Aventuras a Pie (de Página)The Camino a Finisterre is the favorite option of walkers who arrived in Santiago, and who feel that their path is not over yet and want to walk a little more.
In this video we are going to see the route and explain its 2 variants, Esteban is going to make a comparison of his experience when he did it in 2011 and 2012, and to finish we are going to give our opinion, as well as some tips.
Today we travel to the paradisiacal island of Santorini, to visit one of the best preserved ancient cities of the Aegean Sea and of Greece, known as Ancient Thera.
This site, besides having very well preserved and spectacular views, preserves one of the most unusual sanctuaries carved in rock that we have seen.
In this site, the city is preserved almost complete, with its houses, its paved streets, its sanctuaries and other public buildings.
Furthermore, we will visit the Zoodoxos cave (which translates as “that gives life”), the only source of potable water of antiquity in the island, which is a short distance from the ancient population.
On today’s adventure, we’ll visit the remains of the Roman mansion of Katounistra (or Flisbos), a massive 2nd-century structure that boasted a bath complex, a swimming pool, and a huge courtyard.
This mansion is located 1.5 km from the Corinth Canal.
Of all the items that occupy limited space in our pilgrim backpack, the sleeping bag is, most likely, the most voluminous and heaviest of all.
Optimizing this item can result in a substantial saving of weight and volume, and can make our journey easier.
There are many pilgrims who, in summer, opt to take a blanket, instead of a sleeping bag, which can be a lighter and less voluminous alternative, although not always.
In this video I will tell you my experience doing a long journey with a blanket; whether it was worth it or not and what I learned from the experience.
It seems that Athens has many ruins, more than the common Athenian knows. Many are found underground, in the basement of some building; others hidden behind fences while others are lost in industrial areas.
What they have in common all these ruins is that they are rather small or in poor condition of conservation.
Rare is the case that a huge structure like a wall is unknown and preserved in excellent condition.
In our adventure of the day we are going to visit the Dema wall, tell a little about its history and understand how it can be so unknown.
The destination of the Camino de Santiago, as the name says, is to finally arrive at the city of Santiago de Compostela and more specifically, to the final point, which is not the cathedral, as many pilgrims believe, but the center of the Plaza del Obradoiro.
Now, since there are several ways to reach Santiago and to reach the Plaza del Obradoiro, we can think that one must offer a more pleasant or impactful experience than the rest, so in this video we are going to analyze the arrivals of the different routes at km 0, with a conclusion that will surprise many.
The Corinth Canal hides on one of its sides, the remains of one of the most interesting ancient engineering works: a paved road that was used for the transport of goods and ships, by land, and would be the oldest predecessor of the railway.
In this video, we are going to tell its story, its speculations and controversies, its abandonment to the elements and the works for its recovery.
We last year explored the metro network looking for the different museums and archaeological sites that were within, on top of, or near the different stations.
Now well, by lack of knowledge, we did not include 3 stations, one of them with the oldest ruins of the entire network.
So, in our adventure of the day we are going to explore these sites in detail, as well as show the surroundings and tell a little about their history.
One of the things that are famous about the Xunta’s hostels on the Way of St. James, besides the mistreatment of many of its managers and the lack of blankets, is the lack of kitchenware in most of their kitchens.
We had proposed several solutions to this problem a year ago, including carrying a camping kitchen kit. This option is more economical but somewhat more uncomfortable, as you have to carry extra weight and volume.
We decided to do the experiment of cooking for many days in Galicia, using only this kit.
In this video we will talk about the kitchens of the Xunta’s hostels, our experience cooking with this minimal kitchenware; the positive and negative aspects; whether, in our opinion, it was worth it or not, and some ideas to reverse the situation.
The “winter way” (Camino de Invierno in Spanish) is a variant of the French way that pilgrims used to avoid the summit of O Cebreiro, which in winter is covered in snow and, together with the Sanabrese variant of the Via de la Plata, is the only uncrowded alternative to reach Santiago, even in popular months such as July and August.
In this video we will talk in detail about the route itself; its infrastructure; its landscapes; our experience of having done it in summer and our recommendations for those who want to do it in the future.
This video is dedicated to “Roger”, hospitalero of Ponferrada and bible of the Winter Way.