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Thats is an amazing answer!! Could u tell me more about the stone u leave at santa cruz? thanksHere are just a few, not in order of importance:
Take the train from Bayonne to SJPP,
Attend the Pilgrim Mass in Roncesvalles,
Stay (at least once) in the old albergue in San Juan de Ortega,
Do visit the old church in Rabanal del Camino and stay for Vespers and Gregorian Chants,
Try to pick up a bit of garbage along the way, and definitely don't leave any of your own laying around,
Be grateful; don't complain,
Have a supply of chocolate with you, and share it it others,
Make sure the boots you put on in the morning are your own and not someone else's; ditto for walking poles, and taking clothes off the line,
Leave a donation at bars and cafés if you just stop to use their facilities,
Greet non-peregrinos you pass along the way with a "Buenos Días."
Stop for lots of cafés con leche,
Enjoy your fellow pilgrims.
Buen Camino.
Sorry, you're asking the wrong person.......Could u tell me more about the stone u leave at santa cruz? thanks
Drink some Pacharan and ice in Pamplona or anywhere you can get it.
Eating some basque pinxtos and drinking some txakoli and paxtaran.
Eating some galician pulpo and drinking some 5 herb liquor
Eating some spanish morcilla and cheese and drinking some spanish beer
Drink some Pacharan and ice in Pamplona or anywhere you can get it.
Cafe solo y Orujo. Breakfast of Champions
I did not partake in any alcoholic beverage while in Spain, but I will defend to the death others' right to do so, and to enjoy it!Wine at Irache
Absolutely! But check the opening times. We got there an hour before it was due to open and we didn't want to wait; besides it was very cold that morning. The Eunate church is a fair bit off by itself and there's nowhere to keep warm or have a café con leche while waiting for it to open. And I think the albergue adjacent to the church was already closed. There are ample grounds there tho' where one can have a picnic lunch.......You may also want to add visiting the church in Eunate .......
Thats is an amazing answer!! Could u tell me more about the stone u leave at santa cruz? thanks
Thank you Helen for your enthusiasm about Eunate. I would like to build on your statement about being Catholic or not. The churches are religious buildings first and foremost but also pillars of our knowledge of the history at the time.Totally agree with Anemone’s comment about stopping at churches. I am not a Catholic and would define my faith as ‘confused’ but I think that stopping at the churches and taking the time for a couple of minutes quiet reflection is super important.’.
I didn't drink cafe con leche at all, but enormous quantities of vino tinto, normally at home I can't drink even 10% of that. Funny, but no ill effects. And orange juice (zumo de naranja), more than water.I did not partake in any alcoholic beverage while in Spain, but I will defend to the death others' right to do so, and to enjoy it!
Crikey, never heard of this stuff, but from what Google says it looks even more lethal than home made grappa. You must be a champion if you can slug it down for brekkie before another long camino day.Cafe solo y Orujo. Breakfast of Champions
Wonderful news! In younger days red was the only wine. I pitied with a tinge of scorn those older women obliged to opt for pallid white as red no longer agreed with them. Fate is cruel. The camino gets another tick in the pro box.I didn't drink cafe con leche at all, but enormous quantities of vino tinto, normally at home I can't drink even 10% of that. Funny, but no ill effects. And orange juice (zumo de naranja), more than water.
Lachance, in bars the oroju sits in the counter and is dispensed like vinegar, with a dropper of some sort. You only put in a few drops of it in your coffee. Mind you, this is jot commonly found in the bars, I think I have only seen it in one as I came into Ponferada. And yes, there is home made stuff but also very high quality orujo, sometimes flavoured wirh herbs or coffee.Crikey, never heard of this stuff, but from what Google says it looks even more lethal than home made grappa. You must be a champion if you can slug it down for brekkie before another long camino day.
Totally agree with Anemone’s comment about stopping at churches. I am not a Catholic and would define my faith as ‘confused’ but I think that stopping at the churches and taking the time for a couple of minutes quiet reflection is super important.
If you have time, take the train to Ovideo and visit the Cathedral. This is an ancient tradition - ‘Those who go to Santiago and not to Salvador (Oviedo), visit the servant (St James Apostle) and not the Lord (Jesus Christ)’.
