On the Camino

King Alphonse IX died in Sarria in 1230 while making a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela.  There is a tower in Sarria and this is all that remains of a medieval fortress.     Picture from https://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=https://fordhamcamino2014.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/image1.jpg&imgrefurl=https://fordhamcamino2014.wordpress.com/2014/06/01/day-7-samos-and-sarria/&h=1536&w=2048&tbnid=bZ2j9iyjgVdinM:&docid=td3zTty4SFDTeM&itg=1&ei=YxqWVpz1N4Sqa5CfpYAC&tbm=isch

Saint James's Day is on Saturday (meaning next year is a Holy Year!) so there's enough time to get cards made and sent out For this craft you'll need blank cards, a map showing the Cami no and boot buttons/cut outs/drawings

In Santiago there are several things that you can do at little cost (I know I have entitled this blog 'free things to do in Santiago' but some of these require a donation).

A simple idea for Easter decorations is to decorate some pre-bought decorations

I remember being told by a few people that the Camino is a once in a lifetime experience and yet have been on seven different Caminos (so far – I have more planned!).

  Another poster produced for the Holy Year in 1982 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Spanish-Poster-1982-Holy-Year-Santiago-de-Compostela-/181855708274