Tag Archives: Lugo province

Go to Shell or Go to….

Posted in: Architecture, El Camino de Santiago, Friends, Outdoors, Photography, Scenic, Spain | July 22, 2019 at 6:12 pm , by Laurie Merritt

The past: First, a quick shout out to some of my Ridgewood High skids – I couldn’t resist – this post heading’s for you!! The present: Along...

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Hórreos

Posted in: Architecture, Black and White Photography, Commercial, Creative, El Camino de Santiago, Outdoors, Photography, Scenic, Spain, Travel | July 21, 2019 at 1:55 pm , by Laurie Merritt

Old silos (aka granaries), or hórreos, are used to store corn and other crops for fodder. By design, these roofed and slatted structures kept out moisture and...

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Moment of Silence

Posted in: Architecture, Black and White Photography, El Camino de Santiago, Photography, Religious, Scenic, Spain, Travel | July 20, 2019 at 1:58 pm , by Laurie Merritt

Above-ground graves at the cemetery of Iglesia de San Xulian do Camino....

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Iglesia de San Xulian do Camino

Posted in: Architecture, El Camino de Santiago, Photography, Religious, Scenic, Spain, Travel | July 20, 2019 at 1:49 pm , by Laurie Merritt

The very small Romanesque Church, sanctuary and cemetery of San Xulian....

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Palas to Arzua

Posted in: Architecture, El Camino de Santiago, Outdoors, Photography, Religious, Scenic, Spain, Travel | July 20, 2019 at 1:12 pm , by Laurie Merritt

Only 3 more days of hiking before our long-awaited, much-anticipated, final arrival in Santiago, Spain. This leg, from Palas de Rei to Arzua would be another killer...

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Long Abandoned

Posted in: Architecture, El Camino de Santiago, Photography, Scenic, Spain, Travel | June 26, 2019 at 9:35 pm , by Laurie Merritt

Off the dirt trail momentarily, we hiked several hundred feet along a paved road and passed two old, abandoned buildings – a brickworks plant and a burned...

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A 2nd Camera Captures Different Results

Posted in: Botany, Commercial, El Camino de Santiago, Landscape, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Plants, Scenic, Spain, Travel | June 26, 2019 at 11:51 am , by Laurie Merritt

Misty morning = misty camera lens....

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Stone Walled

Posted in: Architecture, Black and White Photography, Commercial, Creative, El Camino de Santiago, Photography, Scenic, Spain, Travel | June 25, 2019 at 9:12 pm , by Laurie Merritt

Stunned by such intricate detail! Medieval, Romanesque, ancient, Gothic??...

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Gray, Misty, Damp, Foggy Morning

Posted in: Architecture, Botany, El Camino de Santiago, Friends, Landscape, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Scenic, Spain, Travel | June 25, 2019 at 8:05 am , by Laurie Merritt

A fairly dark start to the day; still, so very exciting and exhilarating!...

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Crumbling Medieval Steps

Posted in: Architecture, El Camino de Santiago, Outdoors, Photography, Scenic, Spain | June 24, 2019 at 6:57 pm , by Laurie Merritt

To avoid walking around a hairpin turn, one could take this shortcut from one street level up to the next. Then again, maybe not!...

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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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Storm

Posted in: Colors, Commercial, Creative, El Camino de Santiago, Infrared Photography, Landscape, Nature, Panoramic, Photo Retouching, Photography, Scenic, Spain, Travel | May 30, 2019 at 8:27 am , by Laurie Merritt

Storm front approaching the Portomarín countryside. 3-image panoramic scene in infrared....

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Country Homes on the Rio Miño (oil painting)

Posted in: Colors, Commercial, Creative, El Camino de Santiago, Landscape, Nature, Oil Painting, Outdoors, Photography, Scenic, Spain, Travel | May 30, 2019 at 8:01 am , by Laurie Merritt

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The Town of Portomarín, Spain

Posted in: Architecture, El Camino de Santiago, Friends, Landscape, Nature, Photography, Scenic, Spain, Travel | May 29, 2019 at 10:26 pm , by Laurie Merritt

Portomarín holds the distinction of being the newest oldest town along the Camino. What is seen today is a transplanted version of the original town that originally...

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Feets Don’t Fail Me Now!

Posted in: El Camino de Santiago, Photography, Scenic, Spain, Travel | May 28, 2019 at 8:32 pm , by Laurie Merritt

Shortly after this, one of them did… in spades....

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