On the Camino: One Day at a Time, one Photo at a Time 7.0

[Chenahusky]

Back after a week on the canals in our narrowboat. So a canal lock seemed appropriate. Fromista CF June 2016.

 

[Theatregal]

The Iglesia de Santa María Magdalena in La Mesa on the Primitivo. August 1, 2013

 

[FourSeasons]

My home July 1, 2019 the night before my departure for del Norte.

EDIT: My Camino shell was given to me by the hospi at the Logrono Alburgue for my birthday in April 2016.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

The CF has a few landmark trees recognized by pilgrims. This is the best landmark tree between Barcelona and Santa Cilia. San Cugat can be seen in the background.

 

[Rowena]

No close up photo, but here’s my backpack (and poles) outside the Ermita de San Nicolas, after Castrojeriz on the CF, April 24, 2018

 

[Anne&Pat]

Backpacks, poles and a peregrino patiently queuing and waiting for the Albergue at Pasajes de San Juan to open up, April, 2018.

 

[mspath]

Praia de Estorde
photo take April 2, 2006




In 2006 crossing the beach barefoot while holding my boots like a child I delighted in the tickle of sand between my toes. Estorde is the first beach on the camino path linking Corcubion/San Roque to Finisterre. Mid view is Finisterre; Cape Finisterre is on the far left.

 

[SabsP]

Weekend so foodtime.
Bar Petiscos do Cardeal in Santiago de Compostela.
Navajas and ciervo.
I had a lovely time with fellow pilgrim Jim from the USA.We met the day before at a lunch organised by mutual friends and we decided to spend our last evening in Santiago at this wonderful place.

For those who do not know it...do give it a try.

Petiscos do Cardeal, sabores divinos en el centro de Santiago de Compostela

Restaurante con un espacio amplio, aunque acogedor, donde intentaremos crear una atmósfera cercana y hogareña para la degustación de nuestras elaboraciones con el objetivo de satisfacer al visitante.

petiscosdocardeal.com

 

[Corned Beef]

Basílica de Santa Luzia above Viana do Castelo. Lovely trip along the Portuguese coast in warm autumn sunshine.

Basílica de Santa Luzia | www.visitportugal.com

Building work on this basilica dedicated to Santa Luzia and the Sacred Heart of Jesus started in 1904, and lasted until 1959. It is the work of architect Miguel Ventura Terra, who was succeeded by Miguel Nogueira, after the death of his master in 1919.Architecturally, it is of...

www.visitportugal.com

 

[Bronte DownUnder]

Nestled in the Lot Valley the beautiful village of Saint Come d'Olt is known for it's twisted spire. June 2015 on route from Le Puy to SJPDP on the Via Podiensis

 

[VNwalking]

Albergue at Pasajes de San Juan to open up, April, 2018.

In the Pais Vasco, that attractive swirly icon is everywhere, usually over doorways. Not knowing what it meant, at first I cynically assumed it was a modern invention, contrived by a PR firm somewhere. That couldn't be more wrong.

These are hooked crosses, called lauburu, that go back to antiquity.

Lauburu - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Lauburu: The Four-Headed Cross and Basque Tradition

The Lauburu is an ancient symbol commonly identified with the Basque people, and is said to represent their unity, culture and identity.

symbolsage.com

Here is one from a little past Zegama on the Vasco, 2019.

twisted spire

That's not just twisted, it's bent too. For some reason - and who knows why - this looks vaguely sinister (no pun intended).

 

[kohara]

Loved walking across the amazing Ponte Internacional. Such a delight, the Minho river far below and the fortress of Tui on the hill opposite. As many will know the engineer was a disciple of Gustave Eiffel and you can certainly see the design imprint of the latter.

 

[Rowena]

September 18, 2016
Looking back at Le Puy en Velay, first day on the Via Podiensis

 

[Phoenix]

@kohara - Looking back in the other direction is the Fortaleza de Valença. Had I not been injured and needed to stay off my feet during my rest day in Tui, I would have loved to explore the fort. Someday...

CP, Oct 2019

 

[mspath]

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@kohara - Looking back in the other direction is the Fortaleza de Valença. Had I not been injured and needed to stay off my feet during my rest day in Tui, I would have loved to explore the fort. Someday...

CP, Oct 2019

Phoenix,
This is a lovely shot of a wonderful spot. When you do go back try to stay at the Pousada within the fortress. See some happy memories here.

 

[Theatregal]

Members of Tuna de Derecho crossing through the Acro de Palcio at sunset on their way to play in the Praza do Obradoiro. August 20, 2015.

 

[Anne&Pat]

Puppet show in Praza Quintana, Santiago. October, 2014.

 

[mspath]

Cizur Menor
dawn

photo taken October 21, 2012



This view of Cizur Menor on the CF caught the magical moment just before sunrise.

 

[VNwalking]

Looking back seems a theme. I do a lot of that, and not just a glance, but stand and gawk at the sunrise, or the receeding hills. It's amazing I get where I'm going sometimes.
(If I get responses, they're two kinds: People either turn and look, and go 'woooow,' or ask what I'm looking at, without turning and using their own eyes. )

From my most recent camino, a long look back at the way behind me from near Zalduondo, having come up from Zegama and through the Tunel San Adrian - drinking in the feeling of having accomplished something challenging.

