Day 12/May 25 - Arzua From Portomarin we walk a country road to Palas de Rei. After a visit to the tiny 12th-c.

chapel, we drive to our restored farmhouse near Arzua. Day 13/May 26 - Arzua We return to Palas de Rei to continue our walk through small villages with little chapels and tall Galician corncribs After lunch, we walk to Arzua, famous for its creamy cow cheese, Tetilla (shaped like a womans breast), to spend a second night. Day 14/May 27 - Arzua From Arzua, we journey past small hamlets, ending our day at the Kilometer 18 marker in the town of Arca, then return to our farmhouse to sleep. Day 15/May 28 - Santiago de Compostela Our final day of walking passes the village of Lavacolla and Monte del Gozo, Mount Joy, our first glimpse of the towers of the cathedral. After Pilgrims Mass at the cathedral, well settle into our hotel, the historic monastery of St. Francis of Assisi who walked the Camino in 1250. Day 16/May 29 - Santiago de Compostela A local historian will show us around Santiago. The rest of the day is at leisure until our farewell banquet at our hotel. Day 17/May 30 - Santiago de Compostela Our pilgrimage as a group complete, we depart to continue our own pilgrimages through life.

ULTREYA!
A PILGRIMAGE ALONG THE CAMINO DE SANTIAGO
May 14-30, 2008
For 1200 years, pilgrims have walked the Camino de Santiago seeking healing, forgiveness and spiritual growth. This beautiful and historic route across northern Spain still beckons. Here is your opportunity to participate in this spiritual and very physical journey under the guidance of Donald Schell and Robbin Clark, two experienced priests and pilgrim leaders. Donald has walked the Camino three times and published a book on his experience of it. Robbin has organized and led six previous pilgrimages to the British Isles and New Zealand and has explored the Camino by car. Logistics for our trip will be arranged and supported by veteran pilgrimage organizer Judy Colaneri and her team at Spanish Steps, who have led seventy groups along the Camino over the last 12 years. We will walk as pilgrims, but with extensive support. May 14, 2008 our group will gather in Bilbao, home of the world famous Guggenheim Museum and a center of cultural renewal on the north coast of Spain. Participants are responsible for getting themselves to this meeting point. Well gather for a welcome dinner and orientation at our hotel in Bilbao. Then May 1528 will see us making our way along the Camino. Each day will feature longer and shorter walking options as well as visits to holy and historic places. Well take advantage of cultural and scenic attractions along the way, which leads from the Basque country of the Pyrenees through Pamplona and the famous Rioja wine region and into the green hills of Galicia, the heart of Celtic Spain. Our luggage will be transported for us, and our rest each

night will be in hotels and country inns. Well enjoy the local cuisine in a combination of group dinners, picnics and independent meals. Prayer and worship options will be provided daily, including the Holy Eucharist at sacred sites along the way. Our journey is planned to allow participants to gain the Compostela, the official document of recognition of those who have completed the pilgrimage by walking no less than the final 100 kilometers, though some may choose not to do so. Non-walkers will enjoy other pursuits along the way. Upon our arrival in Santiago on May 28, we will complete our pilgrim formalities and relax in our elegant accommodation in a restored Franciscan monastery. The following morning, we will have a guided tour of this historic city. The trip concludes with a farewell banquet and overnight in Santiago. Participants will make their own arrangements for continued travel or return home as of May 30. Reserve your place now for this exciting seventeen-day adventure by returning the attached sign-up sheet with your deposit of $500 per person. Full payment of $3,850 is due by February 15, 2008. This pilgrimage is limited to 28 persons. A few single occupancy spaces will be available for an additional $500/person. This cost includes all lodging and ground transportation, luggage transfers, selected sightseeing excursions, all breakfasts, ten dinners and several lunches, as well as the pilgrim Credencial and other materials. Airfare is not included. We are happy to recommend a local travel agent to assist you with your air arrangements to and from Spain, if you wish. Travel insurance (in case of your need to cancel) is recommended and can be obtained through a travel agent. Deposits are not refundable but can be transferred to another participant. Note: Should exchange rates change significantly, we reserve the right to impose a proportional surcharge.

ITINERARY (Note: the order of individual site visits may be altered due to weather or other considerations) Day 1/May 14 We gather for a Bienvenido dinner. The Guggenheim is just 15 minutes walk from our hotel and open until 8 p.m. Day 2/May 15 - Bilbao and Roncesvalles. After a morning at leisure, including lunch on our own, our Spanish Steps guide meets us at 1 p.m. to travel east on the coast to the French border, and begin our walk to the 12th century monastery at Roncesvalles. Well tour the monastery with a local guide and walk/ride on to Burguette for a night in a nice, family-run hotel. Day 3/May 16 - Puente La Reina Walk from our hotel to Biskarret, then ride to Pamplona to explore and have lunch, then drive to Murazibal and visit the 12th century octagonal Romanesque church of Eunate and on to our hotel in Puente la Riena, a perfect medieval pilgrimage town. Day 4/May 17 - Viana We walk to Estella to see the town and the 12th c. fortified Romanesque church of San Pedro de la Rua, then drive to Irache to drink from the Fuente del Vino, a wine fountain built for pilgrims. Later, from Torres del Rio, with its Knights Templars octagonal church, we walk or ride to our hotel in the heart of the walled hill town of Viana.

Day 5/May 18 - Santo Domingo de la Calzada Leaving Navarra we walk among Spains celebrated Rioja vineyards and pass a mountainside monastery and cave sacred to the Virgin Mary. At Santo Domingo, well visit the 12th c. cathedral, where a rooster and hen reside in a 5-star chicken coop above the tomb of St. Domingo. Day 6/May 19- Castrojeriz Our day begins with a tour of the cathedral of Burgos with the tomb of El Cid. Outside the village of Hontanas, we begin our walk to Castrojeriz, by the ruins of a pre-Roman castle. Entering the town, we pass the ruins of the 13th century monastery of San Anton and the great church of Our Lady of the Apple Tree. Day 7/May 20-Astorga As some explore Castrojeriz at leisure, a challenging hike takes the hardy up and over a knoll and into the breadbasket of Spain. We drive to Fromista to see a perfect example of Romanesque architecture. Driving across the plains to Leon well see the cathedrals radiant 13th-c stainedglass and the Iglesia de San Isidoros 12th-c. frescos. In Roman-founded Astorga, well be on our own to sample some of the regions wonderful food.

Day 8/May 21-Bierzo Valley We walk through several ancient hamlets on the way to Rabanal del Camino, a Knights Templars garrison town, then drive over the Irago Mountains to the Cruz de Hierro and on to Ponferrada, where well visit the Knights Templars castle and travel on to our hotel near the border of Galicia. Day 9/May 22 - Samos One of our most beautiful walks takes us into Galicia to our rest in the high Celtic village of OCebreiro with its pre-Roman style dwellings and restored preRomanesque chapel and 9th-c. pilgrim hospice. From the mountain ridge we drop into the Torobio River valley and the town of Triacastela. We celebrate mass this evening with the monks at the Samos Monastery.) Day 10/May 23 - Sarria After a visit to the 6th century Benedictine monastery in Samos, we continue to the town of Sarria for a glass of wine along the river walk. An optional visit is offered to another monastery and 15th-c. watchtower atop the hill. Day 11/May 24Sarria Today begins the 100 kilometer walk for those who want to earn the Compostela. Lush farmland and Celtic stone fences lead us to lunch in Portomarn. In a van side trip to Lugo, we can visit the Church of Santiago and the 2.8 kilometers of Roman walls that enclose this ancient town. Sleep in Sarria.

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