Duperier's Authentic Journeys

09/12/2024

Join our Golf Tour to Andalusia
November 10-19
What’s included:
Nine nights’ accommodations: in hotels, based on double occupancy hotel room each night of the tour.
Private vehicle with a professional driver: a private vehicle will be available during the entire tour to transport luggage and to assist with any other needs that might arise along the way.
Transportation, support and luggage transfer: throughout the trip luggage will be transferred from one hotel to the next using the private vehicle so your luggage will not be in the hands of strangers. We will provide a small day pack that you can walk with to hold water bottles, a camera, personal belongings, etc that you want to keep with you.
Professional Manager (Juan Carlos Duperier) and Assistant Manager (Julio Becerra/Miguel A. Romero).
Professional guided tour of the city of Cadiz and winery.
Every meal except three lunches
Six rounds of golf.
Golf carts for every golf round.
Transfer from Malaga airport to hotel on arrival.
Golf clubs with luggage handling.
Wine or beer at meal.

€5,650 per participant
Single supplement: €900

For more information, contact Juan Carlos Duperier at [email protected], or call +34 684-072-976.

09/11/2024

Unbeatable

Tortilla de patatas, pan con tomate, and a café con leche, now that's a delicious and satisfying breakfast!

Tortilla de patatas, sometimes called tortilla española, is one of the most popular dishes in Spain. It's eaten at both breakfast and as a tapa, and it can be served room temperature or warm. Although it is the same word as the Mexican flatbread used for tacos, it is nothing like that. Torta means "cake" in Spanish; therefore, tortilla means "little cake." In this case of tortilla de patatas, this comes from the shape of this potato omelet, which is made by cooking in a skillet and then flipping it, at least once.

In Spain, some places serve tortilla de patatas with onions inside (concebollistas) while others do not (sincebollistas). It is definitely a bone of contention in Spain. How do you like your tortilla española?

Want to try making your own tortilla de patatas? We have an easy recipe: https://www.tienda.com/recipes/spanish-potato-omelette

09/10/2024

Join us on our November Golf Tour to Andalusia, where we play these world-class courses designed by legendary players:

Calanova Golf Club (Malaga)
Novo Sancti Petri Golf Club (Sancti Petri, )
Alcaidesa Golf Club ( , Cadiz)
Valderrama Golf Club (Sotogrande, Cadiz (optional, not included)
Flamingos Golf Course at Villa Padernia ( , )
Alferini Golf at Villa Padernia (Marbella, Malaga)

For more information, contact Juan Carlos Duperier at [email protected], or call +34 684-072-976.

09/09/2024

Join our tour to this November. It includes fabulous accommodations at 4 and 5-star hotels, authentic regional cuisine and . We enjoy the best of Spanish culture with professional guided tours of important monuments in spectacular cities including , , and .

For more information, contact Juan Carlos Duperier at [email protected]

09/06/2024

Wow! Congratulations to Ultra Pilgrim Irishman Gerard Martin who has completed 12 ultra marathons over 12 consecutive days across the Camino de Santiago to raise funds for two hospices.

It was ‘the hardest thing ever’ but an intrepid former Co Armagh man has completed 12 ultra marathons over 12 consecutive days across the Camino de Santiago for local hospices.

09/06/2024

Andalusia Awaits: The Ultimate Blend of Golf, Gastronomy and Culture
This November why not join us in for a once in a lifetime experience that combines the best of Spanish , , and ?



For more information, contact Juan Carlos Duperier at [email protected], or call +34 684-072-976.

09/05/2024

So true!

The next time you are awakened very early by someone in your albergue getting up before dawn to start walking, you might take secret delight in knowing he might be clearing the path for the rest of you.
photo by Helen Van Wagenen, October 4, 2007, Camino Francés. This was actually a very pretty sight on this morning. The sun filtered through the trees to set the spider webs sparkling in this little forest. But others had already cleared the path ahead of us. Thanks, early risers!

09/05/2024

A global Camino for all in January 2025. Walk and share your photos.

Global Camino https://www.waytostjames.com.au/https://www.facebook.com/waytostjamescygnet/Tasmanian Camino and Global Camion Website:https://www.waytostjames...

09/05/2024

It's grape harvest time on the Camino

Harvest (La Vendimia) for white wine grapes has started in Rioja and the red grape harvest is coming up soon!

The latest reports from Rioja indicate that the harvest is running about 10 days later than 2023's harvest, which is good news. Longer hang time for grapes on the vine usually means better, more complex wines! Growers anticipate a lower than average quantity of grapes but very good quality. If the weather holds, they will wait for the arrival of cooler nights in September, which helps give wines more balanced between alcohol and freshness.

