Casa de Caesar picture?

[flewitheagles]

Perhaps someone who pilgrimed the La Plata can help me. In September (2014) I started in Viseu (Portugal - Interior) and joined La Plata at Verin on my way to SdC. After leaving Ourense (climbing the longest hill ever.... - and some think O Cebreiro is difficult) I ran across "Caesar" at Casa de Caesar. What a hoot! I was so involved in looking and just soaking the place all in, I forgot to get a picture. If someone on this thread has a picture, would you please send it to me? My email is: westernkyep@gmail.com and I'd love to have a picture recollection. Thanks!

 

[grayland]

I have some pictures taken at Caesar's taken in 2013. Not sure if he was in them or not. I will look for them and pass them on.

 

[peregrina2000]

Well, I happened in to Casa de Cesar in July 2013 on my Levante/Sanabres, and I don't think he was there the last time I went through. What did you guys think? I was kind of creeped out by him and his place, he gave me really bad "vibes" but maybe I misjudged. Opinions please.

Buen camino, Laurie

 

[grayland]

We actually thought it was a lot of fun. T here is no question that it is weird and I can see that a woman alone would feel bad vibes unless there were other people there.

 

[peregrina2000]

I was actually with two men, so I didn't feel personally threatened in any sense, and I don't think I would have if I were alone, either. So I'm not suggesting that women should beware. He just seemed like a fraud to me, unlike some of the other camino "characters" who eek out a living by offering things to pilgrims. I can't really put my finger on it, but maybe I'm just being overly suspicious or judgmental. Or maybe I was just mad that the coffee was so awful and that there was a nice looking bar just a little further on. Buen camino, Laurie

 

[flewitheagles]

I have some pictures taken at Caesar's taken in 2013. Not sure if he was in them or not. I will look for them and pass them on.

grayland, thanks for the reply. I don't care about him as much as I'd like a picture of the place!

 

[flewitheagles]

I was actually with two men, so I didn't feel personally threatened in any sense, and I don't think I would have if I were alone, either. So I'm not suggesting that women should beware. He just seemed like a fraud to me, unlike some of the other camino "characters" who eek out a living by offering things to pilgrims. I can't really put my finger on it, but maybe I'm just being overly suspicious or judgmental. Or maybe I was just mad that the coffee was so awful and that there was a nice looking bar just a little further on. Buen camino, Laurie

Laurie, I do think he's one of the "characters" and I do think he lives off the camino... but it seems to me a lot of folks do. Clearly, he's a bit more ... ahhh, strange?... than most! Oh.. and the coffee was bad, wasn't it???? He did have some pear schnapps that he said he made and it was right good.

 

[grayland]

Perhaps someone who pilgrimed the La Plata can help me. In September (2014) I started in Viseu (Portugal - Interior) and joined La Plata at Verin on my way to SdC. After leaving Ourense (climbing the longest hill ever.... - and some think O Cebreiro is difficult) I ran across "Caesar" at Casa de Caesar. What a hoot! I was so involved in looking and just soaking the place all in, I forgot to get a picture. If someone on this thread has a picture, would you please send it to me? My email is: westernkyep@gmail.com and I'd love to have a picture recollection. Thanks!

I did send some pictures to your email address. Hopefully, they will go through. They were taken on 8 September 2013 (I think).
Cesar is in some of the pictures. Some good shots of his place.
Did you ask to use the bathroom? The girls did and came back laughing and told us to go see.
You had to go up some stairs, on a balcony over the animals in the yard, into the kitchen of the house, through his bedroom and then into a small personal bathroom. None of which had seen any serious cleaning for an extended period.
All part of the Camino adventure. Would not have it any other way.

 

[grayland]

I was actually with two men, so I didn't feel personally threatened in any sense, and I don't think I would have if I were alone, either. So I'm not suggesting that women should beware. He just seemed like a fraud to me, unlike some of the other camino "characters" who eek out a living by offering things to pilgrims. I can't really put my finger on it, but maybe I'm just being overly suspicious or judgmental. Or maybe I was just mad that the coffee was so awful and that there was a nice looking bar just a little further on. Buen camino, Laurie

Laurie,
I don't think I remember a bar anywhere close...but then I don't remember much.
I am not sure how he would be making anything out of his "casa". He did not ask for anything and seemed reluctant to even take any money for the coffee, etc. He sent a couple of others on refusing to accept anything from them. We did insist and he took something from us. It was all very strange...but certainly one of the places I remember.
It was a very nice amusing break in the middle of a long hot day.

 

[peregrina2000]

Sorry that I'm not being more articulate. My reaction had nothing to do with money or whether he's making anything out of it, it was just a sense. I don't mean to libel the poor man, and I am not suggesting that others stay away, so I should drop it.

And p.s., the next bar is about 3 km away, right after you cross an old stone bridge.

 

[grayland]

Sorry that I'm not being more articulate. My reaction had nothing to do with money or whether he's making anything out of it, it was just a sense. I don't mean to libel the poor man, and I am not suggesting that others stay away, so I should drop it.

And p.s., the next bar is about 3 km away, right after you cross an old stone bridge.

Laurie..
We probably stopped at the other bar, too. We rarely miss a reason to stop.

I don't think anyone is disagreeing with your remarks. I agree with your perception that it is strange and difficult to work out why he is doing his thing unless it is just something he likes to do.
He is, no doubt, one of the Camino "characters" as you said.

 

[Icacos]

I don't know the person being spoken of here, but I couldn't help feeling a bit uncomfortable as I read this thread. This person seems to have a good heart and, from what I gather, is offering up to pilgrims expecting nothing in return. I think it behooves us, as pilgrims, to accept or decline what is being offered, and not to denigrate. Just my opinion....

 

[alansykes]

Well, I happened in to Casa de Cesar in July 2013 on my Levante/Sanabres, and I don't think he was there the last time I went through. What did you guys think? I was kind of creeped out by him and his place, he gave me really bad "vibes" but maybe I misjudged. Opinions please.

I entirely agree with you Laurie, I didn't like my stop there (in 2013) at all, and last December I "upped sticks" at the edge of the village to avoid alerting him to my arrival. The coffee was very bad and the conversation and smell not much better. I'm sure he was aimable and well-meaning, if needy, but the contrast was great between him and the delightful person at Soutelo Verde, just after Laza, who sheltered me from the rain in his front room and gave me good coffee, a madeleine and interesting chat.

Next time the "problem" won't arise, as I'm going to turn right after Ourense, taking the Camiño Real to Sartédigos, avoiding that killer climb on the busy narrow road and, I hope, getting off tarmac much more quickly. I think it's about 1-2km longer than taking the left route to Cea.

 

[grayland]

Here are two pictures of Cesars's Casa and Cesar himself in one picture.

 

[flewitheagles]

I did send some pictures to your email address. Hopefully, they will go through. They were taken on 8 September 2013 (I think).
Cesar is in some of the pictures. Some good shots of his place.
Did you ask to use the bathroom? The girls did and came back laughing and told us to go see.
You had to go up some stairs, on a balcony over the animals in the yard, into the kitchen of the house, through his bedroom and then into a small personal bathroom. None of which had seen any serious cleaning for an extended period.
All part of the Camino adventure. Would not have it any other way.

grayland, I'm sorry I didn't respond before. Indeed I got the pictures and I appreciate them very much. It captures the place with a lot more ambiance than it deserves! Caesar seemed a nice enough fellow and I'm glad I didn't have to use the WC!! I still say he had some right good pear schnapps.

 

[Deleted member 3000]

Is this him? It is from my uncatalogued photos.