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I just did a cursory check, and confirmed my guess that this is an example of a mansion built by those who emigrated, made their fortunes, and built a mansion at home to declare that they had 'done the 'Americas'. At least, that is what I understood in a conversation with locals in Navarra...
Yes, Llanes and surrounding area (for example Ribadesella and some of Comillas) full of examples. @dick bird posted earlier a picture of the ruins of the palace of Parterriu. Architecture combined Spanish style with that of South America and Caribbean. I think the albergue in Llanes might be in an Indianos house but I didn’t stop in Llanes but continued on to Barro. To my untrained eye it’s as immediately identifiable as San Francisco’s Victorians
www.llanes.es
My picture of the house was blurred but this is one from Google Earth…I’m often off track but pretty sure this is on the CaminoYes, Llanes and surrounding area (for example Ribadesella and some of Comillas) full of examples. @dick bird posted earlier a picture of the ruins of the palace of Parterriu. Architecture combined Spanish style with that of South America and Caribbean. I think the albergue in Llanes might be in an Indianos house but I didn’t stop in Llanes but continued on to Barro. To my untrained eye it’s as immediately identifiable as San Francisco’s Victorians
Edit: not saying Victorians look like indianos (although they do have color and embellishment in common) but rather once you’ve seen one you recognize them immediately. Also my mistake @dick bird posted a different ruin. If he doesn’t I’ll post Parterriu later
The architecture of the Indianos
The architecture of the Indianos can be found all over Llanes and the borough. In the town it is one of the most outstanding aspects of its architectural heritage. The Indianos originated from Llanes but, faced with the financial difficulties of the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the...
The story of the young Galician captive’s martyrdom in Córdoba for refusing to convert was a strong motivator in the Reconquista. His remains are at the monastery in Oviedo that gives the Las Pelayas their nickname
Thank you @SabineP , @Smallest_Sparrow and @VNwalking for the different views and info! 
I took a bunch of photos of it, in part because the entry to the churchyard is so inviting, and the gate was open. Amazing how a blue sky creates a different ambience.Tagging on with mine of San Pelayo
Yes, very different ambience! It was thundering and starting to rain so I didn't stop to step through that gate and explore a bit.
June 17th
Reminds me of the Oscar Wilde classic: "Be yourself, everyone else is taken".
It's right on the official route, AFAIK - but yes...that's quite a hill. Beautiful photo, @dick bird. I wondered what it would be like staying there, an the evening view looks lovely.
Smallest_Sparrow,
He’s outdoors so it could be both dusty and/or different stone—you’ve got a good eye!
A well known city on the Camino Frances; if no one recognizes it I’ll post the answer tomorrow
You are both going to slap your foreheads…
I will admit I’m a St Michael groupie (bordering on stalker) so he often stood out to me more than he probably did when you past under him
No, the problem is I wander around too much. I just looked at the other picture I have that shows the entire facade. I thought this was above the albergue door. It’s not. So it’s likely not ON the actual Camino but part of my rambling. Never listen to me and don’t follow me ever on the Camino
I’ll edit this in a minute that shows my embarrassment
my only defense is it's been a few years ago. Pamplona, undoubtedly a random street I passed while looking for the Parliament building (where I stalking a different St Michael)
No, the problem is I wander around too much. I just looked at the other picture I have that shows the entire facade. I thought this was above the albergue door. It’s not. So it’s likely not ON the actual Camino but part of my rambling. Never listen to me and don’t follow me ever on the Camino
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sort of like an albergue
it was the albergue because other than taking a picture of St Michael I couldn’t think of another reason I’d have taken a picture of the building. But once I enlarged it I remembered I’d also sent an email home wondering at the differences between the sleeping arrangements we had vs the priests.
Thanks for the clarification! Now I can sleep. But first here is a happy memory about an elderly Pamplona priest.I was in a hurry to find a St Michael picture and knew I had a few from Pamplona. I saw in the thumbnails this was above the doorway of a building and assumed
Edit: in my defense I didn’t stay at the albergue. I will say I started to doubt my memory of the building when neither @mspath nor @SabineP recognized it…
Sorry to you especially and to everyone
. On the positive side we got an amazingly soulful () story…
All excellent news! So happy for your family
Another contemplation on death within a medieval hospice, is in Beaune, France. However in Beaune it is not written but visual. Within the famous Hospice de Beaune charity hospital hung the The Last Judgement painted by Rogier van der Weyden.
