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The story reveals how rich countries became rich through practices that we currently have in general been proscribed by the At 23 h. Sunday 45 of April 10, arrives at the Center on Aging Joseph, our first driver, at 0 h. 16 we make the output from Santomera, with a new bus, the 35 stars of this tour. We stopped at three in the hotel restaurant Marino, Honrubia, province of Cuenca. We expect another Joseph, who will be our driver to return. After 35 m. Madrid continued on past without problems (of course, at night). Then the northwestern motorway (A6) towards La Coruña. We stopped at 6 and 10 in a service area Villacastín, we must take shelter, there are 2 degrees .. We arrived at 7.50 Tordesillas. There we pick up Loli, our guide, who will accompany us during all tours. At 9.38 we stopped in the parking lot of a gas station in Port Manzanal. We have 4 degrees. We have folding table to put bread, ham, tomatoes with oil, olives, donuts, oranges, wine and coffee. Manolita us sandwiches scrumptious .. No wind, the sun is shining, and finally, despite the cold and altitude, we are very comfortable. After nearly an hour of stop and leaving the site clean, we travel through El Bierzo, a region of many vineyards and wine. After Villafranca tunnel we enter the region of Galicia. Loli tells us something about this region. It is the land of a thousand rivers, the granaries, the stone crosses, and a large area of shellfish for more than 600 kms. of coastline in four areas: Rias Bajas, Costa da Morte and Rias Altas Artabro Gulf. After Lugo headed to the city of orders (or Ordes), location of accommodation during our stay at the Hotel Nogallas. The owners are Jennifer. It Valencia and former colleague of Loli. Her husband is named Manolo. Loli deals us the room keys and settled. Eating at two in the afternoon: eel in sauce with vegetables, beef Galician potatoes, assorted desserts to choose from. Then we can rest a little. We meet in the bus at 16.15 to head to Betanzos, a city at the confluence of two rivers: Mendo and Mandeo. First we visited the Pastime Park. was designed and paid for by the brothers John Mary and Jesus Garcia Naveira in the early X X. It is a garden encyclopaedic account of the brothers travel Garcia Naveira throughout the world. After visiting the town through typical streets. Pazo de Bendana, fifteenth-century church of Santa Maria de Azougue, the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, the Church of San Francisco, the eleventh century V. In the Plaza de los Hermanos Garcia Naveira can see the statue of the same and also the statue of Diana the Huntress in the middle of a fountain. Orders to return to 8 pm and dinner at 9: Galician soup, fish with salad, dessert of choice. We are all tired, so we went to bed early. Good night. We wake up at 8.30. Breakfast at 9 with coffee, milk, chocolate, biscuits, muffins, biscuits, butter and jam. We start the tour at 9.30 to Santiago de Compostela. It is located 24 kms. Orders. Leaving the village we can see women with cars, trucks or folding tables, selling "turnip greens" on the side of the road. We arrived in Santiago at 9.50. We headed for the cathedral and the Plaza del Obradoiro we expect a photographer to make our traditional group photo in front of the cathedral. Then we went on this for the Portico de la Gloria, of three arches, sculptural prodigy legacy to posterity by Master Matthew and his workshop. Among the curiosities and recreations of the portico stands the Santo dos Croques, appears at the foot of the mullion, facing the altar, three blows to his head will impart his genius. Another common ritual is to place his hands where they did millions of people. All kept up the tradition. We then visited the dressing room with l statue located in the Holy Altar, it is rising from the ambulatory to give you a hug. We spent all the dressing room. On the other passage of the ambulatory descend to the crypt to pray at the silvery urn containing the remains of James and his disciples Theodore and Athanasius. Still visible is a small part of the Roman work. All pray in the crypt. In the center of the transept stands a Gothic dome that hangs Botafumeiro perola to engage the largest censer in the world, used since the fourteenth century to scent the temple is spectacular to see him rise to the vault of the transept and skillfully guided tiraboleiros stopped by. But we have no luck, not hung botafumeiro .. We went out and, in the Plaza de Quintana, we see the Holy Door, which is open only the years of St. James. Then we walked through the narrow streets, Rua Nova, Rua do Vilar, Fonseca schoolyard, etc. .. Orders returned to the 14 h. and passed directly to the dining room stuffed with cheese, snuff with potatoes, onions and peas, dessert of choice. After a short break we headed to La Coruna. A Coruña is one of the most elegant mansions of Spain. is called the Crystal City Galleries for their Navy. We passed the Rose Garden, with the floral clock and calendar vegetation, the Jardines de Méndez Núñez, settlements of various botanical and sculpture, Avenida de la Marina with its galleries, the Waterfront, the Castle of San Antón, which is Museum Historical and Archaeological, the Marina, the Harbour Master, the promenade with the Municipal Cemetery to the Tower of Hercules. We walk up there to meet her more closely. It is the only working Roman lighthouse. It was built in the early second century by the Romans in the time of Trajan. Its height of 58 meters and has 242 steps to climb to the top. But we were down. Following the bus tour we passed the House of the Aquarium Fish House and the Museum of Man Domus. Across the Cove is Orzán Deportivo Riazor Stadium. We continue to Millennium Towers, which is an obelisk XXI century does slope to the Tower of Hercules. Then we headed downtown to visit the Town Hall located in the Plaza de María Pita. We entered this Town Hall with its features galleries and arcades. It is a spacious and elegant building from the early twentieth century storied facade and finishing with three domed towers. The