Santiago De Compostela

22nd and 23 April 2024.

Wow. What an awesome place.  History plus.  We had a fabulous time, wandering around the small streets, doing the cathedral, museums, restaurants and coffee shops. 

This is a YouTube link that explains Santiago way better than I can..Link

Camino Walk

Santiago is also one end of the ‘Camino walk’.  The walk starts in Oviedo in northern-eastern Spain and takes pilgrims on a 311km journey from Oviedo to Santiago.  Since we’ve landed here in Spain we’ve been noticing lots of backpackers walking the tracks and roadways.  There must be 10’s of thousands of them walking.  I sat and watched group after group wander into the main square in Santiago,  some sang, some screamed and yelled with joy, others just walked in and laid down on the middle of the square and spent time looking at the cathedral. One said he’d been walking for 40 days, another 33 days, etc.  A very joyful place.

The walk is also known as the ‘original way’, it is the route that has been in use since at least the 9th century, when Spain was under Moorish control.

Santiago Square and Cathedral 

23rd April

Went for a walk around the local markets and then had lunch at an amazing restaurant that we’d been recommended..the octopus was to die for.

Museo del Pueblo Gallego-Santiago

A museum of historical Spanish items.  The museum is connected to a church, so while wandering about the museum you move in and out of the church.  Lots to see.

The museum has a triple spiral staircase….very cool to see.

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