Books on Spain-Xose to Kathy

[Xosé Manuel Alvariño]

Thanks, Kathy

Xosé Manuel

In a message dated 2/28/2003 5:24:03 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
kathygoweraHOTMAIL.COM writes:

> Xose, et al,
> 
> Roads to Santiago by Cees Nooteboom wasn't one of my favorites when I was
> looking for advice on the Camino, but afterwards it became one of the best
> to give a flavor of Spain itself through the ages as the author takes his
> own inner Camino, driving and walking all over Spain, trying to find what
> gave context to the Camino...middle ages, small villages, beliefs and
> travails, history and faith.  He brings this all in, staying with friends
> (he's Dutch) or in paradors...walking to remote villages and consulting old
> books and with people who have kept the flame, so to speak, all over Spain.
> His is a love affair with the land-the majestic, the desert, the simple, 
> the
> sublime and royal--all context and perspective.
> 
> Can you tell I think it's a must read even if you don't agree?
> >
> >>Roads to Santiago by Cees Nooteboom....
> >
> >Hi Kathy, could u please write an impressionably brief synopsis on this
> >book? Might be what am looking for. Thanks,
> >
> >XM
> 
> 

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