On the Camino: One Day at a Time, One Photo at a Time (Part 2)

[VNwalking]

Here's the same bridge from April the same year, but from a different vantage point...

 

[JohnLloyd]

The Camino del Norte - one headland after another, after another

 

[Botaivica]

Spanish broom

from Arcade - Tivo on Camino Portugues

And today I feel fine smell who followed me that day

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

After touching the door of Santa Maria del Mar and before doing the same at the cathedral I stopped by at the church of Sant Jaume (Saint James). It was still too early in the day for it to be open and I hadn't previously visited this church and so my picture to share with you today is of its door. Note the pilgrim symbols on the right-hand shield.

Sant Jaume

Església de Sant Jaume Built: 1394-1500 Founded: 1391 Function: Former monastic church; currently parish church Address: Ferran 24 This primarily Gothic-style church, begun in 1394, is located in t…

catholicbarcelona.com

 

[Madidi]

Camino Frances- 23rd, September, 2014 We walked from Cacabelos to Trabadelo, via the Pradela route.

In 2017, there appeared to have been a recent fire which had decimated the forests along the path above Villafranca. I didn't really see many trees until I was approaching Pradela and these were all chestnut. The views were superb.
I stopped at the albergue in Pradela for a coffee and a sello. The young hospitalero was very friendly and insisted that I stayed until his partner had finished cooking a chestnut-flour traybake: she cut me a large piece to have with my coffee and another she gave me wrapped for 'later'. A memorable stop.
Many months later I was looking over my credential for the camino and I spotted that the hospitalero had added a little stick-man peregrino to the sello. That did make me smile

 

[Theatregal]

I'll never forget the emotion of standing at this window of the Auberge du Pelerin in St. Jean, the night before beginning my first camino.

 

[David Tallan]

Camino Portugues, between Rubiães and Tui (41°56'25.0"N 8°37'50.7"W). This local dog was a walking companion for the first 10 km or so. I later learned that he (or she) often selects pilgrims to accompany. I also saw this canid-themed art a lot in this section of the Camino.

 

[SabsP]

Vitoria/ Gasteiz obviously 2019.

 

[Anne&Pat]

Camino Frances- 23rd, September, 2014 View along the Valcarce Valley from the Pradela route. The spectacular A-6 bridge crossing the valley, rio, N-IV in the vicinity of La Portela de Valcarce.

 

[JohnLloyd]

Heading towards Castro Urdiales on the Camino del Norte, the Little Yellow Arrow seemed a long way away.

 

[Madidi]

26 Aug 2016:

Cruz de San Salvador on the Camino Del Salvador. An amazing camino

 

[VNwalking]

Vitoria/ Gasteiz obviously 2019

I went , because while I must have seen that, there is zero memory of it. Nada.
Funny.

Here is one of my memories of the wonderful Vitoria Gasteiz (most memories here have no photos attached...):

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

After touching the churches in old Barcelona I headed to and then up Passeig de Gràcia on my way to the velodrome where I would meet the arrow marked camino to Monserrat. On the way, just beyond the Lesseps metro station, the neighborhood church Església dels Josepets had its doors open.



Now I will move on to an earlier camino.

 

[David Tallan]

Camino Portugues, the fortress of Valença, just before leaving Portugal.

 

[SabsP]

Santiago de Compostela at nightfall.

 

[Theatregal]

View from my top bunk in the albergue in Miño.

 

[Anne&Pat]

Camino del Norte- 5th, May, 2018 We spent two nights in Bilbao and were able to go to the Saturday Vigil mass at this Church. The Passionist Church of San Felicisima, Deusto, Bilbao, which was only about 400m away from our Hostel.

 

[AlanSykes]

Moncayo, highest mountain in the sistema central, from the flat of the Ruta del Ebro near Tudela. Andalusian Bécquer fell in love with "el fantástico panorama de las sinuosidades del Moncayo", writing about it regularly and spending several years of his short life living in its shadow.

 

[Madidi]

19 May 2015:

We finished our Camino Madrid in Sahagun and stayed in the Benedictinas alburgue there. The nuns were sponsoring children from a village in Peru and selling produce made there. Portraits of the children were on the the corridor walls.

 

[KinkyOne]

Took a lot of persuasion by post office clerk (Avila on Levante/Sanabres, 2015) for me to realize that these two lion heads were indeed mail boxes

 

[VNwalking]

These need no explanation!
I can't stop trying to take the perfect portrait of them.

 

[SabsP]

Vasco Interior 2019. Walking to Santiagomendi ( etapa Irun to Astigarraga ).

Lots of rain that day and no bars open to take a break. I loved this uphill part.

