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By: Manolo Link

Manolo Link — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 16:00:11 +0000

Beautiful description of Galicia. I like it very much. Thank you Inka for the great articel. Manolo Link

By: inka

inka — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:13:46 +0000

I’m not sure whether it is a gardenia or a camellia. The brochure says all trees are camellias and the house of Rosalia forms part of the “Ruta de camelia” which goes past many gardens all the way to Santiago. I might have caught a stray gardenia, but as both are so lovely, I guess no harm done.

By: Richard Frisbie

Richard Frisbie — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:13:04 +0000

Inka – lovely – I just returned from Galicia and you make me want to turn around and go right back. The last week in February saw the camellia bushes as big as trees in bloom in Santiago de Compostella. I have camellias in bloom at home (inside) now too. I think that photo is of a gardenia. If it had a strong sweet fragrance it was a gardenia, definitely not a camellia. Otherwise, I wish you had planned my trip, not the tourist office. They know I love gardens and never send me to one!

By: Betty Chatterjee

Betty Chatterjee — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:43:33 +0000

Just to say that International Women’s day is the 8th not the 6th March.

By: inka

inka — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:30:28 +0000

Tales of witches abound in Galicia and images are everywhere. It’s an enchanted land.

By: Nick

Nick — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:42:18 +0000

Nice, informative post! Galicia was my favourite part of the Camino, when I did it a few (well, quite a few!) years back. It reminded me of a sort of fairytale land, where you wouldn’t be at all surprised to run into a witch or two!

By: Betty Chatterjee

Betty Chatterjee — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:33:56 +0000

Fascinating article Inka. In the first painting Rosalia de Castro is portrayed not with a camelia but with what looks like yellow mimosa. This interested me because the 6th March is international women’s day and if I remember rightly it is customary to give women bunches of mimosa on that day.

By: Bart

Bart — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:14:09 +0000

A superb short article on a very interesting, out-of-the-way destination. Very well done, I enjoyed this a great deal.

By: Sophie

Sophie — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:50:46 +0000

Galicia has always seemed so mysterious and interesting. Thanks for this good, informative post.