think both channels have a lot in common (keeping us updated)
Otherwise please feel free to kick me out from this thread

 

[cathietherese]

Thanks Ivar. It is great to see and hear news from Santiago each week. Good to hear you had a nice family visit in Santander. The photographs you shared from the Cantabria coast are really dramatic and quite a pull for us! My husband Tim is super interested in doing Camino del Norte at some stage after meeting friends who had loved it on the Via Podiensis last year. He plans to 'retire' to new chapters of life next year and of course the Camino is looming large in those scenarios.

 

[Kanga]

Great stuff @ivar.

 

[Shona]

Thank you Ivar for all the thoughtfulness in doing these videos. It’s magical walking with you to the Plaza.