All about the Camino de Santiago de Compostela

The running of the bulls in Pamplona, or San Fermin, is coming up in a few days. So if you are on the camino frances, in the Pamplona area you might want to stop by and participate in the celebrations (running in front of the bulls would be optional).

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You know you are a pilgrim fanatic when you decide to get a pilgrim tattoo.

From Flickr
We have had a conversation on this in  the forum, and this is a more popular topic than I had realized. I have seen a few tattoo parlors in Santiago, but not thought much of it.

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Turgalicia is responsale for the promoton of Galicia to the rest of the world. The Camino is ofcourse and important part of this promotion.

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These days the restoration work of the famous “Pórtico de la Gloria” in the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela is getting started. The actual restoration work has not yet started, but the walk ways has been set up for the workers to get to the stone figures.

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Gareth Thomas has started his 2000km walk to Santiago de Compostela. He describes himself as follows in his blog:
Following long and careful discernment, I gave up my job as a teacher in Canterbury last year to explore the question of vocation. I’m still waiting on the Lord to see what He intends for me now. [...]

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Via Stellae Festival de Música is a series of concerts that was started in 2007 and now the 2008 season has been presented.

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El Correo Gallego reports today that Travelodge are considering building hotels along the camino francés. They had some initial meetings with the Xunta in Galicia recently.
Travelodge is a low-cost hotel that, if they actually do this, would offer pilgrims a room for about €35,- / night.
I wonder if some of the spirit of the camino [...]

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