[Gocamino] [saintjames] Noticias desde Santiago

[Grant Spangler]

I had an hour twenty minute conversation Christmas Day with a friend in Muxia who is involved with the goings-on. 

> Today there are more unemployed and pensioners than there are employed people in Galicia. 

> Rural home and golf course construction forges ahead, regardless of economic conditions.

Spain has surpassed France as the country with the most kilometers of high-speed rail. The Camino has been knocked about in the process.

I forgot to mention the embalsas. The Yesa reservoir will eventually inundate some of the traditional pathways in Aragon, .. see http://www.yesano.com   

On final approach on Camino Frances, look to your right. That clear-cut eucalyptus forest is about to become a Poligono Industrial (Industrial Tract).

Buen Camino, 
 
 
Grant
 
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