Tag Archives: Galician province

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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The Cathedral – Day Into Night in Black and White

Posted in: Architecture, Black and White Photography, Commercial, Creative, El Camino de Santiago, Infrared Photography, Landscape, Photo Retouching, Photography, Religious, Scenic, Spain, Travel | September 9, 2019 at 1:31 pm , by Laurie Merritt

I shot these infrared images then converted them all to black and white. ...

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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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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

… 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...

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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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Forest Through the Trees

Posted in: Botany, Commercial, Creative, El Camino de Santiago, Nature, Oil Painting, Outdoors, Photo Retouching, Photography, Plants, Scenic, Spain, Travel | August 26, 2019 at 7:37 pm , by Laurie Merritt

Always in the big woods when you leave familiar ground and step off alone into a new place there will be, along with the feelings of curiosity...

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Fitting Words and a Celebratory Moment

Posted in: Botany, Colors, El Camino de Santiago, Flowers, Friends, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Plants, Scenic, Spain, Travel | August 26, 2019 at 3:25 pm , by Laurie Merritt

As soon as we saw this graffiti, we and several other pilgrims in the vicinity, were singing this song by The Proclaimers! In fact, some of us...

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Wisteria Along the Way

Posted in: Botany, Colors, Commercial, El Camino de Santiago, Flowers, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Plants, Scenic, Spain, Travel | August 25, 2019 at 9:05 pm , by Laurie Merritt

Great colors and the amethyst is my birthstone! ...

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30 Km to Go!!

Posted in: Architecture, Colors, Commercial, El Camino de Santiago, Friends, Outdoors, Photography, Scenic, Spain, Travel | August 25, 2019 at 11:31 am , by Laurie Merritt

There’s a light at the end of the tunnel and it’s not a train! Both of us had to capture this mile post in Outeiro. We were...

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Dew-Dropped Pink Rose in Oil

Posted in: Botany, Colors, Commercial, Creative, El Camino de Santiago, Flowers, Nature, Oil Painting, Outdoors, Photography, Plants, Scenic, Spain, Travel | August 24, 2019 at 11:20 am , by Laurie Merritt

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