{"id":90146,"date":"2018-10-14T02:30:01","date_gmt":"2018-10-14T09:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/santiago-de-compostela-2\/"},"modified":"2018-11-14T12:45:13","modified_gmt":"2018-11-14T20:45:13","slug":"santiago-de-compostela-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/santiago-de-compostela-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Santiago de Compostela"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">O<\/span>ur first view of the city and the cathedral spires came on Monto de Goza &#8211; the mountain of joy. We sang &#8220;Holy God we Praise Thy Name&#8221;, and a rainbow broke out over the city.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/img_8844.jpg?resize=860%2C645\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8182\" height=\"645\" width=\"860\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We fairly well bounded into the city, despite the urban slog. So many people! There are several conventions and a festival happening in the city right now, and of course a steady stream of pilgrims and tourists.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/img_8901.jpg?resize=860%2C645\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8183\" height=\"645\" width=\"860\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We arrived at the the cathedral at about 10:30. Praise God and Saint James!<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/img_8912.jpg?resize=721%2C960\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8184\" height=\"960\" width=\"721\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Originally posted to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/\">Pilgrims on the Way<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our first view of the city and the cathedral spires came on Monto de Goza &#8211; the mountain of joy. We sang &#8220;Holy God we Praise Thy Name&#8221;, and a rainbow broke out over the city. We fairly well bounded into the city, despite the urban slog. So many people! There are several conventions and a festival happening in the [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-camino"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1aGBK-nrY","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":84061,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/one-year-ago-santiago-de-compostela\/","url_meta":{"origin":90146,"position":0},"title":"One Year Ago: Santiago de Compostela","author":"Thom","date":"02 May 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"(from my journal) Santiago de Compostela 02 May 2013 Praise God, at about 3pm we arrived in Santiago de Compostela. On the way into the city, we kept running into people we knew \u2013 people who had shared some portion of the walk with us \u2013 probably a dozen reunions\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Camino&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Camino","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/category\/camino\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/9401388679_2c950017db_b.jpg?fit=765%2C1024&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/9401388679_2c950017db_b.jpg?fit=765%2C1024&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/9401388679_2c950017db_b.jpg?fit=765%2C1024&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/9401388679_2c950017db_b.jpg?fit=765%2C1024&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":87161,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/santiago-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":90146,"position":1},"title":"Santiago!","author":"Thom","date":"02 May 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Praise God in His angels and in His saints! At about 3:00 PM on the Memorial of Saint Athanasius, the second of May 2016, we arrived at the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela.\u00a0 On the way in we met Anita, who escorted the three of us \u2013 Francine, Rebecca, and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Camino&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Camino","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/category\/camino\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":86247,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/enter-his-gates-with-thanksgiving\/","url_meta":{"origin":90146,"position":2},"title":"Enter His Gates with Thanksgiving","author":"Thom","date":"10 December 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Pope Francis opened the Holy Doors at Saint Peter\u2019s Basilica, officially beginning the Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy on December 8, the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of Our Lady. On December 13, the Third Sunday of Advent, Father Nicholas Wichert will open Tacoma's Holy Doors. Perhaps I should explain.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;community&quot;","block_context":{"text":"community","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/category\/community\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/2015-12-09-17.46.05.jpg?fit=900%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/2015-12-09-17.46.05.jpg?fit=900%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/2015-12-09-17.46.05.jpg?fit=900%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/2015-12-09-17.46.05.jpg?fit=900%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":90986,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/three-may-seconds\/","url_meta":{"origin":90146,"position":3},"title":"Three May Seconds","author":"Thom","date":"02 May 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"the second looms large in my life. On this day in 2013, Francine and I walked into Santiago de Compostela for the first time, at the end of our first Camino. At this point, Francine had been walking for almost two weeks, and me for more than a month. I\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Camino&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Camino","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/category\/camino\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_0380.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_0380.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_0380.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_0380.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_0380.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":90144,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/coffee-and-walk-and-coffee-and-walk\/","url_meta":{"origin":90146,"position":4},"title":"Coffee and Walk and Coffee and Walk","author":"Thom","date":"13 October 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"This portion of the Camino seems to be a near constant series of bars and caf\u00e9s. They have certainly multiplied since the last time we were here! After a most delicious breakfast at the albergue \u2013 and the Albergue Santa Irene is probably the finest on the Camino \u2013 we\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Camino&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Camino","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/category\/camino\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/img_8803.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/img_8803.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/img_8803.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/img_8803.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/img_8803.jpg?resize=1050%2C600 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/img_8803.jpg?resize=1400%2C800 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":83959,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/one-year-ago-leon-and-francine\/","url_meta":{"origin":90146,"position":5},"title":"One Year Ago: Le\u00f3n and\u2026 Francine!","author":"Thom","date":"19 April 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"(from my journal) Le\u00f3n 19 April In Le\u00f3n after a relatively easy 18km walk, made only slightly more difficult by the fact of walking on sidewalks for much of it. 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