Milenium en Compostela; 18 voices in the Camino

[William Marques]

St Catherine's is indeed a wonderful sight but one that needs to be
experienced by staying close by overnight.  If one takes a taxi from the
coast during the day the crowds in the middle of the day are terrible as
are the queues.  Apart from the church what I found most interesting was
the modernity of the very early icons. I saw some cyclist from where I do
not know cycling there across the desert - 'true pilgrims'. Did you walk up
the mountain when you were there and what was it like? Next time I will try
and do so.
William

On Sun, 6 Jul 2003 12:24:35 EDT, Rosina Lila <BlaroliaAOL.COM> wrote:

>Dear Dan,
>Thank you so very much for your kind words.
>I will be leaving for the Camino at the end of this month. My plans to walk
>the Via Plata will have to wait since I have been told that August is
>definitely not the time to do it, and I cannot go any other time.  I will
travel the
>route by car, however, will also visit my adored San Juan de la Pena
(absolutely
>my most admired place anywhere,  including that extraordinary St.
Catherine's
>Monastery in Egypt's Sinai), and will walk down from O Cebreiro to
Santiago.
>Rosina
>