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  1. mspath

    Little sculptures

    Santiago de Compostela Cathedral interior Alpha-Omega disc photo taken December 9, 2012 Amongst the multitude of splendor within the cathedral is this handsome disc displaying a four arm cross set with symbols of the sun/moon in the upper quadrants and alpha/omega in the lower quadrants.
  2. mspath

    On the Camino: One Day at a Time, one Photo at a Time 11.0

    Camino Frances Cuesta del Moro Ermita de San Miguel photo taken October 25, 2013 Once part of a Benedictine monastery this 10th c. hermitage seemed a bit too hidden from the path for me to calmly explore it alone.
  3. mspath

    Little sculptures

    Camino Frances Leon Parador San Marcos cloister garden photo taken March 7, 2007 These two saints guard the cloister garden within the Parador. When clad in my winter pilgrim garb I dared enter the Parador to ask if the famous Renaissance cloister garden could be visited the elegant maitre...
  4. mspath

    On the Camino: One Day at a Time, one Photo at a Time 11.0

    Camino Frances Villatuerta La Casa Magica photo taken October 20, 2011 In chilly October it was cosy to sleep in this miniscule "room" of my own.
  5. mspath

    What if fatigue is too much?

    Drink lots of water and relax. Water helps prevent painful tendinitis. One of the most important 'rules' of the Camino (and life) is to 'let it be'. Start walking slowly and go very easy for the first week. Daily distances cited in the guidebooks are not sacred; do not attempt 40 km the first...
  6. mspath

    Lodging in Burgos near Rosa Manzano train station

    Yes it is. If you search on Google you will see that Rosa Manzano was previously known as Rosa de Lima.
  7. mspath

    Lodging in Burgos near Rosa Manzano train station

    The Rosa Manzano train station is usually for long distance trains and is NOT located near central Burgos so a taxi would be useful to travel there from central Burgos. For a hotel in Burgos the Norte y Londres can't be beat. Staying there is similar to a pleasant private club; all is comfy...
  8. mspath

    Little sculptures

    Camino Frances towards Viana photo taken October 28, 2013 This small figure of the Virgin was glimpsed in "the wilderness" when I walked cross country off path towards Viana.
  9. mspath

    On the Camino: One Day at a Time, one Photo at a Time 11.0

    Camino Frances Villatuerta La Casa Magica photo taken October 20, 2011 Grapes were once crushed for vino tinto on the rough pebble floor of the main entrance hall of this private albergue, a 300 years old farmhouse now sensitively renovated.
  10. mspath

    Pilgrim mass in Astorga

    Dave hamilton, For masses in Astorga, see this website https://www.diocesisastorga.es/actualidad/horario-de-misas . You and your daughter must be very excited as you soon will be on your way. Buen Camino to you both.
  11. mspath

    Little sculptures

    Palmela, Portugal coastal Rota Vicentina Pousada/castle complex photo taken December 29, 2011 This simple scallop shell is pressed into a column base in the church cloister within the vast castle complex; in the 12th c. the castle had been given to the Military Order of Santiago/the Templars...
  12. mspath

    On the Camino: One Day at a Time, one Photo at a Time 11.0

    Camino Frances towards Villatuerta photo taken 0ctober 24, 2012 Somewhere (!?) west of Lorca/east of Villatuerta lay this evocative "...long, long trail a-winding..."
  13. mspath

    Little sculptures

    Camino Frances Saint Jean Pied de Port 49 rue de La Citadelle photo taken October 14, 2014 This sculpted door knocker adorns a private house on rue de La Citadelle, a street of pilgrim hope and memory.
  14. mspath

    On the Camino: One Day at a Time, one Photo at a Time 11.0

    Camino Frances near Lorca tunnel photo taken October 20, 2011 I yearned for that distant open space while walking through this confined tunnel which passed beneath the highway east of Lorca.
  15. mspath

    Group of prison inmates walking the Camino

    For more information re such rehabilitative programs during the past on the camino see these earlier Forum threads. https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/juvenile-penitent-pilgrims.1043/ https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/court-ordered-camino.42950/ February 2009 in...
  16. mspath

    Little sculptures

    Camino Frances Sahagun Calle Antonio Nicolás, 40 photo taken March 3, 2007 The lattice-like wooden interior screen of this handsome window, one of a series in the south wall of the Santa Cruz albergue, exhibits a Mashrabiya influence.
  17. mspath

    On the Camino: One Day at a Time, one Photo at a Time 11.0

    Camino Frances east of Lorca rainbow photo taken October 20, 2011 Glimpsing a rainbow is always special.
  18. mspath

    Albergue San Juan de Ortega -- a question

    Indeed. So would I do it again. Read/see why in this earlier post.
  19. mspath

    Where do ( did ) you walk locally in 2024?

    Sunday, May 26, 2024, the American Battle Monuments Commission at their worldwide sites commemorate Memorial Day. Within the Aisne-Marne Cemetery site near Chateau Thierry, France, are buried 2,289 American war dead who summer 1918 fought at Belleau Wood and elsewhere along the Marne River...
  20. mspath

    Little sculptures

    Camino Frances Astorga Bishop's Palace tile detail photo taken March 10, 2007 Distinctive tiles were used by Antonio Gaudi in some original spaces designed from 1889 in the Bishop's Palace, now a museum known as the Palacio de Gaudi.

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