A Little Galician Gaita Music To Inspire A Camino Spirit

The music of Galicia is inspiring and blends ancient cultures and historic traditions. The Galician Gaita – bagpipe – immediately makes you feel like a “time traveler” and your mind is filled with many beautiful images of nature, magical forests, town festivals and so much more.  As you listen it makes you want to dance […]

The Camino Helps Us Discover Our Destiny – Sylvie Sims

  Again Synchronicity provided me in meeting and creating two very special Camino friendships. Lisa Moore (right side of photo) who in Fall of 2011 walked through Vilei and agreed to participate in German Limeres’s Rexistro 108 Vile Pilgrim Photography Project and to share with me on video her thoughts of the Camino.  Lisa was […]

Festivals While You Camino

  XXX MOSTRA DA OLERÍA DE BUÑO EN MALPICA DE BERGANTIÑOS Last year after I finished my second Camino from Roncesvalles I was fortunate to spend a couple of months in the Costa Da Morte (The Dead Coast).  Another very special adventure discovering more of Galicia’s beautiful beaches all with different landscapes and terrain. From […]

Viking Festival – 42 KM South of Santiago de Compostela

The Viking Festival celebrated in Catoira is another unique and wonderful adventure during your travels in Galicia.  It is a very special part of any Camino journey to share in the local festivals celebrating Galicia’s rich history, culture and traditions.  You will enjoy discovering a little more about what makes Galicia so special and learn […]

SMILES From SPAIN! – Mary Howell

  Everyday holds for me some very special surprises and synchronicities and other days there are even more – a wonderful almost continuous flow that delights you to opening up to more of life and making connections with others. It was a day like this that I met Mary.  We were in the Cathedral at […]

International Friendship Day & The Camino

There is a spirit of FRIENDSHIP on the Camino that makes special bonds between people.  A human connection that sometimes builds quickly and is deep and lasting or is meant for the time of the Camino and touches our hearts, minds and spirits in a special way that will remain with us no matter how […]

The “Pregón” & The “Pregónero” – July 22, 2013

Santiago de Compostela is alive with activities and preparations for this years St. James Festival. There are many wonderful celebrations and events to participate during this extra special time one of them is the pregón which is held July 22 at 10:30 pm from the main balcony of the City Council at Plaza do Obradoiro. The […]

Light Show & Fireworks Celebrations!

  It is a very special time in Santiago de Compostela as the city prepares for the Fiestas del Apostol. A city that is already full of activities and energy of pilgrims’ arriving will share in wonderful festivities, one of which is the St. James Light Show & Fireworks Event. July 24 at Midnight Celebrating […]

Templar Festival In Ponferrada

When you are on the Camino one of the wonderful experiences and pleasant surprises is to arrive in a city full of celebration and to take part in the ancient traditions of the area sharing the festival with locals.  A wonderful way to add special memories to your Camino experience and journey! Ponferrada was full […]

Bonfires of San Juan Along The Camino

  Picture this MAGNIFIED by MANY – this weekend the Festival of San Juan will be celebrated June 23 and the beach will be all Campfires and LIGHT. People will come from all over to many of the towns and villages in Galicia. One famous town for the festival is A Caruna where the night […]