Clock Museum and the Chamber are closed. In the center of the square is the monument to the heroism of Maria Pita and Defense of the Walls the May 14, 1589, defeat of British troops, becoming the great heroine Coruña. have free time until 19.20. At that hour we returned to orders, which we reached at 20 h. We have dinner at 21 h.: Noodle soup, pork chops and chips, dessert of choice. To conclude this journey we have well-rounded dance and then to rest. Order Today we leave at 9 in the direction of the Costa da Morte, an area where the Prestige sank and there was the oil spill. The temperature is 4 degrees. First we visited the lighthouse of Cabo Vilan, near a large wind farm consists of a huge wind turbine and other much less called grinders. The current lighthouse, built in 1896, has a lamp with a very powerful beam of white light that reaches 40 miles. We then visited the village of Camariñas. It is market day, so we can pasearnos between the fish market and seafood. It's all very controlled by the Guardia Civil. Camariñas is the capital of the socket. Women visited the local roll by the association of roll of the village, surrounded by fine lace pieces, fruit of their labor. They have a monument to the palilleiras or lace. At 12 we went in the direction of Muxia, a village of just 1000 inhabitants. Through it are the promontory of As Cruces and at the foot of Mount bodice, the Shrine of Our Lady da Barca (XVIII century). From the atrium you can go down to the famous Stones Miracle: The flat rocker Praise, which would sail the ship Marian, Two Cadris, inverted hull of the boat, to cure rheumatism and kidney if she spent seven times under , and Rudder. There were several men fishing barnacles on the rocks. We continue to Finisterre, the end of the earth, where we arrived a little before two. We have food in the restaurant Finisterre: soup Galician Galician veal with potatoes, puff pastry. After a coffee we go to the harbor front of the monument from the emigrant, dedicated to those who migrated to South America seeking a better life. Then we go to the promontory of Cape Finisterre. In the extreme tip of the cape are the lighthouse, building mid-nineteenth century that ensures the safety of boaters through its light and modern systems of aids to navigation. Passing behind the lighthouse is a stone cross and next, the site where he allegedly burned his clothes and mid calf lace up boots the apostle. Then we headed Carnota. Here is the prince of the Galician granaries. Built in 1768, was expanded in 1783, all framed in stone either. It has 22 pairs of poles, 34.70 long and 3 doors. We must return now to the hotel. The road follows the coast to the river Tambre and then passed through the outskirts of Santiago to get orders at 19.40. It has been almost 400 km. narrow winding roads. At 21, dinner: vegetable stew, hake with salad, dessert of choice. Dance and sleep. Today's excursion takes us to San Andres de Teixido and Cedeira. We passed through El Ferrol and, following the Atlantic coast, we passed the estuary at low tide Cedeira and headed to San Andres de Teixido. The road, 11 kms., Is very narrow and is in very poor condition, but we got to San Andres. It is a very small town, 52 people. There is a saying: A San Andres de Teixido vai of morto or non foi in vivo. Is that the legend says that when Christ and St. Peter went around the world came here and found San Andres in an apple that ate San Pedro. The Apostle, who had also come to Teixido in a stone boat, complained of his cult was abandoned in relation to that of Santiago. But Christ comforted him saying: Do not worry, Andrew, for he who does not come from live, must come from dead. Thus was instituted the pilgrimage to the grave. By the time of the pilgrimage the dead were called in the family cemetery, which gave a blow to the grave. Along the way they spoke and they are even reserved space on the trip and eating. As they approached the sanctuary had to be careful not to damage from insects and vermin, as they could be vehicles for the souls that had not fulfilled its obligation, and even orient usual. At the roadside are stone crosses and milladoiros, which are cairns each rosemary grown by depositing a stone. We visited the holy temple, which preserves a fifteenth-century door I. The rest of the building is from the XVII and XVII I. We went down to the fountain and throw bread crumbs to the pylon, if float is requested that the promise will be fulfilled. But we can not go to the source because it is under construction, are laying the pipes for drainage, the road is impassable. We strolled through the town. Buy "The namoradeira herba," which is scientific nomre Arsenia Maritime. We also bought "the Sanandreses" mass figures made unleavened bread baked hardened and colored by the artisans of San Andres de Teixido. Tradition says that whoever has them will never be forsaken him. The figurines are made by hand, the fish, the boat, the saint and thought to represent symbols that had much to do with the arrival of the Apostle to Teixido. We arrived at Cedeira to 12.20. We parked on the street Da Ponte Nova, Condominas the river, near the beach of La Magdalena. We have a free hour. We went through the Tourist Office and, with map in hand, we visited the Old Town: Town Hall, Parish Church of Our Lady Do Mar Cedeira. We arrived at the Magistrates Court Square or Square kiosk. Are noteworthy gallery glassed facades. Return along the highway and came to orders for food: empanadas, ham chunks coated with potatoes, rice for some dessert. Then we have the whole afternoon off to pack. I visit a little village of orders and do some shopping. Dinner, at 21 h. When we arrived the dining room on our plates are a gift from Estela and his hotel is a scallop shell painted with symbols of Galicia. We are very grateful. L dinner, scallops in their shells with onion sauce, pan-fried fish with salad, dessert of choice. After dinner we went down to the lounge and cafeteria for the "burning". Trail passes between us with a witch in his hand saying to memorize the spell of the queimada. We laughed a lot.