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caminoasantiago.com Carlos has already started the pilgrim Caminos on september the 8th. You can suscribe on the left and we will let you know when carlos is publishing journals through the historical trails to Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, Spain. Everything will be on the web site: diaries, photos, videos, interviews and reflections.

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Festival de Verano de Edimburgo Tuve la suerte de ser invitado el año 2009 a participar en el Festival de Verano de Edimburgo para dar una charla de viajes. Por supuesto aproveché el viaje y me quedé varios días, que usé para ver las múltiples actividades de los diversos festivales que hay en Edimburgo en verano, citaré como ejemplos: Festival de Verano del 13 de agosto – 5 de septiembre de 2010 http://www.eif.co.uk/spanish. Edinburgh Military Tattoo Del 6 al 28 de agosto 2010 Este gran desfile militar escocés al aire libre será, como todos los años, un espectáculo sensacional en el grandioso marco de la explanada del castillo de Edimburgo. www.edinburgh-tattoo.co.uk/  Festival ‘Fringe’ de Edimburgo  Del 6 al 30 de agosto 2010 Oficialmente, el festival más grande del mundo con más de 1000 actuaciones de teatro, música y humor por día. www.edfringe.com (en inglés)  Festival internacional del libro de Edimburgo Del 14-30 de agosto 2010 Pero sin duda donde está lo mejor del Festival de Verano de Edimburgo es en las calles, ya que hay cientos de actores, contorsionistas, magos, equilibristas, cómicos, etcétera, haciendo las delicias de la gente. El diario Sunday Times describe el Festival... »Read whole article

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Vacaciones de Navidades en Roma Santiago de Compostela, Jerusalén y Roma son las tres Ciudades Santas del cristianismo Patrimonio de la Humanidad de la UNESCO. No conozco Jerusalén, pero tanto Roma como Santiago están entre mis ciudades favoritas para fotografiar, ya que cada piedra y cada rincon rezuman historia, y personalmente prefiero las ciudades antiguas y un poco descascarilladas a las ciudades megamodernas, donde todo es aséptico y frío. Las ofertas de vuelos y vuelos baratos a Roma de las low cost son un aliciente extra para ir, e incluso en época de Navidades, podemos viajar i/v por menos de 100 euros desde España si sabemos rebuscar bien en las ofertas en Internet. Roma es la ciudad de las siete colinas, y por tanto hay que estar en buena forma si nos la queremos patear. Mis vistas preferidas son... »Read whole article

The 8 walks of Santiago. Résumé It’s been a month since I finished the 8 walks of Santiago in its Galician section, 69 days and 1.800.000 steps that left an inedible mark on me; the experiences I collected have settled and I hope that this résumé will help those pilgrims who still haven’t decided which walk to do the following Holy Year to find out what they will encounter, and those who hadn’t planned to do the walk, to find their own “Walk”. Time predictions given are based on the existing shelters (=pilgrims’ hostels) and in legs of up to 25km, except for the parts where there are no shelters in-between. The differences encountered in signposting and vegetation along the Walk will be settled next Holy Year. I have more questions concerning the shelters, which are clearly too few to host all pilgrims. I... »Read whole article

The Way to Fisterra, from Santiago to Olveiroa Ponte Maceira. One of the enchantments Santiago holds for me is that once you've walked ten minutes out of Obradoiro you're already in the countryside, and this is what characterizes the Way to Fisterra. After passing through the oak woods of San Lourenzo, to which Rosalia de Castro dedicates a poem in "Follas Novas", one of her most famous works, the Camino becomes completely rural. In Trasouto is the country house of San Lourenzo, of medieval origin, with a church containing baroque and Renaissance works of art, and a beautiful boxwood garden. Autumn in NegreiraYou walk among cultivated vegetable gardens and green meadows where cows graze tranquilly. One of the characteristics of Galician cows is that they often have their own names, since these are family operations... »Read whole article

The Muxia-Fisterra Pilgrimage The Finisterrana, the pilgrim´s certificate. It's the only pilgrimage route that doesn't end in Santiago. The Compostelan city is the point of departure, and the end is the impressive silhouette of the tip of Fisterra (Finisterre in Castilian), the westernmost part of Europe and - until America was reached - considered the End of the Earth, which is what "Finisterrae" means in Latin. The continuation of the Milky Way route brought pilgrims to this locale, fostered by multiple pagan rituals and beliefs, as when the Romans were overcome with fear when they saw the sun disappear in the sea - a ludicrous concern wherever they were, given that the same thing happens anywhere on the west coast of Italy. As is typical, pagan customs were adapted to the needs of the Church. The... »Read whole article