Forgot about the Pacharan. I've been to Spain a few times (first Camino is in August-October). It really is a great drink after a long walk.Drink some Pacharan and ice in Pamplona or anywhere you can get it.
Cafe solo y Orujo. Breakfast of Champions
Thats is an amazing answer!! Could u tell me more about the stone u leave at santa cruz? thanks
If you want a few days of spiritual RnR you can stay at the monastery in Rabanal it is simple a beautiful spiritual rest. I did last year stayed 3 days with the two monks and they provide you with 3 meals.Here are just a few, not in order of importance:
Take the train from Bayonne to SJPP,
Attend the Pilgrim Mass in Roncesvalles,
Stay (at least once) in the old albergue in San Juan de Ortega,
Do visit the old church in Rabanal del Camino and stay for Vespers and Gregorian Chants,
Try to pick up a bit of garbage along the way, and definitely don't leave any of your own laying around,
Be grateful; don't complain,
Have a supply of chocolate with you, and share it it others,
Make sure the boots you put on in the morning are your own and not someone else's; ditto for walking poles, and taking clothes off the line,
Leave a donation at bars and cafés if you just stop to use their facilities,
Greet non-peregrinos you pass along the way with a "Buenos Días."
Stop for lots of cafés con leche,
Enjoy your fellow pilgrims.
Buen Camino.
Crikey, never heard of this stuff, but from what Google says it looks even more lethal than home made grappa. You must be a champion if you can slug it down for brekkie before another long camino day.
You can get it pretty much the entire way (although it is from the Basque Country).
Even I, as a defender of leaving a small stone at the Cruz de Fero, whole heartedly agree with this. It's a modern tradition and a rude one. The Cruz de Fero is widespread enough and now ingrained in pilgrim culture enough that I'm happy to partake (with a rock, not other trash). But condoning that is all the MORE reason not to let that "tradition" spread to countless other way markers. The amount of stuff left behind on the trail is sickening.I think one cannot repeat this often enough. These piles of stones on perfectly visible waymarkers on wide paths in the countryside, and what people leave behind around crosses and memorials - it strikes me as a rather modern "tradition".
I used to think at first that the items are ex-votos and are based on some local tradition but it's not really a fitting explanation, is it?
Yes. Prisoners work inside and outside of prison in Spain. In fact, according to some experts, the number of prisoners willing and wanting to work in jobs like landscape architecture of public monuments like Cruz de Ferro is greater than the funds and guards necessary to manage the program. You can pretty much go into any prison in the world and ask them if they want to spend their daylight hours in a public park in exchange for picking up trash and you'll get plenty of people saying yes. The only people who will want to stay in the dark and filth are making money in illicit activities and don't want their cell unsupervised.Just out of curiosity: do they have prisoners who are working outside prisons in Spain? I have seen this in US movies but don't think it is something universal.
I have seen the Cruz de Ferro site only on screen and photos so far but what I've read makes me think that I may not go too close.
The piles of stones seen so frequently on paths marked as St James' Ways are more an eyesore than litter such as plastic bottles and tissues, and are found around ancient monuments and old and modern waymarkers. I have seen it mainly on paths walked by modern pilgrims. I freely admit that, on the via Turonensis, I have occasionally pushed off a few when a modern, aesthetically and ergonomically pleasing waymarker called me to do so. It had a soothing effect on my body, mind and soul. Maybe the start of a new tradition?
Yes, my child, sometimes for those who least expect it. But not for all, so fingers crossed. Losing a taste for fizz more common in my experience.Hmm? Is there an age when red wine doesn't agree any more?
Breakfast Cebreiro cheese with honey and quince jelly at O Cebreiro, treat yourself to a crêpe in Fonfría, have a glass or two of home-distilled orujo in Portomarín, lunch octopus at Ezequiel (or any other bar/restaurant else) in Melide, snack on Arzúa-Ulloa cheese in Arzúa, pretend you can tell the difference between your Albariño and your Godello (or your Tempranillo and your Mencía).Hi everybody!
Can anyone help me with some of the traditions along the french way? Things to see and do, or maybe places to visit.
Much Thanks
Darren
Lachance, in bars the oroju sits in the counter and is dispensed like vinegar, with a dropper of some sort. You only put in a few drops of it in your coffee. Mind you, this is jot commonly found in the bars, I think I have only seen it in one as I came into Ponferada. And yes, there is home made stuff but also very high quality orujo, sometimes flavoured wirh herbs or coffee.
