A late afternoon stroll back to the Obradoiro Plaza for an honest, most genuine, really-feeling-good mug shot in front of the Cathedral, a garden scene we’d see...

A Closeup in Oil

Posted in: Architecture, Colors, Commercial, Creative, El Camino de Santiago, Oil Painting, Outdoors, Photography, Religious, Scenic, Spain, Travel | September 8, 2019 at 3:39 pm , by Laurie Merritt

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Oh, how I love the red-tiled roofs of Spain! That is all! ...

A Room with THE View

Posted in: Architecture, El Camino de Santiago, Landscape, Photography, Plants, Religious, Scenic, Spain, Travel | September 8, 2019 at 3:23 pm , by Laurie Merritt

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Lucky us! It doesn’t get much better than this – these spectacular views from our hotel, the Pazos Alba! Various angles, views and scenes of this magnificent...

Santiago de Compostela Cathedral

Posted in: Architecture, El Camino de Santiago, Landscape, Outdoors, Photography, Religious, Scenic, Spain, Travel | September 8, 2019 at 3:07 pm , by Laurie Merritt

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Located in the region of Galicia, in the northwest of Spain, the Santiago de Compostela Cathedral is one of the most important religious structures in the whole...

Certificado de Distancia, y Compostela de Santiago

Posted in: El Camino de Santiago, Photography, Religious, Scenic, Spain, Travel | September 7, 2019 at 9:43 pm , by Laurie Merritt

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We “registered” as pilgrims and obtained our Credencial (aka the pilgrim’s passport, aka distance certificate) at the start of our journey back in St. Jean Pied de...

Façade of the Obradoiro

Posted in: Architecture, El Camino de Santiago, Outdoors, Photography, Religious, Scenic, Spain, Travel | September 7, 2019 at 4:34 pm , by Laurie Merritt

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The cathedral’s façade and towers have had several reforms since the 16th century. In the 18th century it was decided to build the current Baroque façade with large...

The Cathedral’s Just Around the Corner!

Posted in: Architecture, Dogs, El Camino de Santiago, Friends, Outdoors, Photography, Puppy, Religious, Scenic, Spain, Travel | September 7, 2019 at 9:18 am , by Laurie Merritt

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Do you ever just want to get there? Do you ever get the feeling that the closer you get, you’re farther away? Can you see your final...

On the Outskirts of Santiago de Compostela

Posted in: Architecture, El Camino de Santiago, Photography, Religious, Scenic, Spain, Travel | September 3, 2019 at 9:00 am , by Laurie Merritt

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Final scenes of farms, countryside, rock carvings, nice-looking suburban residences, a very long chain-link fence adorned crosses of snapped twigs and branches, and a peek into a...

Mount Joy…

Posted in: Architecture, Colors, Dogs, El Camino de Santiago, Outdoors, Photography, Religious, Scenic, Spain, Travel | September 1, 2019 at 7:58 pm , by Laurie Merritt

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… so appropriate!! The last hill and the last stop before arrival in Santiago, about an hour away. Monte de Gozo, or Mount Joy, was once the...

Lavacolla, Spain

Posted in: Architecture, El Camino de Santiago, Outdoors, Photography, Religious, Scenic, Spain, Travel | September 1, 2019 at 5:18 pm , by Laurie Merritt

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I, and I suspect my friend, Nancy, as well as many visitors to the churches and cemeteries of El Camino de Santiago, had opportunities for comtemplation along...

A Rúa to Santiago, 21 km

Posted in: Animal Kingdom, Architecture, El Camino de Santiago, Friends, Landscape, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Plants, Religious, Scenic, Spain, Travel | August 31, 2019 at 8:24 pm , by Laurie Merritt

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Our final 13 miles!!! Leaving A Rúa through more countryside and wooded trails. We’d be passing through the hamlets of O Pino, O Pedrouzo, Amenal, San Paio,...