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

[Theatregal]

Camino Frances. September 19, 2023. After Hornillos del Camino.
One of those lovely quiet early mornings along the enveloped path.

 

[SabsP]

Pazo de Fonseca. Headquarters of university of Santiago.
September 2024.

Colegio de Fonseca | Web Oficial de Turismo de Santiago de Compostela y sus Alrededores

S. XVI. Renacentista.Este colegio fue mandado construir por el arzobispo Alonso de Fonseca adaptando la casa donde él había nacido y que pertenecía a su influyente familia, para ejercer la función pedagógica. Comenzó a funcionar en el año 1544 y en él tendrá sede la Universidad Compostelana...

www.santiagoturismo.com

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances.
León
pl. Santa María del Camino
Albergue del Convento de las Carbajalas

November 18, 2014



In the calm "slow season" at the Benedictine albergue run by the Santa Maria de las Carbajalas nuns I was allowed to stay two nights. All was clean, well heated with a good free breakfast.

 

[SabsP]

Some much needed washing at the lavanderia at Rua das Hortas in Santiago de Compostela.

La lavandería más bonita del mundo está en Compostela

A H10, en la rúa das Hortas, ya va más gente a ver que a lavar, algo que enorgullece a sus dueños

www.lavozdegalicia.es

September 2024.

 

[KiwiJohn]

My brother and I enjoyed a wonderful breakfast at the Bar Hostal El Manzano in Castrojeriz.
Unfortunately, way too early for a Guinness!

 

[RobinK*]

During my Camino Olvidado (August 2021).
Detail of the capital of the Massacre of the Innocents from the church of Santa Cecilia at Aguilar de Campoo.



Herod, the king of Judaea, watches as his soldiers slaughter the innocent children of Bethlehem in an attempt to kill the infant Jesus, whom Herod feared would eventually seize his kingdom.

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
León
calle Mariano Domínguez Berrueta

photo taken November 9, 2010



Somber facades on both sides of this calle frame a narrow view of the nearby cathedral in early morning light.

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
León
Cathedral Santa Maria

photo taken March 7, 2007



Within the massive Gothic cathedral magnificent stained glass illuminated the interior; the jewel-tones were glorious.

 

[Rowena]

April 7, 2022 Camino Frances, Hornillos del Camino

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
León
Cathedral Santa Maria

photo taken March 7, 2007



Elegantly panelled, this entrance into the Claustro/Cloister, was visible in 2007. Can it still be easily seen?

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
León
Cathedral Santa Maria
Cloister

photo taken March 7, 2007



Have these delicate remains of faded fresco in the Cloister been restored since 2007?

 

[VNwalking]

Have these delicate remains of faded fresco in the Cloister been restored since 2007?

Elegantly panelled, this entrance into the Claustro/Cloister, was visible in 2007. Can it still be easily seen?

Not quite what you are looking for, Margaret, but this was from 2015 (sorry, more than one!):

 

[SabsP]

Ponte Maceira. On the way to Finisterre/ Muxia.
September 2024.

 

[CWBuff]

Camino Frances
Arriving in Foncebadón Oct. 2, 2012 and Oct. 1, 2023 - both times arriving a day or two after the full moon. Many changes to this village in 11 years!!

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Yes. The donkey was replaced by the cross

 

[Josep Montserrat]

Levaniego + Vadiniense
I started walking at Santader airport.
This was the first monument I saw.

 

[Rowena]

April 8, 2022 Camino Frances, approaching Castrojeriz

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
León
calle Cien Doncellas.

photo taken March 7, 2007



Repurposed sculptural fragments have been set into this more recent wall on one of the narrow streets north of the cathedral cloister.

 

[Theatregal]

Camino Frances. September 21, 2023.
A blustery day on the descent from the Alto de Mostelares. Ahead, the path would turn into a shoe sticking muddy quagmire but overall it was a great day!

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
León
Plaza San Marcos, 8
Parador San Marcos

photo taken March 7, 2007



The only time I entered a deluxe Parador was a cold March day in 2007 when wearing pilgrim winter garb I brazenly visited the San Marcos Parador in Leon.

 

[SabsP]

Towards Cee.
September 2024.

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
León
Plaza San Marcos, 8
Parador San Marcos
cloister garden

photo taken March 7, 2007



Two saints guard the cloister garden within the Parador. When I dared ask if the famous Renaissance garden could be visited the elegant maitre de answered that I might faire le tour but must NOT enter it!

Thus while I slowly walked the periphery arcade those saints and he intently watched every footstep!! This photo is proof of my peripatetic quest!

