[Gocamino] Magical Music Moment at the cathedral at Santiago

[Mary V. Wallis]

wonderful, Ralph  - thanks. it was great to hear a snippet of music direct 
from Santiago complete with moving musicians. It took me right back there!.

Mary


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ralph Alcorn" <rbalcorn at gmail.com>
To: <gocamino at oakapple.net>; <santiagobis at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 1:36 PM
Subject: [Gocamino] Magical Music Moment at the cathedral at Santiago


> We finished the Portuguese route from Porto about a week ago, and found
> Santiago to be a much more bustling place than our last time there in 
> 2001.
> The weather was great - sunshine, and crowds of pilgrims and tourists
> filling the streets. Coming from Portugal, we had had a relatively short
> walk, and the Portugal route keeps you busy looking for waymarks, and
> looking out for cars, so we enjoyed the liveliness of Santiago. Some of 
> the
> pilgrims walking around were looking a little shell shocked, and I can
> remember feeling the same way after walking the French Way, and dealing 
> with
> crowds of people, flashes going off in the cathedral, and so on. Plus, it
> was raining. This time it was a pleasure to explore the city. We were
> walking around late at night, as a pilgrim friend Ula described it, like
> chickens, looking up and around at everything. Over one of the cathedral
> doors is carved a group of musicians, and they were the inspiration for 
> some
> live singers we heard that night. I put some of the pictures and a snippet
> of the music into a blog entry which I think you will enjoy. You will have
> to hit the play button to hear the music. The other blog entries are not
> camino related.
> http://timecheck00.blogspot.com/2007/10/moment-of-music-night-at-cathedral-in.html
>
> -- 
> Ralph Alcorn
> http://www.backpack45.com/camino2.html
> http://timecheck00.blogspot.com
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