63 posts tagged compostela

After an exhausting couple of hours yesterday evening we finally uploaded our latest paper to the ArXiv. After two and a half hours of struggling we realised that the class we were using for our LaTeX document wouldn't allow references to equations within captions to figures and finally we sent it off.

Just got an e-mail from my friend David in Spain: Soon after my sixtieth birthday, I decided I should go on pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. I can´t explain the decision--I´m not a religious person--other than to say I suddenly wanted to give expression to a feeling of gratitude for having been

Hi Ruth, If the car hire companies are closed when passengers arrive they normally have an out of hours pick up and drop off service. To find out which cara hire companies provide this service click on this link to get a free online quote for car hire at Santiago Airport Linda Our flight arrives at Santiago airport 21.45 on a Saturday evening in May.

By ROGER M. BALANZA LAND NOT BULLETS. This is the message on the hat of farmer leader Celso Pojas during the peasant month press conference in October last year. Celso Pojas, former secretary-general of the Farmers’ Association of Davao City and spokesman of the KMP in Southern Mindanao, was gunned down today, the first militant leader assassinated in Davao City.

El Camino I’ve heard a lot about El Camino, about how it changes people and really gets into their psyche. El Camino de Santiago is the annual pilgrimage in northern Spain to the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela where it is believed by some that the remains of a former apostle, St. James, are buried.

We have arrived in Oviedo. The four hour drive from Santiago de Compostela was pleasant with much interesting scenery especially along the Atlantic coast of Spain. We will be attending a performance of Zarzuela tomorrow evening. Today we picked up the tickets after we checked into the hotel.

Police crime investigators take fingerprints of slain rebels in Compostela Valley province in southern Philippines. Three New People's Army rebels are killed in two days of sporadic fighting in the province.

After a few hours back at the Casino Cafe today I went over to the museum of contemporary art, which had a mix of the ludicrous and the powerful. I got some strange looks when I was taking this photo, head to the ground, but I'm quite pleased with the outcome: Some enjoyable playing around with the

One of the traditional musical insturments of the Galician section of Spain is the "gaita," which is a kind of bagpipe. Yesterday we happened upon a wedding celebration outside the town hall in Santiago de Compostela. There were a few musicians playing instruments including the gaita and a man playing a drum.

What a difference a day of travel makes! We're now in NW Spain in Santiago de Compostela. This remarkably beautiful town is as welcoming to tourists as Granada was difficult and frustrating. The town is alive with beautiful architecture, strolling musicians, marriages and other celebrations, and wonderful shops and restaurants.