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September 20, 2006
Astorga
The sleepy little town of Astorga is an easy 45 minutes bus ride from León. This is yet another major stop point for the pilgrim doing the Camino de Santiago. Almost all tourists were pilgrims except the odd few (me included). An interesting thing to write, my bus from León to Astorga picked several pilgrims (at least 3) on the way who had thrown the white flag trying to reach Astorga by foot :) Having said that, I saw a lot (yes I mean a lot) of pilgrims heading west toward Santiago.
The main sight here is, surprise surprise, the cathedral with its museum. After seeing so many cathedrals, churches and its treasury/sacristy little items in the museum interest me apart from the book recording the baptisms and marriages of the see from 1601.
Next to the cathedral is Gaudi's designed ex-episcopal palace now turned into a museum. The combined ticket with the cathedral museum is pretty cheap at €4 plus I got to see the inside of a Gaudi designed building.
Another interesting museum is the chocolate museum paying homage to Astorga's history as a major chocolate producer in Spain. This was a bit of a dissapointment. I had hoped this was going to be as quirky as the toy museum but it didn't come close. On the way back to León I saw a lone pilgrim walking toward the sunset, some people determination are amazing.
Posted by vhadiant at September 20, 2006 09:49 PM
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