 

[Josep Montserrat]

Levaniego + Vadiniense
Maliaño. Here I saw my firts yellow arrow.
This arrow is located 1km from the airport

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
León
plaza de San Marcos

photo taken February 14, 2008



Whatever the weather even in snow sitting with a new camino friend is a timeless pleasure.

 

[SabsP]

Finisterre. Walking downhill.
September 2024.

 

[Kirkie]

Oh, my goodness, @mspath, my reaction was rather more selfish...
Dear God, let me out of this heat!

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
Trobajo del Camino

photo taken November 20, 2013



Slightly west of León the CF passed a hillside of partly underground wine cellars or bodegas; some were surprisingly large with space to sit, eat and, of course, drink.

 

[Kirkie]

The perfume from the lavender in Obanos was a gift.

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
La Virgen del Camino
Basilica

photo taken February 27, 2009



Located 7 km beyond Léon on the CF.
Deep yellow windows light the contemporary Basilica de La Virgen del Camino designed in the 1960s by a Dominican monk, Francisco Coello, in the Brutalist style.

 

[Josep Montserrat]

Levaniego + Vadiniense
Maliaño.
Tiles imitating those of Gaudí at the Capricho in Comillas

 

[SabsP]

Muxia. September 2024.

 

[Theatregal]

March 19, 2017. A quiet early morning in Santiago de Compostela. My favourite time to walk the city streets.

 

[Kirkie]

This struck me so forcibly. El Acebo, July, 2006.

 

[Rowena]

April 10, 2022 Camino Frances
Inside the Semana Santa Museum in Carrion de Los Condes

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
leaving La Virgen del Camino

photo taken November 13, 2011



This metal pilgrim pointed towards the two ways to leave the town near the junction of the main CF, which parallels the noisy route N120 direct to Villadangos, and the peaceful alternate camino going slightly SW to Villar de Mazarife.

 

[Josep Montserrat]

Levaniego + Vadiniense
Only 583 km from Compostela. I'm close.

 

[VNwalking]

in the Brutalist style

I was surprised how much I liked it, and how touched.

 

[Kirkie]

The day I lost my hat. My trusty hat from the CF. Porto, before beginning to walk the following day.

 

[SabsP]

Interior Santuario da Virxe da Barca. Muxia.
September 2024.

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances, alternate route
from La Virgen del Camino

photo taken November 13, 2011



The alternate camino SW towards Villar de Mazarife avoided highway noise and suburban sprawl. The mud path crossing wide flat plains planted with corn was slick from incessant cold rain. From time to time hunters' shots could be heard, sometimes a bit too close for comfort!

 

[SabsP]

This is also a Camino.
A gravel road next to the autopista.
Almost in Castro Dozon.
Camino Sanabres 2024.

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
Villar de Mazarife

photo taken November 19, 2014



When staying at the comfy Tio Pepe albergue facing this parish church watching those nearby storks provided welcome amusement; I was apparently the only pilgrim patron that cold November day.

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
Villavante
Iglesia de la Purificación de Nuestra Señora

photo taken November 14, 2011



In Villavante it was a suprise to see this circular flight of steps "hidden" in the locked church tower while walking from Villar de Mazarife along the CF alternate route towards Hospital d'Orbigo

 

[VNwalking]

Detail of the Visigothic Santa Maria del Naranco, off the Primitivo just outside of Oviedo.

 

[Josep Montserrat]

Levaniego + Vadiniense
Iglesia de San Lorenzo, Peñacastillo.

 

[SabsP]

Always room for a cortado and a free sample of cake.
In Prado, just after the junction of Invierno and Sanabres at A Laxe.

September 2024.

 

[Theatregal]

Camino Aragonés. August 30, 2023. Crossing the Rio Aragón and arriving in Canfranc Pueblo.

 

[Rowena]

April 12, 2022 Camino Frances
More wall art in Sahagun

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
Hospital de Orbigo
parish albergue
patio

photo taken November 14, 2011



Passing through this unroofed patio was very pleasant in fine weather; however during storms it was always a wet dash from the dorm on the left to the loo/shower on the right, especially in late autumn/winter.

 

[lalaone]

Camino Frances
Hospital de Orbigo
parish albergue
patio

photo taken November 14, 2011

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Passing through this unroofed patio was very pleasant in fine weather; however during storms it was always a wet dash from the dorm on the left to the loo/shower on the right, especially in late autumn/winter.

Oh, those beautiful windows - I'd recognize them anywhere - thank you!