 

[JohnLloyd]

The spectacular pier at Castro Urdiales

 

[Theatregal]

Torre de Hércules in A Coruña

 

[David Tallan]

Camino Portugues, arriving in Tui, Spain.

 

[KinkyOne]

Me as well Sabine! I'm sorry that I didn't find information about the photographer and the exhibit at the time. I've tried since but haven't found anything. I think this photo is a self portrait of the photographer. @ivar and @SYates , as Santiago residents, I'm wondering if you know anything about this exhibition?

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Hey, Caryn,

I think here's something for you

Dos muestras de fotografías y una sobre científicos

Hoy arranca oficialmente la muestra con imágenes de Gabriel Tizón en varios puntos de la ciudad

www.lavozdegalicia.es

Abierta la exposición "Espellos de Pedra"

Cuenta la historia de 18 mujeres a través de la fotografía ...

www.compostela24horas.com

https://twitter.com/x/status/970677685415489536

Enjoy!

 

[SabsP]

Cheers @KinkyOne for doing some detectivework.
Tizon is born in Ferrol.

Gabriel Tizón

 

[Theatregal]

Wow! Thank you so much @KinkyOne for finding this information and @SabineP for the link to Gabriel Tizón's website. Much appreciated!

 

[JohnLloyd]

The impressive medieval church of Santa María de la Asunción at Castro Urdiales, the last steps for me on the Camino del Norte, before hopping on a coach to Santander and a ferry to my hometown of Plymouth.

That was the end of my two months in Spain in 2018.

Next, I'll post from my Portugués from Porto in the spring of 2019.

 

[Anne&Pat]

Camino del Norte- 4th, May, 2018 As we entered Bilbao we visited the Gothic Basilica de Nuestra Senora de Begona and got a sello. We then went further into the city and visited the Catedral de Santiago, we also got a sello there. St James statue is in the Cathedral .

 

[VNwalking]

Vasco Interior 2019. Walking to Santiagomendi ( etapa Irun to Astigarraga ).

From the opposite direction at the bottom of said hill:

 

[Madidi]

16th May 2015:

Early morning along the Canal de Castilla not far from Medina de Rioseco on the Camino Madrid. The canal runs for just over 200kms northeast from Medina. If you have walked the Frances, you will have walked along it too: it runs past Fromista.

 

[KinkyOne]

Sorry guys but I'll have to break the rule of one photo per day if I want to tell this story. And I have to start it with a video on top of it... Is that OK? In my defense I can only say that in past one month I couldn't post (can not tell why or I won't be able to post for another month )

Well here it goes. It happened in 2015 on Camino de Levante one day after Avila in a small village of Gotarrendura (which is said to be a birthplace of St.Teresa of Avila, BTW, and also on Camino Teresiano towards Salamanca). There's this very nice albergue but no tienda. And the restaurant where this happened is now reportedly closed as I know.

I met this guy from Madrid a night before in Avila's municipal albergue and since we were the only pilgrims there we decided to go for a supper in mentioned restaurant. First course came, insalata mixta as is very common in Spain and while I was surprised because of the quantity of it my pal wasn't. He's saying something like "no problem, it's not much, it's just a salad, this will go through me easily" in this video:

What happened next is captured in these three photos:

 

[Theatregal]

From the opposite direction at the bottom of said hill:

Beautiful. This is a view of the kind of path (and the photo Sabine posted earlier) that I would look up at and think...'a perfect camino path'. Unless of course it was a pouring rain day turning it into a mud bog I probably would have taken at least 20 photos of the same view.

 

[VNwalking]

K1, you guys didn't finish the bread...

OMG, that's...a ton of food!
Postre? Just one thin mint???


Warmly welcome back, BTW! (Please do mind your Ps and Qs...we prefer having you around to being away...)

 

[VNwalking]

Unless of course it was a pouring rain day turning it into a mud bog I

Well it was raining. But that was one of the places where the walking was friendly, unlike a few other places that day which had been more than a little gnarly. And yes, that was precisely the thought I was having when I took the photo! The quintessential Camino path.

 

[KinkyOne]

K1, you guys didn't finish the bread...

OMG, that's...a ton of food!
Postre? Just one thin mint???


Warmly welcome back, BTW! (Please do mind your Ps and Qs...we prefer having you around to being away...)

If you look closer we didn't finish our beer either. People who know me personaly also know that such a thing is a pure fake news or at least science fiction

 

[VNwalking]

So you didn't.
Well. There's always a first time.

 

[Theatregal]

Peaking into the tiny 14th century Capilla de Santa Marina de Buspol on the Primitivo to see the carved wooden boxes with images of Santa Marina and Santa María Magdalena.

