The famed Santiago de Compostela trail passes through here en route to northern Spain.

BBC: A road trip through provincial France

Rocamadour was for centuries a stop on the great pilgrim route from Paris to Santiago de Compostela in Spain.

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They visit San Diego to attend Comic-Con, like pilgrims journeying to Santiago de Compostela, and then rent an R.

NEWYORKER: Out There

In Santiago de Compostela on Saturday, the Pope warned of an "aggressive anti-clericalism" in Spain which was akin to that experienced during the 1930s.

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He gives us a fascinating journal of his Galician wanderings, from village carnivals in the pouring rain to a hippy commune in the back of beyond via the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela.

ECONOMIST: The joy of pork

While foreign ships sucked up the oil at sea, and even some Belgian troops helped clear it from the beaches, last Sunday a crowd put at 150, 000 marched through Santiago de Compostela, Galicia's capital, calling for Spanish political heads to roll.

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