Breakfast Cebreiro cheese with honey and quince jelly at O Cebreiro, treat yourself to a crêpe in Fonfría, have a glass or two of home-distilled orujo in Portomarín, lunch octopus at Ezequiel (or any other bar/restaurant else) in Melide, snack on Arzúa-Ulloa cheese in Arzúa, pretend you can tell the difference between your Albariño and your Godello (or your Tempranillo and your Mencía).
and one that's not food or drink:
Jump into one of the dodgy streams at Lavacolla (nude) and shock the locals
"treat yourself to a crêpe in Fonfría"
I don´t know the crepes in Fonfria but I think that they must be filloas. Filloas are very similar to crepes but not exactly the same thing.
"pretend you can tell the difference between your Albariño and your Godello (or your Tempranillo and your Mencía)".
It depends on the person and his/her interest in wines, but I think that in both cases is easy to tell the difference.
indeed they are, however, the lady that's jumps out of her home with steaming crêpes/filloas at Fonfría is better known as 'the crêpe lady' amongst the pilgrims.
can you really tell the difference between a glass of godello and albariño?, a tip of my hat to you sir!
Women jumping at you with pastry. Sounds like paradise ...indeed they are, however, the lady that's jumps out of her home with steaming crêpes/filloas at Fonfría is better known as 'the crêpe lady' amongst the pilgrims.
can you really tell the difference between a glass of godello and albariño?, a tip of my hat to you sir!
must disagree, i'm more of a godello fan myself, but then again, by the second glass i don't really care what i'm drinking!Talking about good and pure wines in both cases. For me Albariño (D.O. Rias Baixas) is more delicate and has more nuances than Godello (D.O Valdeorras or Rias Baixas). Therefore Godello is stronger and flatter. Actually Godello often appears mixed with other varieities (including Albariño) to improve the final product and it seems that also improves beeing aged in barrel.
Of course in case of a bad Albariño is much more difficult to tell the difference.
and it will only cost you a euro!Women jumping at you with pastry. Sounds like paradise ...
I have left several small stone and photographs at the Cruz de Ferro over the years; I thought it was "the thing to do." As I think about it, what does the provincial government do with this pile of stuff at the end of every year? It has to be an enormous burden for them and their meager budget.I think one cannot repeat this often enough. These piles of stones on perfectly visible waymarkers on wide paths in the countryside, and what people leave behind around crosses and memorials - it strikes me as a rather modern "tradition".
I used to think at first that the items are ex-votos and are based on some local tradition but it's not really a fitting explanation, is it?
Just out of curiosity: do they have prisoners who are working outside prisons in Spain? I have seen this in US movies but don't think it is something universal.
Well, no. I can hear the locals saying "Her bathing suit needs ironing." "She's not wearing one." "Oh. Ew."Breakfast Cebreiro cheese with honey and quince jelly at O Cebreiro, treat yourself to a crêpe in Fonfría, have a glass or two of home-distilled orujo in Portomarín, lunch octopus at Ezequiel (or any other bar/restaurant else) in Melide, snack on Arzúa-Ulloa cheese in Arzúa, pretend you can tell the difference between your Albariño and your Godello (or your Tempranillo and your Mencía).
and one that's not food or drink:
Jump into one of the dodgy streams at Lavacolla (nude) and shock the locals
Suggest taking the detour to Samos between Triacastela and Sarria to see the monastery. The monastery tour was very interesting; it was however only available in Spanish, but we were fortunate that there was a woman in our group who was able to translate for us, and the guide was accommodating.
This is basically a rural Galician custom. So, Ponferrada is the limit on the Camino, thank you for the information.
Staying at Granon a unique and wonderful place. When else can you sleep in a church? The camaraderie between pilgrims and the atmosphere is unprecedented. As long as you don't mind sleeping on a gym mat on the floor? I wouldn't miss it for the world!Hi everybody!
Can anyone help me with some of the traditions along the french way? Things to see and do, or maybe places to visit.
Much Thanks
Darren
Yes, I agree that the trail to Samos is beautiful.I like that route [to Samos] better than the main route simply for the beauty of it.
I go that way every year with my groups, not because of the Monastery, which is often closed when we leave, but because the trail is so beautiful.
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