La capilla de Buspol: una pequeña joya en el Camino. | Museo Etnográfico de Grandas de Salime "Pepe el Ferreiro"

www.museodegrandas.es

 

[SabsP]

Again some food. Tarta de zanahoria aka carrotcake at cafe Tertulia in Santiago de Compostela. Once the " meetingplace " for members of this forum who wanted to meet other pilgrims in Santiago.

Restaurante Café Tertulia - Santiago de Compostela

Encuentra toda la información sobre el restaurante Café Tertulia en Santiago de Compostela: fotos, opiniones, precios, horarios, teléfono de contacto, etc. El Café Tertulia es un lugar...

www.salir.com

 

[AlanSykes]

Don Quixote's windmills near Mota del Cuervo on the Camino de Levante

 

[David Tallan]

Camino Portugues, just north of Tui (42°05'37.9"N 8°38'19.4"W)

 

[Caligal]

CP Oct. 2019 This little pup waited sooo patiently while I was digging in my pack for a treat

 

[Camino Chrissy]

Sorry guys but I'll have to break the rule of one photo per day if I want to tell this story. And I have to start it with a video on top of it... Is that OK? In my defense I can only say that in past one month I couldn't post (can not tell why or I won't be able to post for another month )

Well here it goes. It happened in 2015 on Camino de Levante one day after Avila in a small village of Gotarrendura (which is said to be a birthplace of St.Teresa of Avila, BTW, and also on Camino Teresiano towards Salamanca). There's this very nice albergue but no tienda. And the restaurant where this happened is now reportedly closed as I know.

I met this guy from Madrid a night before in Avila's municipal albergue and since we were the only pilgrims there we decided to go for a supper in mentioned restaurant. First course came, insalata mixta as is very common in Spain and while I was surprised because of the quantity of it my pal wasn't. He's saying something like "no problem, it's not much, it's just a salad, this will go through me easily" in this video:

What happened next is captured in these three photos:

Kinky, a salad is a salad, no matter how big. Rather it's those huge hunks of meat that has me salivating...yum!

 

[Camino Chrissy]

1. The beautiful Norte on the way towards Ribadesella in 2016.
2. Santillana Del Mar having lunch with a view of the Collegiate Church.

 

[calmeg]

Camino primitovo hospitales route. The fog lifted and came back 3-4 times that day!, came

 

[Anne&Pat]

Camino del Norte- 14th, May, 2018 The peaceful village of Boo de Pielagos taken from the balcony of Albergue Piedad. The railway station is at the bottom of the road.

 

[JohnLloyd]

Here we go on my Portugués from Porto last April and May.

A misty Matosinhos greets me as I jump off the metro, and this rather bendy bridge.

 

[Madidi]

26th August 2016:

Splendid isolation in the mountains between Buiza and Pajares on the Camino de San Salvador. It was very overcast and wet after a huge thunderstorm the night before. Just glad to be walking at all

 

[KinkyOne]

True, true...

(C.de Levante 2015, Hernansancho)

 

[Camino Chrissy]

True, true...

(C.de Levante 2015, Hernansancho)

Who painted that word?...KinkyOne or FreakyOne!

 

[VNwalking]

A very quirky house alone the way on the Via de Bayona between Miranda de Ebro and Pancorbo.
Odd or not, the scallop shell is in the right place.

 

[Camino Chrissy]

A very quirky...

The word "quirky" reminded me quickly of the quirkiest check-in at an albergue I've ever had on five various caminos. It was in the near ghost town of Ciruena. Notice the owner's pen he used and apron he wore. He reminded me of "Ramon" in "The Way". We had our own room, but something creepy about it made me sleep with the lights on all night to keep bedbugs away.

EDIT- He also played loud opera music in the morning as a wake up call...yep, Ramone!

 

[Theatregal]

The beautiful Torre do Relógio square in Caminha.

 

[KinkyOne]

The word "quirky" reminded me quickly of the quirkiest check-in at an albergue I've ever had on five various caminos. It was in the near ghost town of Ciruena. Notice the owner's pen he used and apron he wore. He reminded me of "Ramon" in "The Way". We had our own room, but something creepy about it made me sleep with the lights on all night to keep bedbugs away.

Ooops, forgot the photo...
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Hahaha, he reminds me of Jack Nicholson in The Witches of Eastwick in this photo

 

[VNwalking]

He reminded me of "Ramon" in "The Way". We had our own room, but something creepy about it made me sleep with the lights on all night to keep bedbugs away.

Funny. It just goes to show how many different views there are of the world. I liked the place.
He had been a professor (I think in Barcellona?) and bought the albergue before the ghost development happened. He was smart, opinionated, and had some really interesting stories.

