My wife is leaving me...

[bananarama]

...leaving for a few days to walk the English camino!!!

She's flying to A Coruña on Dec 25th, walking 26, 27, 28, and returning 29th via SdC. I'm really excited for her. I've suggested she don't miss out on eating "Galician caldo" and whatever other goodies the Galicians have to offer.

P.S. I hope the Galician weather is kind to her.

 

[Pelegrin]

Galician caldo in restaurants and weather in Galicia is a lottery. I hope she is lucky.

 

[bananarama]

Does anyone know is the "Iglesia de Santiago" in A Coruña is open on December 25th? She's looking to get her first stamp there and their website says there are 2 masses on festive days but it's not obvious if that includes the 25th.

 

[bananarama]

Galician caldo in restaurants and weather in Galicia is a lottery. I hope she is lucky.

Hopefully she'll come across plenty of non-pilgrim-restaurants full of locals necking caldo

 

[jungleboy]

Does anyone know is the "Iglesia de Santiago" in A Coruña is open on December 25th? She's looking to get her first stamp there and their website says there are 2 masses on festive days but it's not obvious if that includes the 25th.

The opening hours for visits are very limited on any day — as I recall (but don’t quote me), between 11am-1pm or similar. But mass could be a different story. There’s a wooden statue of Santiago inside that I enjoyed seeing.

 

[Pelegrin]

Hopefully she'll come across plenty of non-pilgrim-restaurants full of locals necking caldo

Yes you know how it is. I' m visiting Galicia right now and I had a very good caldo in a restaurant on Camino del Norte and another one very bad on a restaurant on Camino Frances. Both were caldo de nabizas.

 

[bananarama]

Yes you know how it is. I' m visiting Galicia right now and I had a very good caldo in a restaurant on Camino del Norte and another one very bad on a restaurant on Camino Frances. Both were caldo de nabizas.

My dad is Galician and he thinks the nabizas is the better one LOL

 

[bananarama]

The opening hours for visits are very limited on any day — as I recall (but don’t quote me), between 11am-1pm or similar. But mass could be a different story. There’s a wooden statue of Santiago inside that I enjoyed seeing.

She's found an email address! Fingers crossed...

 

[Rachel from Seattle]

Don’t forget to try the famous Tortilla de Betanzos, a wetter version of tortilla español. Es muy muy rico!

 

[K_Lynn]

Casa Grana in Bruma had very delicious Caldo Gallego when we were there! I think it's the only restaurant available so it should be easy to find lol.

Buen Camino to your spouse!

 

[bananarama]

Don’t forget to try the famous Tortilla de Betanzos, a wetter version of tortilla español. Es muy muy rico!

She LOVES tortilla! But she'll miss out on Betanzos because she starts from A Coruña (technically she started already when she did the Reading to Southampton route earlier this year)

 

[bananarama]

Casa Grana in Bruma had very delicious Caldo Gallego when we were there! I think it's the only restaurant available so it should be easy to find lol.

Buen Camino to your spouse!

Hopefully they're open on the 26th...

 

[Pelegrin]

I can' t recommend any restaurant on Camino Inglés for caldo. My cousin has a vegetable garden and I eat caldo in his house. The other day I invited him in restaurante San Andrés in Betanzos not cheap but I liked very much. It didn' t have caldo nor tortilla.

 

[Pelegrin]

Mm

 

[Kirkie]

...leaving for a few days to walk the English camino!!!

She's flying to A Coruña on Dec 25th, walking 26, 27, 28, and returning 29th via SdC. I'm really excited for her. I've suggested she don't miss out on eating "Galician caldo" and whatever other goodies the Galicians have to offer.

P.S. I hope the Galician weather is kind to her.

And are you seriously just going to watch from the sidelines? Ah! Come on! You will miss so much...

 

[bananarama]

And are you seriously just going to watch from the sidelines? Ah! Come on! You will miss so much...

Someone has to stay home and take care of this beast! Also, I've already been to Galicia this year, it's her turn

 

[Camino Chrissy]

Someone has to stay home and take care of this beast! Also, I've already been to Galicia this year, it's her turn

Your beast looks adorable!

 

[arfajajc]

Someone has to stay home and take care of this beast! Also, I've already been to Galicia this year, it's her turn

Destroyer of cats and devourer of chickens...

 

[Keyser]

Does your wife take suger?

 

[trecile]

Don’t forget to try the famous Tortilla de Betanzos, a wetter version of tortilla español. Es muy muy rico!

Although I love tortilla, I'll probably never have it there because I don't like a "wet" tortilla.

 

[bananarama]

Does your wife take suger?

Do you mean sugar?

 

[bananarama]

Although I love tortilla, I'll probably never have it there because I don't like a "wet" tortilla.

She has no preference, as long as it's tortilla

 

[Monarda]

FYI, https://misas.org/ is the website for Mass times in Spain - just enter the town you are looking for. It was fairly accurate, in my experience.

 

[bananarama]

Sorry I totally forgot to update the thread: my wife received a reply from the "Igrexa de Santiago" in A Coruña. They will have two masses on the 25th and she'll be able to get a stamp just before/after either one. Great news! This way she'll be able to leave before sunrise on the 26th

So all the i's and t's are done, all that's left for her to do is surrender to the Galician weather

 

[Keyser]

Thank you for correcting my typo. Does my question still stand?

 

[RRat]

...leaving for a few days to walk the English camino!!!

She's flying to A Coruña on Dec 25th, walking 26, 27, 28, and returning 29th via SdC. I'm really excited for her. I've suggested she don't miss out on eating "Galician caldo" and whatever other goodies the Galicians have to offer.

P.S. I hope the Galician weather is kind to her.

Galician Caldo is ok soup but nothing to brag about. For me it's a comfort food and would sure warm you up after walking in the rain. If grandma made it I'm sure it would bring back memories.

 

[bananarama]

Galician Caldo is ok soup but nothing to brag about. For me it's a comfort food and would sure warm you up after walking in the rain. If grandma made it I'm sure it would bring back memories.

I wouldn't write home about it either, but it's a classic peasant dish and like you say, it'll go down well after a long day outside.