Visit to Santiago de Compoatela
May 22nd, 2004, 01:23 PM
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Visit to Santiago de Compoatela
I was in Santiago the last Anho Jubilar Xacobeo (1999) and I would like to be there again this year. As of now, I plan to fly to Madrid, arriving 16 July (la Virgen de Carmen) and head for Santander (Cantabria) where they have a pre-Santiago festival. Around 22 July I plan to take ALSA bus (the one at 03:30) Santander-Santiago and spend the fiesta as close as possible to Santiago de Compostela. I definitely want to be in Santiago for the Pilgrims' Mass on Saturday, 24 Jul and hopefully for the fireworks that night.
I am not sure if I will return to Madrid and fly from there or head for Lisbon and catch a flight home from there. I like Lisbon and Carlos Ferreira ([email protected]) gives me a break on lodging when I'm there.
Any comments??
I am not sure if I will return to Madrid and fly from there or head for Lisbon and catch a flight home from there. I like Lisbon and Carlos Ferreira ([email protected]) gives me a break on lodging when I'm there.
Any comments??
May 23rd, 2004, 12:21 AM
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I am sure you know that walking the last 100 kms is the only way to have a guarantee "Jubileo".
Expire your sins, business class to heaven, When time comes, of course.
Are you really going to miss this on a bus?
Expire your sins, business class to heaven, When time comes, of course.
Are you really going to miss this on a bus?
May 23rd, 2004, 01:37 AM
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car writes: "I am sure you know that walking the last 100 kms is the only way to have a guarantee "Jubileo"."
Hopefully it will be a 'Clase Supra' MotorCoach/
What you refer to is 'la Compostela,' not 'el Jubileo.' One doesn't really havew to 'walk the walk' to earn 'el Jubileo,' just a few simple things like entering the Basilica thru 'la Puerta Santa' and kneeling and praying at the Crypt below the Main Altar where the earthly remains of Santiago Apostol are said to be.
1999: I was on la Plaza del Obradoiro when all the dignitaries arrived: King Juan Carlos & Sofia; Presidents Aznar (Spain), Sampaio (Portugal), and Fraga Iribarne (Xunta de Galizia). The Police kept moving the Barricades until I was pushed off the Plaza.
Oh, well, I got to attend the Pilgrims' Mass and see the Botafumeiro 'swing.'
Hopefully it will be a 'Clase Supra' MotorCoach/
What you refer to is 'la Compostela,' not 'el Jubileo.' One doesn't really havew to 'walk the walk' to earn 'el Jubileo,' just a few simple things like entering the Basilica thru 'la Puerta Santa' and kneeling and praying at the Crypt below the Main Altar where the earthly remains of Santiago Apostol are said to be.
1999: I was on la Plaza del Obradoiro when all the dignitaries arrived: King Juan Carlos & Sofia; Presidents Aznar (Spain), Sampaio (Portugal), and Fraga Iribarne (Xunta de Galizia). The Police kept moving the Barricades until I was pushed off the Plaza.
Oh, well, I got to attend the Pilgrims' Mass and see the Botafumeiro 'swing.'
May 24th, 2004, 02:57 AM
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Hi Ned,
from the end of May they are going to begin a lights and sound (and fireworks ... how could they be missing ...) spectacle in the four squares surrounding the cathedral.
The only thing that would be a bit afraid is the lodging. The number of pilgrims have increased 25% from next year, and that was only in the first three months of the year. Also the amount of normal tourists has highly increased.
I also was in Santiago back in 1999 (and also two years ago), and I was glad that I was staying with friends. It doesn't matter how many times you go there, it is always amazing.
Rgds, Cova
from the end of May they are going to begin a lights and sound (and fireworks ... how could they be missing ...) spectacle in the four squares surrounding the cathedral.
The only thing that would be a bit afraid is the lodging. The number of pilgrims have increased 25% from next year, and that was only in the first three months of the year. Also the amount of normal tourists has highly increased.
I also was in Santiago back in 1999 (and also two years ago), and I was glad that I was staying with friends. It doesn't matter how many times you go there, it is always amazing.
Rgds, Cova
May 24th, 2004, 03:15 PM
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That lodging situation sounds kind of rough, Cova. I may stay outside of town and come in by bus or TRD.
If you were there in '99 you remember how the police kept pushing the barricades into the crowd on the Plaza del Obradoiro as the dignitaries arrived.
I have never seen as many pickpockets' victims as during that weekend. they actually work in the Basilica: I saw an Italian couple reporting an incident to a Policia at one of the doors of the Basilica.
At the foot of the Plaza de Platerias there was a Tuna Universitaria group giving a concert. They would encourage everyone to raise their arms high. I did so and felt someone going after my wallet. He had about a 4-year-old kid and pretended to be straightening up the child's clothes; but it was he who had tried for my wallet. Luckily I had cargo shorts with velcro fasteners om the pockets. They make noise when one tries to open them.
I know the Plaza del Obradoiro and the Plaza de Platerias and there's another one where the Xunta de Galizia building is; but I guess I've never been behind the Basilica. What's the fourth one?
If you were there in '99 you remember how the police kept pushing the barricades into the crowd on the Plaza del Obradoiro as the dignitaries arrived.
I have never seen as many pickpockets' victims as during that weekend. they actually work in the Basilica: I saw an Italian couple reporting an incident to a Policia at one of the doors of the Basilica.
At the foot of the Plaza de Platerias there was a Tuna Universitaria group giving a concert. They would encourage everyone to raise their arms high. I did so and felt someone going after my wallet. He had about a 4-year-old kid and pretended to be straightening up the child's clothes; but it was he who had tried for my wallet. Luckily I had cargo shorts with velcro fasteners om the pockets. They make noise when one tries to open them.
I know the Plaza del Obradoiro and the Plaza de Platerias and there's another one where the Xunta de Galizia building is; but I guess I've never been behind the Basilica. What's the fourth one?