09/05/2024

As summer ends there's still time for the king of cold soups: gazpacho

While Labor Day weekend marked the unofficial end of summer, there are still warm days ahead, and we're still in tomato and cucumber season. That means there's still plenty of time for gazpacho!

Gazpacho may be Spain's most famous cold soup, but did you know there are many delicious cold soups served in southern Spain? Gazpacho’s close sibling is salmorejo, a thicker chilled soup garnished with jamón and egg. And one of our favorites is the elegant ajo blanco, a creamy white soup made with almonds and fresh garlic, typically garnished with sliced grapes.

Learn more about making and enjoying these three delicious cold soups: https://www.tienda.com/learn-about-spain/three-cool-soup-sisters-spains-summer-soups

08/22/2024

The pilgrim's favorite

This is no ordinary sandwich. This is a Bocadillo!

What makes the Bocadillo special, like many Spanish dishes, is the high quality ingredients used to make it. You'll find fresh and delicious bocadillos everywhere from gas stations to high-speed trains to airport terminals in addition to places you'd expect them like cafés and restaurants. The most important ingredient is freshly baked crusty bread. From there, you can make a variety of bocadillos. Our favorite may be the simple but classic Bocadillo de Jamón.

This classic sandwich is a popular choice at breakfast in Spain. It is often served with a Café con Leche. The Jamón could be Serrano or Ibérico. The bread is typically drizzled with olive oil. Some optional additional ingredients include Manchego cheese, freshly sliced tomato, and garlic.

What's your favorite bocadillo? Tell us in the comments!

Want to make a bocadillo at home? Check out our easy recipe: https://www.tienda.com/recipes/jamon-serrano-and-manchego-cheese-sandwich

08/21/2024

A nice piece on the dozens of sculptures, statues, monuments and figures dedicated to those who walk the Camino de Santiago each year and that we find en route to Compostela.

08/20/2024

Unsurprisingly we eat well on our tours!

Is Spain now the foodiest country in Europe?

Top restaurant in the world is in Spain, and three of the top 5 in The World's 50 Best are Spanish.

08/18/2024

We do just that on our walking tours when we stay here

Disfrutar de una copa de nuestro Vino de Paraje Prada San Martín Godello en la terraza de ... ¡es todo un placer para los sentidos! 👍🏻

08/18/2024

A competition for some pilgrims surely?

It's the last weekend to prepare a paella for your friends and family before our submission deadline for the 2024 Paella Photo Contest!
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Share a post featuring a photo of your original paella on your Instagram or Facebook feed, and you could win a $500 gift card, La Tienda apron, and olive wood paella serving spoon!

Use the hashtag on your Facebook or Instagram feed to submit your photo along with a brief caption describing your paella. Entries must be submitted by 11:59 PM EDT on Tuesday, August 20, 2024 to be eligible to win. Two runners up will also receive La Tienda gift cards.
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View the contest rules: https://www.tienda.com/support/photo-contest-rules
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📸: 2023's contest runner up John Ward's photo

08/18/2024

? On August 17, 1077 the agreement was signed by which the monks of Altealtares, in charge of the custody of the tomb of Santiago, cededed some land for the construction of the Compostela Cathedral. This document is the oldest source that narrates the discovery of the apostle's tomb.

El 21 de abril de 1211 se consagró la actual Catedral de Santiago. Aprovechamos esta efeméride para contaros algunas curiosidades de la basílica compostelana.

08/18/2024

Yesterday, August 16th, was the Feast of Saint Roch.

But who was Saint Roch?

Tradition believes that he was the son of a governor of Montpellier in the 14th century. At the death of his father he gave up his worldly goods and set off to Rome as a mendicant pilgrim. Once in Italy he decided to stay and care for the victims of the plague that was ravaging Europe at the time. He eventually also caught the disease and was forced to live in the wilderness.
There, he was miraculously cared for by a dog that brought him bread and licked his plague wounds until they healed.

Catholic iconography typically represents him showing a plague wound on his leg and accompanied by a dog with a loaf of bread in its mouth.

Clearly a pilgrim saint who was able to survive the plague was destined to become a favourite amongst pilgrims and an intercessor for the thousands that would later die from the Black Death.

It is not unusual to run into Saint Roch at any of the churches along the Camino, in pilgrim attire, with his dog and presenting his wound. However, even if he is sporting scallop shells, he never went to Santiago!

