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...
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The Cathedral’s Just Around the Corner!
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...
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To Oz? …. To Oz!!
Through this beautiful covered corridor of woods on an old route from San Xulián do Camino to Ponte Campaña. Historical note: Ponte Campaña was the setting for...
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Gray, Misty, Damp, Foggy Morning
A fairly dark start to the day; still, so very exciting and exhilarating!...
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Leaving the Most Popular Camino Starting Point
A foggy, misty morning, and yet we COULD see the forest through the trees! Very large, thick, old oaks and lush green everywhere (as always). Sarria is...
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Buen Camino, Street Pilgrims!
S’long, streets of Sarria! Onward…...
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Buen Camino!!
Getting pretty hot and dry and thirsty, but the trail never disappoints… well no, I digress for a moment… once in awhile we’d come upon a water...
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Breakfast of Champions! Cheers!
“There is one thing which gives radiance to everything. It is the idea of something around the corner” – G.K. Chesterson Several Camino symbols on the wall...
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Estella, Part 2 – street scenes at La Plaza de San Martín
Some background – Estella-Lizarra lies on both banks of the Ega River and is known as the “capital of Navarre’s Romanesque art”, thanks to the rich architectural...
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Simply Charming
One of my favorite “just passing through” towns, Cirauqui is a small hilltop town (a typical medieval layout throughout Europe) that spreads around the Iglesia de San...
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Cirauqui, Spain
Only 3km from Mañeru to this hilltop village. Fortunately, the ominous-looking clouds stayed out of our way. Another one of the few times I unloaded the infrared...
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Morning Departure from Puente de la Reina
Our next day took us from Puente de la Reina to Estella, Spain – 22km. A somewhat early start this already-bright, blue-skied morning. Along with other fellow...
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