Call me ceramically challenged As a mother and son activity goes, a pottery workshop is a winning idea for a rainy afternoon. Matthew is top of his class at art, and I am top of the class at art in my head. And we are in Dali country, in La Bisbal D’Emporda, a region of [...]
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Is Catalan food the best in the world?
Is Catalan food the best in the world? There are many reasons you should visit the Costa Brava. But ultimately there is only one. The best restaurant in the world. It seems that unless you are an internationally recognized food critic, there’s little chance of getting a table this summer. But don’t panic, you won’t [...]
Inspired by Dali in Costa Brava and Girona
A country of many moustaches What to pack for a Spanish holiday? Bucket and spade? Suncream? Trashy novel? Well I’m off to Spain this week and I’m packing a moustache. Yes, I know, it’s more common to defoliate before than take extra facial hair with you, but I’m off to the home of Salvador Dali… [...]
Final endings: cycling around Bilbao
Final endings: cycling around Bilbao There had been so many endings to this trip we lost count in the end. But this was it; our last few hours in Spain. As we handed back the van, we knew we only had ten kilometres to go to get across Bilbao to the ferry in Santurtzi. As [...]
Van holiday
Van holiday It was one of life’s ironies. We completed over 1000 kilometres of cycling without incident or injury, then Stuart hurt his back trying to accommodate a fat lady on the bus. It then took him an hour and a half to hobble across Santiago to collect the van that would transport us back [...]
The end of the Camino is nigh!
The end of the Camino is nigh! Can you see that sign? Can you read the distance? It says 0.00km. Fantastic. It can only mean one thing. We made it. We made it! To the end of the Camino. To the end of the medieval world. To Finisterre which literally translates as the end of the earth. [...]
Burnt offerings: Marking endings
Burnt offerings: Marking endings It’s pilgrim tradition going back through the years that people burn their boots and articles of clothing when they get to Finisterre. There’s even a grate built into the mountainside to accommodate this. “I’m burning Daddy’s grots,” says Matthew, peering into a pannier and pulling out a pair of well worn [...]
30 days and 30 nights
30 days and 30 nights It’s a full 30 days and 30 nights since we left the sea behind us at Hendaye and headed inland to pick up the Camino, shortly after meeting our first fellow pilgrim. Tonight we reached the sea once more at Cee, having crossed the whole of Northern Spain. We missed the [...]
Endings and beginnings
Endings and beginnings Some say the end of a pilgrimage is really a new beginning. But when is the end? Is it when you arrive in Santiago? When you get your Compostela? After the pilgrim mass? When you get on the plane, bus, train or car home? The beginning of what? And what is it [...]
The closing ceremony… Santiago pilgrim mass
The closing ceremony… Santiago pilgrim mass Carved wooden confessional boxes line the walls, each occupied by a priest in white robe and purple sash. People queuing can request their dialogue in any European language, but for many the hug or clasped hand in response to their confession seems as powerful as the words. The pipes [...]
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