08/18/2024

https://www.kelownadailycourier.ca/news/article_f3871bb0-5c02-11ef-a720-03c38cb96df2.html

As a veteran city councillor, Helena Konanz has to regularly make difficult decisions, but being asked to join her daughter Zoe on a world-renowned pilgrimage wasn’t tough at all.

08/15/2024

As is a tradition every August 16, the Cabildo of the Cathedral of Santiago, celebrates a mass in the chapel of San Roque, on the occasion of the holiday.

Como es tradición cada 16 de agosto, el Cabildo de la Catedral de Santiago, celebra una misa en la capilla de San Roque, con motivo de su festividad.

08/15/2024

“Walking the Camino de Santiago taught me many lessons. But on the Camino, as in life, I choose to keep going,” writes Michaela Trimble.

08/15/2024

“The Camino provides” is a saying you hear a lot as you walk, and more and more the closer you get to Santiago.

Conversations on the ancient pilgrim route rarely touched on religion, but often disclosed a sense of loss – and a desire to trust again that things would be all right in the end

08/15/2024

Grapes pilgrims will see on our fall tours

08/15/2024

An international investigation confirms that the remains found in 2019 belong to the man who found the supposed tomb of the apostle James in the Spanish region of Galicia

08/15/2024

More on the discovery of the Tomb of Teodomiro

Un nuevo estudio identifica los restos óseos de Teodomiro, obispo de Iria Flavia en el momento del descubrimiento del sepulcro del Apóstol Santiago.
Dirigido por Patxi Pérez Ramallo, de la Universidad Noruega de Ciencia y Tecnología (NTNU), y en colaboración con instituciones como el Instituto Max Planck de Geoantropología y la Universidad de Estocolmo, entre otras, este equipo internacional ha realizado un análisis exhaustivo de los restos, aportando nuevos datos sobre la identidad del individuo.

👉https://catedraldesantiago.es/estudio-sobre-la-identificacion-del-obispo-teodomiro/
👉https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/unveiling-bishop-teodomiro-of-iria-flavia-an-attempt-to-identify-the-discoverer-of-st-jamess-tomb-through-osteological-and-biomolecular-analyses-santiago-de-compostela-galicia-spain/3D7EA1E8EEE9E2B0F9832547FCF1B545

08/15/2024

More on the discovery of the Tomb of Teodomiro

This has made the front cover of our most important newspaper, so I'm guessing it will be all over the Camino news soon.

https://elpais.com/ciencia/2024-08-13/el-adn-identifica-a-teodomiro-fundador-del-camino-de-santiago-hace-12-siglos.html

It's official, according to the Postdoctoral Researcher Dr. Patxi Pérez-Ramallo, the tomb of Bishop Teodomiro has been found.

in case you are wondering, according to tradition, Bishop Teodomiro of Iria Flavia was the first person to 'certify' that the long lost tomb of the Apostle Saint James the Greater had been found. Or in other words, he can be credited with having started the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. As for Dr. Pérez-Ramallo, he is an expert in osteological and isotopic methods for studying past.

In case you do not read Spanish, here are the main conclusions:

1. The bones belong to a male.
2. Carbon-14 dating indicates that he died after the age of 45.
3. Physical features suggest that he had a weak build and did not perform physical labor during his life, which is consistent with the figure of a bishop.
4. The dating of a rib suggests that he died around 820 AD, with a margin of error of up to 15 years (the tomb was discovered in 813 AD)
5. The carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen atoms accumulated in the bones allow us to infer what this person ate and where their food came from. The results reveal that they had a very austere diet, almost monastic, but not as limited as that of the peasants of the time, which is consistent with a bishop who lived like a monk.
6. The isotopes indicate that he lived near Santiago, although his origin was further southwest, where Iria Flavia is located.
7. His tomb was found right under the nave of the Cathedral.

The above data allows us ''to say that it is Teodomiro with 98% probability'', according to Dr. Pérez-Ramallo.

A Survival Guide thinks this is all awesome!

08/15/2024

New examination supports claim remains are of Teodomiro, a key figure in establishing Camino de Santiago pilgrimage

https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/aug/13/bones-spain-santiago-de-compostela-bishop-teodomiro

08/15/2024

The day of the Assumption at Santiago cathedral

Jueves 15 de agosto
Solemnidad de la Asunción de la Virgen María.
A las 11:40 h, procesión del cabildo y funcionamiento del Botafumeiro. A continuación, Misa Solemne presidida por el Arzobispo.

08/07/2024

Good advice here on loving your feet

Have you heard of El Camino? No, not the car. The word camino is Spanish and simply translates to path. Technically, there are so-called caminos or paths all over the world. However, I’ve especially noticed a significant increase in the number of patients I see who are