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A Celebratory Moment, So Rich and Rewarding

Posted in: Architecture, El Camino de Santiago, Friends, Landscape, Outdoors, Panoramic, Photography, Religious, Scenic, Spain, Travel | September 10, 2019 at 11:20 am , by Laurie Merritt

Soaking it all in what we accomplished in the center of Obrodoiro Plaza. ...

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Easy Going Around Town

Posted in: Architecture, Botany, Colors, El Camino de Santiago, Flowers, Friends, Landscape, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Plants, Religious, Scenic, Spain, Travel | September 10, 2019 at 10:18 am , by Laurie Merritt

Final full day and not a hike in sight!! Nice to throttle back and wander around aimlessly and at leisure. Beautiful sunny day in the in the...

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Night Lit Cathedral in Oil

Posted in: Architecture, Colors, Commercial, Creative, El Camino de Santiago, Landscape, Oil Painting, Photography, Religious, Scenic, Spain, Travel | September 9, 2019 at 1:25 pm , by Laurie Merritt

Bright lights, big, beautiful center stage. ...

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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

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

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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

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...

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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

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...

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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

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...

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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

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...

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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

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,...

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Through the Hamlets of O Coto and Leboreiro, Spain

Posted in: Animal Kingdom, Architecture, Botany, El Camino de Santiago, Flowers, Landscape, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Plants, Religious, Scenic, Spain, Travel | July 30, 2019 at 3:17 pm , by Laurie Merritt

Keep on trekking… comments have been provided with each image… ...

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Lestedo, Spain

Posted in: Architecture, El Camino de Santiago, Photography, Scenic, Spain, Travel | July 1, 2019 at 12:18 pm , by Laurie Merritt

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Adios Portomarín

Posted in: Architecture, El Camino de Santiago, Flowers, Landscape, Outdoors, Photography, Scenic, Spain, Travel | June 24, 2019 at 5:50 pm , by Laurie Merritt

Leaving Portomarin, Spain, for Palas de Rei, a journey of 24.8 km (15.4 miles). The rains from the previous night moved on, leaving us with a misty...

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There’s “X”, and There’s…

Posted in: Architecture, El Camino de Santiago, Outdoors, Photography, Scenic, Spain, Travel | May 20, 2019 at 2:17 pm , by Laurie Merritt

It’s not often we came across tainted water fountains, but the fact this was on the trail just before the subsequent images?!?! ...

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Ferreiros, Spain

Posted in: Architecture, El Camino de Santiago, Landscape, Outdoors, Photography, Scenic, Spain, Travel | May 19, 2019 at 9:41 pm , by Laurie Merritt

A fleeting moment hiking past the village of Ferreiros and the Church of Santa Maria. ...

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Hilltop View of Rooftops…

Posted in: Architecture, El Camino de Santiago, Landscape, Outdoors, Photography, Scenic, Spain, Travel | April 22, 2019 at 1:09 pm , by Laurie Merritt

… and a fairly steep climb through Sarria’s Old Town. \...

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