June, 2018 the penultimate day of our Camino del Norte!
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Oficina de Peregrinos in Santiago de Compostela.No waiting line.
Quiet morning in April 2018 after finishing the Camino Ingles.
Also a short day so I arrived at 10.45.
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La etapa es corta, un último trámite que, si salimos temprano, nos permitirá estar en Santiago hacia el mediodía. Los dos primeros tercios del trayecto discurren por zonas de campiña y bosque, a lo largo de pistas o caminos muy agradables y siempre cerca de la nacional N-550; luego, durante el...www.gronze.com
Why be sorry? My only gripe is that all that happened when I was asleep or busy, so I missed all the fun.
Welcome back!
Oh my.
Well, FWIW, when I walked with Sabine we saw no bunnies and only one deer. But there was ark- worthy rain, and some epic mud.
Sadly no. It gave me something to do pulling them all off down in the ziortza monastery albergue showers, mini flashlight in my mouth for light. I was hypothermic by ziortza, cold showers didn’t help, I think the poor monks were afraid they’d lose their first pilgrim in hundreds of years. The one assigned to interact with us came back in the middle of the night to be sure I was still alive. Scared the stuffing out of all of us to have this figure in a black rain cloak silently appear in the middle of our room.
Camino Finisterre. March 21, 2017. Breakfast in Negreira. Workers stopping for a quick coffee, chat at the bar and on with their day. As I was getting ready to leave the barman kindly brought me an apple for my walk and said the weather looked good
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Possibly, if they had a bar. I stayed at Hotel Millan but had breakfast at a bar on the way out of town - can't remember the name.
He had trouble taking the photo because we were surrounded by bikes and cyclists!
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If it's the same place we went to (probably is) it was a bit more lively when we went there and a lot of locals go there. Yes, it is a bit of foodie hang out and not budget priced, but some sophisticated grub was a treat after endless menús del dia. It would be hard to make it work during social distancing though.Weekend so time for another foodpicture.
Normally I am careful to post a more negative review of a particular place on this forum seeing the owners are not aware of it , compared with places like Tripeadvisor ( the hilarious but correct name a moderator here gives for that website !).
Anyway I will make an exception for the general foodmarket/ inside hall of la Galiciana in Santiago de Compostela.
Mercado La Galiciana · Santiago de Compostela
Un mercado gastronómico con 8 locales de cocina, 3 barras de bebidas y puestos delicatessen, en el corazón de Santiago de Compostela
You see these foodhalls popping up in every bigger city in Europe the last years ( well except for the last Covidyear) .More " concept" than " restaurant ". So in this case a central hall gives different restaurateurs the possibility to have their own kitchen on the premises. Then there are central tables where you can sit down and eat what you ordered and can go back for a second choice at another stand.
At the time that I visited there was also a beercafé and fancy winebar.
A bit of a sterile environment and for these three meagre croquetas I paid 4€. I believe that when I visited it was not that long open so maybe next time I should visit again.
Don't get me wrong I do not believe I was ripped off being a tourist because the pricelist was there for everyone to view.
I have no clue if it attracts enough customers , although again seeing the open space and the ability of more social distancing than in a small tapasplace it might be a good alternative for those who do no want to enter a busy place in the old centre.
It was just not my thing.And not to compare with the wonderful hawker centres in Singapore.
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I must have missed this earlier. I'll dig out some photos of 'Indianos' houses. There is a dark side to this 'local boy makes good in New World' narrative. A lot of them almost certainly used slave labour and may well have been involved in slave trading.Yes, Llanes and surrounding area (for example Ribadesella and some of Comillas) full of examples. @dick bird posted earlier a picture of the ruins of the palace of Parterriu. Architecture combined Spanish style with that of South America and Caribbean. I think the albergue in Llanes might be in an Indianos house but I didn’t stop in Llanes but continued on to Barro. To my untrained eye it’s as immediately identifiable as San Francisco’s Victorians
Edit: not saying Victorians look like indianos (although they do have color and embellishment in common) but rather once you’ve seen one you recognize them immediately. Also my mistake @dick bird posted a different ruin. If he doesn’t I’ll post Parterriu later
The architecture of the Indianos
The architecture of the Indianos can be found all over Llanes and the borough. In the town it is one of the most outstanding aspects of its architectural heritage. The Indianos originated from Llanes but, faced with the financial difficulties of the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the...