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
Hospital de Órbigo

November 20, 2014



Crossing the famous Hospital de Orbigo bridge I was stricken with "Delhi belly" and needed privacy fast! The nearest open door was at the casa rurale Nuestra Senora de Lourdes. A cozy single room with private loo/shower was immediately accessible!! ...This lucky find was another example of camino serendipity.!

 

[SabsP]

View from my hostalroom in Ponte Ulla.
Where the car is parked: a small sitting space with a nice choice of vending machines. A good alternative on Sunday when the local Carrefour is closed.
Camino Sanabres, September 2024.

 

[Josep Montserrat]

Levaniego + Vadiniense
Santa Cruz de Bezana
Three types of beans drying in the sun.

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
northwest of Santibáñez de Valdeiglesias
and east of San Justo de la Vega

photo taken November 21, 2014



Each time I hiked past this rigid fellow his clothes and kit had changed. Since this was shot during my last full CF I wonder what is he wearing now?

 

[SabsP]

Sanabres. September 2024.
Luckily I did not need to use the bus or taxi.
Ponte Ulla to Santiago.

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
San Justo de la Vega
Cruceiro de Santo Torbio

photo taken November 22, 2013




East of Astorga this sturdy cross rose
amidst the sweeping vista of a vast plain.

 

[Josep Montserrat]

Levaniego + Vadiniense
Santa Cruz de Bezana.
I didn't get a menu of the day but I got some bravas.

 

[Rowena]

April 13, 2022 Camino Frances
View of Mansilla de las Mulas from the top of the city wall.

 

[SabsP]

Almost there. Sanabres.

 

[mspath]

alternate Camino Frances
path towards Astorga

photo taken March 1, 2009



Between Santibáñez de Valdeiglesias and San Justo de la Vega an alternate CF meandered through a dense wood; from this point the path ran straight to Astorga.

 

[Rowena]

April 14, 2022 Camino Frances
Semana Santa procession in Leon, view from my hotel balcony.

 

[SabsP]

Hostal/ bar Suso in Santiago.
September 2024.
Wonderful hosts and great terrace.

 

[Takahiwai]

Just missing the glass of water to make this the very rare perfect quintet with which to finish a meal, after a hard slog.

Edited to add: this was at the lovely Hotel Imaz in Segura, on the Via de Bayona, in February of this year.

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
Astorga
Roman mosaic

photo taken March 10, 2007



Visible on the camino as you enter Astorga from the east is this mosaic, sculpted with small tesserae.

 

[Corned Beef]

Poster advertising the Landzette in Etroubles, Aosta Valley July 2024. It's an annual festival celebrating Napoleon's march over the Grand St Bernard Pass. The Via Francigena is packed full of these little historical curiosities. There is festival in a few weeks but there seems to be more than one.

The Coumba-Frèide Historical Carnival

The Coumba-Frèide Historical Carnival Carnivals Ollomont

www.lovevda.it

 

[Kirkie]

According to the notes attached to this photo, it was taken, by me, in August 2019, so on the Inglés. The name of the gable bellfry is one of the first words I retained in Spanish! Why? It contains elements of the name of the country..Espadaña.
Thanks so much for the opportunity to share photo memories this way, one day at a time. Special thanks to the regular contributors with much better organised filing than I have!
welcome, when the New Year comes and a new thread is created.

 

[SabsP]

At Petiscos do Cardeal. Santiago.
September 2024.

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
Astorga
Archbishop's Palace

photo taken November 22, 2012




Designed from 1889 by Antonio Gaudi; the building now known as the Palacio de Gaudi, is presently a museum.

 

[Josep Montserrat]

Levaniego + Vadiniense
Mompía

 

[VNwalking]

Somewhere between Astorga and Rabanal. April 2014.

 

[Kirkie]

Blessed relief!


Belorado, CF, 2006
The owner had designed the bunks based on his own experience on the camino, so nobody could hit their heads off the upper bunk!

 

[mspath]

Camino Francesi
Astorga
Archbishop's Palace
Interior

photo taken March 10, 2007



Within the Palace some of Gaudi's interior spaces remain and contain original furnishings.

 

[Rowena]

April 16, 2022 Camino Frances
An unexpected sight on the outskirts of Léon

 

[Kirkie]

Thistles always tug at my heart.
The label says number 109, and it was on the CF, 2006.

I see it also says webpage so I hope I did not steal it from online!
I am fairly sure it is one of mine. As I said, thistles ALWAYS catch my full attention outside my home terrain.