 

[VNwalking]

The beautiful Torre do Relógio square in Caminha.

That's an amazing sky, too. Gorgeous.

 

[Camino Chrissy]

Funny. It just goes to show how many different views there are of the world. I liked the place.
He had been a professor (I think in Barcellona?) and bought the albergue before the ghost development happened. He was smart, opinionated, and had some really interesting stories.

He spoke no English and there was only one other Italian couple staying there, so I didn't get to appreciate hearing any stories as I speak almost no Spanish. He had the cutest dogs that he loved!

 

[SabsP]

Briviesca. Camino Vasco Interior. Plaza Mayor.

 

[Camino Chrissy]

Briviesca. Camino Vasco Interior. Plaza Mayor.

I absolutely love the way the plane trees (a variation of the sycamore) are trimmed as "stumps". I hear they sprout plenty of their big green leaves in the hot summer months which makes wonderful cool, shady colonades. Maybe someone can provide a photo as I always walk in spring.

 

[KinkyOne]

I absolutely love the way the plane trees (a variation of the sycamore) are trimmed as "stumps". I hear they sprout plenty of their big green leaves in the hot summer months which makes wonderful cool, shady colonades. Maybe someone can provide a photo as I always walk in spring.

Tomorrow. I already posted mine for today

But from memory on CF Burguette has them, Villava, Belorado, they are on espolon in Burgos etc.

 

[Camino Chrissy]

Tomorrow. I already posted mine for today

But from memory on CF Burguette has them, Villava, Belorado, they are on espolon in Burgos etc.

Yes, and Pamplona, too. I will look forward to your picture/s.

 

[KinkyOne]

Yes, and Pamplona, too. I will look forward to your picture/s.

Too many of them. I'll just continue with my Levante in this thread for now but I can make a collection of them and send it via e-mail if you really want

 

[Camino Chrissy]

Too many of them. I'll just continue with my Levante in this thread for now but I can make a collection of them and send it via e-mail if you really want

Awww, you are kind, but only if it is no big effort. I never saw the shade they provide so assume you sometimes walked in summer.

 

[Caligal]

After the climb out of Ponte de Lima CP there was this little mobile eatery with the best omelet and this inspiring message!

 

[Anne&Pat]

Camino del Norte- 31st, May, 2018 You go through a small part of this town before you reach this great view of Luarca appearing below in the valley.

 

[KinkyOne]

After the climb out of Ponte de Lima CP there was this little mobile eatery with the best omelet and this inspiring message!View attachment 79015View attachment 79015

Can't agree. It's the easiest and also most awarding

But we're all different...

 

[KinkyOne]

Still on Levante 2015. In the last village before Medina del Campo called San Vicente del Palacio there is municipal "albergue". I've slept in many odd places on my Caminos but this one was maybe the most bizarre, in a funny way, because it is in a classroom used also for evening classes for hairdressers But the bathroom was really nice and spotless clean. After this one maybe only the prison cell is missing in my collection

 

[Camino Chrissy]

this one was maybe the most bizarre, in a funny way, because it is in a classroom used also for evening classes for hairdressers But the bathroom was really nice and spotless

Kinky, did you wonder why you found so many hairs in your sleeping bag the following morning?

 

[VNwalking]

I don't know why I like this photo so much but I do.
It captures the feeling of the first few days of the Vasco so well - the rain, the gentle green landscape, the neighborly presence of the rail line. People say the first part of the camino between Hernani and Beasain are not so nice, but I liked it a lot. But I could have done without the rain.

 

[Madidi]

6th May 2015:

First day on the Camino Madrid. Just after leaving suburbia we were greeted with this beautiful display. It was the first of many on a wonderful camino. Highly recommended

 

[Theatregal]

Crossing Ponte Maceira to Finisterre

 

[Albertagirl]

After this one maybe only the prison cell is missing in my collection

Didn't you stay in the former jail cells in the albergue at Grajal de Campos on the Madrid?

 

[KinkyOne]

Didn't you stay in the former jail cells in the albergue at Grajal de Campos on the Madrid?

Yes in a way but in 2014 it wasn't completely finished so the place where the cells were (now dormitory) was then still empty. I was searching for a place with minimal draft and I found it behind the reception desk. So strictly technically I didn't sleep in a prison cell. It still awaits me someday somewhere. Will report

 

[JohnLloyd]

The first cute church en route to Santiago from Porto - the Capela da Boa Nova at Leça da Palmeira.

 

[Botaivica]

Between Tamel and Ponte de Lima

I had a feeling the forest was crying

 

[SabsP]

The famous white asparagus in Tudela. Camino del Ebro.

