The Calixtinus Code

Yesterday a robbery on the scale of Da Vinci Code craziness was revealed in Santiago. The Codex Calixtinus, a  one of the oldest historical books in Europe was declared missing from its vault in the cathedral of Santiago. The priceless 12 century book contians the history St. James and the Camino de Santiago and is revered as Europe's first travel guide. 

The cathedral staff think it went missing on Sunday afternoon but didn't publish the news until yesterday after searching long and hard throughout the cathedral. It's an unbelievable story, these mysteries really happen and so close to home? Incredible. It will be interesting to finally find out what happened and where the codex is...but until then Dan Brown get your pen ready. Read more here. 

Monte Pedroso

I'm still discovering new places in Santiago. This weekend Diego took me to Monte Pedroso a park on a mountain with amazing views of the city and lots of trails to hike. The drive up the mountian was a bit scary...next time we'll hike, but we watched the last winter sunset while we up there...lovely!

Sigo conociendo lugares nuevos en Santiago. Esta semana Diego me llevo a Monte Pedroso un parque en una montaña con vistas inpresionantes de la ciudad y sendas para hacer trekking. Conducir hasta el cima me dio un poco de miedo, pero vimos la última puesta de sol del invierno mientras estuvimos allí...¡Bellisima!

Cidade da Cultura

I've been watching this progress on a hill across from my house for the last 2 and half years (Santiago has been waiting for at least 10 years) and finally the Cidade de Cultura is pen, officially inaugurated by Prince Felipe this week. Hope to go visit it soon and see if being there convinces me that I like it...from what I've seen and read I'm not it's biggest fan.

Llevo 2 años y medio viendo el progreso de la construcción en una colina enfrente de mi casa (Santiago lleva por lo menos 10 años de espera), y por fin la Cidade da Cultra está abierto al público, oficialmente inaugurado por el príncipe esta semana. Espero ir a visitar pronto para ver si al estar de me gusta más-porque por lo que he visto y leído hasta ahora, la verdad es que no soy muy fan.

It's that white crest in the upper left part fo the photo. Es la curva blanca en pa larte superior de la foto a la izquierda.

The Way

Hollywood has been in town to honor the Galician roots of Martin Sheen and his son Emilio Estevez. Their family (Martin's dad) is from a small town in Galicia. It's not the first time they've been in town, a year or so ago Mr.Sheen was in researching for the film, The Way, which they made about the Camino de Santiago and filmed on the pilgrimage. Last night they premiered the film in Santiago and tonight they are off the premiere in Madrid. The Camino looks incredibleand I love that they've filmed it to honor their family.