 

[lalaone]

I see it also says webpage so I hope I did not steal it from online!
I am fairly sure it is one of mine.

No, I would never believe you stole this lovely photo. It is beautiful and very much you.

The same thing happened to me recently: I attached one of my own photos and it showed up as .webp even though I uploaded as .jpg. Maybe it has something to do with the forum's recent software update?

 

[SabsP]

Somewhere on the early stages of the Vasco Interior. May 2019.

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
Astorga golden light
cathedral

photo taken November 11, 2010



As I was leaving Astorga at dawn a glorious golden light lit the south facade of the majestic cathedral.

 

[Josep Montserrat]

Levaniego + Vadiniense
Boo de Piélagos. Albergue Piedad.



At dinner time, other pilgrims explained that they came by an alternative route that goes along the coast that is more interesting than the official one through the urban center and the suburbs

 

[Kirkie]

After a bus ride from Santiago, and a walk up the hill, this was the reward:

July 24, 2006.

 

[Takahiwai]

Somewhere on the early stages of the Vasco Interior. May 2019.

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Maybe Tolosa?

 

[SabsP]

Maybe Tolosa?

It was earlier on the Vasco because I know that it was dry in Tolosa @VNwalking will most probably remember it.

 

[Takahiwai]

It was earlier on the Vasco because I know that it was dry in Tolosa @VNwalking will most probably remember it.

My second guess would be Irun itself, since I don't recognise any other villages in the early part of the Via de Bayona as having terraced houses. They were all too small. Hopefully, VNW will be along to sort it out!

 

[SabsP]

Outskirts of Tolosa. May 2019.

 

[Rowena]

April 17, 2022 Villares de Orbigo, a few km after Hospital de Orbigo on the Camino Frances

 

[RobinK*]

August 2021. Starting the Olvidado in Bilbao.

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
leaving Astorga

photo taken November 16, 2011



Leaving Astorga mid November snow could be seen on the distant mountains towards the southwest; winter was coming.

 

[Rowena]

April 18, 2022 Camino Frances
Leaving Villares de Orbigo

 

[SabsP]

Towards Silleda.
Camino Sanabres. September 2024.

 

[VNwalking]

It was earlier on the Vasco because I know that it was dry in Tolosa @VNwalking will most probably remember it.

Dry-ish, that is, by comparison to what happened between there and Beasain, which I remember as a biblical deluge.

Sabine's photo might be of Hernani, which was definitely wet. Proof:

 

[Kirkie]

Camino del Salvador, 2017.
A gorgeous thistle!

 

[Theatregal]

August 29, 2023.
View from my resting spot on a stone bench in the quiet of the portico of the Cathedral of San Pedro in Jaca as I wait for the bus and the 3rd stage of my journey from Madrid to Somport to begin the Camino Aragonés.

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
west of Ventosa

photo taken October 25, 2011



Late October west of Ventosa the sun was less brilliant with a clear sky the pale blue of autumn/winter; a hat and gloves were needed while walking in the morning chill.

 

[Corned Beef]

Roman bridge as you leave Lugo. How do I know it’s Roman? Seems to be a big hint there. Taken a couple of days ago.

 

[VNwalking]

The same bridge last April, not looking nearly as mysterious and moody.

 

[Josep Montserrat]

Levaniego + Vadiniense
Boo de Piélagos.
I continued along the official path to pass over the bridge of Oruña. Other pilgrims boarded the train to Mogro to save a few kilometers of walking

 

[SabsP]

August 2015. Portugues.

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
near Espiñal

photo taken October 17, 2014



In the morning whilst walking towards that gleaming sunlight the descent into Espinal felt easy and, thankfully, my confidence returned.

 

[mspath]

1/1/2025 For the New Year​

May we all find hope in the glory of new morning light as we seek strength to persevere during the new year.

In the truest sense, Ultreia!

Life is the fire that burns and the sun that gives light. Life is the wind and the rain and the thunder in the sky.
...
While the fates permit, live happily; life speeds on with hurried step, and with winged days the wheel of the headlong year is turned.
Seneca

 

[Kirkie]

All done. Back in Bilbao train station, having taken the slow train from Santiago, July 2006, CF.

 

[Corned Beef]

This is what the Camino Frances just before Pedruso looks like on New Years Eve. Will be one of the last for 2024. And tomorrow one of the first for 2025. Happy New Year when it comes.

 

[SabsP]

The Portugese cobblestones in combination with dangerous drivers. Not the finest etapa of the CP.
2015.