 

[Anne&Pat]

Camino Portuguese- 4th, May, 2016 We walked from Ansiao to Condeixa-a-Nova this day and came across this typical Portuguese blue tile photo promoting a picnic area in the countryside in the vicinity of the historic hamlet of Fonte Coberta and the 17thC Ponte Filipina , this can also just be seen in the second photo.

 

[JohnLloyd]

The first few kilometres on the Caminho da Costa from Porto is a boardwalk empire.

 

[KinkyOne]

Are you in lockdown? Can't cleep? Or extremely bored? You can start counting

(coming to Nava del Rey on Levante, 2015, the belltower of the church can be seen on the left side of the horizon, barely)

 

[VNwalking]

Today it's the newly unveiled cathedral towers on a brilliant July evening.

 

[Theatregal]

The bird's eye view of Convento de San Francisco from Room 420 on the pilgrim floor of San Martin Pinario. I love that simple little corner room at the end of the long hall.

 

[Camino Chrissy]

View of the cathedral from my room at The Pazos Alba hotel in Santiago, May 2019.

 

[Camino Chrissy]

Are you in lockdown? Can't cleep? Or extremely bored? You can start counting

(coming to Nava del Rey on Levante, 2015, the belltower of the church can be seen on the left side of the horizon, barely)

Kinky, those sunflowers are amazing! Looks like a good reason to go in the fall.
P.S. That's the tiniest bell tower I've ever "barely" laid my eyes on!

 

[KinkyOne]

Kinky, those sunflowers are amazing! Looks like a good reason to go in the fall.
P.S. That's the tiniest bell tower I've ever "barely" laid my eyes on!

The photo was taken in high summer, July 9th

 

[Camino Chrissy]

The photo was taken in high summer, July 9th

Ohhh, that would be too hot for me...no can do! Bummer

 

[KinkyOne]

Ohhh, that would be too hot for me...no can do! Bummer

On Levante once you get past Toledo/Avila the temps drop but before that for ten days or so I had to walk in 40-48C and never below 25C in the night. Not one drop of rain during that time. My tech equipment started to die on me but obviously I survived. And I never ever started walking earlier than 8am (on any of my Caminos). So I guess it can be done. What was most annoying is that a lot of bars were closed in the heat peak of the day, damn

 

[AlanSykes]

Jupiter in close conjunction with a full moon, Christmas Eve 2012. The last time in seven long years that I saw the twin towers without scaffolding.

 

[Camino Chrissy]

The bird's eye view of Convento de San Francisco from Room 420 on the pilgrim floor of San Martin Pinario. I love that simple little corner room at the end of the long hall.

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Everyone will now be coveting this room in the future...you may have to book earlier next time!

 

[VNwalking]

It's lovely how we're all following a thread from one image to another with very few words. Thank you all; right now the quiet and beauty are very soothing.
☺

 

[SabsP]

Santuario da Nosa Señora do Camiño just before Betanzos. Camino Ingles.

 

[Madidi]

09 May 2015 Camino Madrid:

Segovia from the road on the way up into Zamarramala. We were disappointed not to find anywhere to stay in the city but were delighted to find the alburgue in Zamarramala. A brand new alburgue, a lovely friendly hospitalera, all mod cons and all free

 

[KinkyOne]

For those planning Camino de Madrid and that will stay overnight in Zamarramala I strongly suggest to take a walk to the outskirt of the village in the evening. You can do that because there's no official closing of albergue (digital code for entering). Bringing a bottle of wine or cold beer can make it even more romantic enjoying lit up Segovia

 

[JohnLloyd]

Above-average garage in Vila Chã on the Caminho da Costa.

 

[Anne&Pat]

Camino Frances- 2nd, October, 2014 Early afternoon when we first walked into Praza Obradoiro, our first view of the Cathedral! Will post the photo from 2016 & 2018 in the coming days!

 

[VNwalking]

The view of the Rio Miño from above Belesar, showing the steep terraces that have produced wine grapes since the time of the Romans. Camino Invierno, 2019.

 

[Madidi]

31st August 2016:

On the path above Tineo: it certainly was this morning in the rain

 

[KinkyOne]

I adore these discotecas in small Spanish towns. Nava del Rey on Camino Levante has just a few souls more than 2000 inhabitants. And a Discoteca! Isn't that Sweet?

 

[Theatregal]

On the rooftop of Santuário de Santa Luzia in Viana do Castelo, looking back at the coast just walked.

 

[David Tallan]

Camino Portugues. Outdoor art installation in Spain north of Tui (42°06'04.4"N 8°38'05.0"W)