Ah but you’re not accounting for the lovely food plating and presentationWeekend so time for another foodpicture.
Normally I am careful to post a more negative review of a particular place on this forum seeing the owners are not aware of it , compared with places like Tripeadvisor ( the hilarious but correct name a moderator here gives for that website !).
Anyway I will make an exception for the general foodmarket/ inside hall of la Galiciana in Santiago de Compostela.
Mercado La Galiciana · Santiago de Compostela
Un mercado gastronómico con 8 locales de cocina, 3 barras de bebidas y puestos delicatessen, en el corazón de Santiago de Compostela
You see these foodhalls popping up in every bigger city in Europe the last years ( well except for the last Covidyear) .More " concept" than " restaurant ". So in this case a central hall gives different restaurateurs the possibility to have their own kitchen on the premises. Then there are central tables where you can sit down and eat what you ordered and can go back for a second choice at another stand.
At the time that I visited there was also a beercafé and fancy winebar.
A bit of a sterile environment and for these three meagre croquetas I paid 4€. I believe that when I visited it was not that long open so maybe next time I should visit again.
Don't get me wrong I do not believe I was ripped off being a tourist because the pricelist was there for everyone to view.
I have no clue if it attracts enough customers , although again seeing the open space and the ability of more social distancing than in a small tapasplace it might be a good alternative for those who do no want to enter a busy place in the old centre.
It was just not my thing.And not to compare with the wonderful hawker centres in Singapore.
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and a lot of them built schools and hospitals and brought clean water to their towns. life is complex and no person or people is completely villain or victim. if we footnote history we should mention their good works as well as their bad, so history may be as generous with our own lives. I believe #5 is Palacio de Partarriu, the setting for the movie "The Orphanage"
it's settled then, I can never walk this Camino--I would never leave this bookshop. I adore any bookstore, they're like airports for my imagination--huge bookstores even more so, but this--this is beyond my wildest dreams
Agreed. Even on a mostly overcast day...
An easy solution that I'd consider is a post-camino side trip, just for the bookstore. With a whole day to do nothing but look at books.
A very pretty river but so calm. I like rivers with rapids.
Actually, this is a spot where its' been dammed a bit downstream for hydro production, hence the quiet water.
Is this the bookstore that is rumored to have inspired J.K. Rowling to write the Harry Potter series?
It is.
| Chove en Santiago meu doce amor camelia branca do ar brila entebrecida ao sol. |
| Chove en Santiago na noite escura. Herbas de prata e sono cobren a valeira lúa. |
| Olla a choiva pola rúa laio de pedra e cristal. Olla no vento esvaido soma e cinza do teu mar. |
| Soma e cinza do teu mar Santiago, lonxe do sol; agoa da mañan anterga trema no meu corazón. Fedérico García Lorca It is raining in Santiago, My sweet love. The white camellia of the air, Shines between twilight and the sun. It is raining in Santiago, In the dark night. Herbs of silver and gold, Cover the empty moon. Look at the rain in the street, Moaning of crystal and stone. See, in the wind vanishing, Fountain and ash of your sea. Fountain and ash of your sea, Santiago, so far from the sun. The water of the ancestral morning, Is trembling in my heart. |
Old battlefields nearly all look utterly unremarkable with no hint of the horror that went on there. This is the site of the Battle of Salamanca (or Arapíles as the Spanish refer to it), another site of a Wellington battle. Not his first victory, but when that made the French take him very, very seriously as it was the first time he went on the attack (actually counter-attack) and totally out-manoeuvred them. From then on, Napoleon's armies were never fully in control of the Iberian peninsula and through a combination of Spanish and Portuguese resistance and guerrilla tactics and Wellington's persistence, they were finally forced to withdraw.
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Somewhere on the Camino Ingles.
Luckily I can train for these kind of roads at home...
What a great shot and color! Was this at sunset?
yes
the Norte and Primitivo are both so beautiful they made my heart ache...i can hardly wait to see your photographs of them
See my latest post in the Norte weather thread.
I too was there in 2011; perhaps our paths did cross? In your photo all that lush green might be early summer?