 

[Bronte DownUnder]

September 18, 2016
Looking back at Le Puy en Velay, first day on the Via Podiensis

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Great photo Rowena. I must remember to do that in future ... look back. Bronte bear, on the other hand does that all the time, so he sees an entirely different perspective of every walk.
The church of Saint-Michel d'Aiguilhe (Saint Michael on the Needle) atop the basalt outcrop reached via 268 stone steps that wind up the side. All worth the effort for magnificent vistas over Le Puy.

 

[SabsP]

Detail from Leon. Taken from my hotelroom. CF 2017.
Although from the angle I now doubt it was from my room...

 

[mspath]

Great photo Rowena. I must remember to do that in future ... look back. Bronte bear, on the other hand does that all the time, so he sees an entirely different perspective of every walk.
The church of Saint-Michel d'Aiguilhe (Saint Michael on the Needle) atop the basalt outcrop reached via 268 stone steps that wind up the side. All worth the effort for magnificent vistas over Le Puy.

Bronte Downunder,
Bronte certainly enjoys a different perspective as shown in these photos of that needle. Might he also attempt walking backward?

 

[dick bird]

1 Santiago de Compostela: Plaza de las Platerias, from the south transept of the Cathedral. Photograph by Charles Thurston Thompson, 1866. Albumen print from wet collodion negative, 26 x 32. 2 cm
https://www.jstor.org/stable/41614956

ditto. Dick Bird 22 Oct 2018.

 

[dick bird]

And talking of backpacks. From my first camino. It is a beast, all 55 litre containing 2.5+ kilos of it. Fantastic for bushwalking and overnight camping, not so great for the camino. The bright red has now faded to a dusty pink, but it is still going strong, just not on the camino.

 

[dick bird]

Nestled in the Lot Valley the beautiful village of Saint Come d'Olt is known for it's twisted spire. June 2015 on route from Le Puy to SJPDP on the Via Podiensis

I think the usual explanation is that it was fairly common in mediaeval times to use unseasoned timber which would shrink and change shape as the timber dried out. There was a thread earlier this year about twisted church spires. Apparently, there are websites and clubs of aficionaodos devoted to the subject. Takes all sorts.

 

[Phoenix]

Fisterra
After the CP, Oct 2019

 

[Bronte DownUnder]

Bronte Downunder,
Bronte certainly enjoys a different perspective as shown in these photos of that needle. Might he also attempt walking backward?

I'll put it to him mspath though he's quite happy strapped securely into my backpack. He often has chats to people we never get to see as they're behind us! Your own photos always amaze me as you obviously rise early enough to see sunrise and capture many evening/night shots. I have to admit we were not early risers but rarely the last to leave the albergues either. Just loving all these posted images and long for the opportunity to walk another Camino but they're a loooong way from home.

 

[Rowena]

September 19, 2016, second day on the Via Podiensis, at Saint Privat d’Allier
The famous green lentils of Le Puy

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

Toward the end of day one of my Camino Catalan I visited the Monastery of Sant Cugat. The Gothic church was closed but I got access to the Romanesque cloister through the museum.

 

[Chenahusky]

I have wanted to go and do the Somport from Lourdes for many years but have never got around to it. I have however been to Lourdes a number of times. I hope that you will forgive me a picture of happier times in Lourdes, 2014.

 

[mspath]

Puente La Reina-Gares
Calle del Crucifijo
night

photo taken October 23, 2013



Calle del Crucifijo is named for the Iglesia del Crucifijo; the church is in turn named for a famous crucifix displayed inside. In this view the curve of the church apse is visible on the right/north side of the calle. A lighted covered passage links the church to the Convento del Crucifijo on the left/south side of the calle; a private school, the Colegio de los Padres Reparadores, occupies that space.

 

[FourSeasons]

CF August 2019 Santiago de Compostela at the lovely tapas bar (my favorite place) where they have fabulous mini burgers with caramelized onions and this amazing dish. Scrumptious. Easy on the wallet too.

 

[SabsP]

Cee.Almost in Finisterre. 2016.

 

[VNwalking]

I've decided to play a game.
The person right before me posts from a year I walked a camino, that's the file where I'll find an image to share.

So 2016, Camino San Olav:
My welcoming committee in Mambrillas, after a stunning but very long day from Santo Domingo de Silos. The two ladies had a place to stay there, and the guy was from the next village over, and took overflow from their CR. I was the overflow.

It was wonderful, so much kindness! Laurie had helped me arrange it, and they were waiting for me when I arrived, only 5 minutes later than I had expected - in spite of getting lost twice and walking about 7km more than I expected to that day
.

 

[Anne&Pat]

On our first Camino Frances we stayed in Hostel Campanas de San Juan, this photo was taken by Pat after he climbed to the top of Campanas de San Juan ( ie the bell tower across the laneway from the Hostal.) With views of the roof of the hostal and San Martin Pinario. I am seated outside the Hostal looking up at him. October, 2014.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

I'm doing something different today to save space on Ivar's server. A couple of days ago in the thread Your Favorite Sello @Peregrinopaul posted a shot of Sahagún's "Halfway" Certificate instead and I noticed that Peg and I were there on the same day. We stayed in town longer though and got to see some interesting sights so I posted two pictures of them. The link will bring you to my post.

https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/your-favorite-sello.33581/#post-979326

 

[Rowena]

One of many photos I took of the gorgeous landscape of southern France.
September 19, 2016, between Saint Privat d’Allier and Saugues on the Via Podiensis.

 

[SabsP]

I'm doing something different today to save space on Ivar's server. A couple of days ago in the thread Your Favorite Sello @Peregrinopaul posted a shot of Sahagún's "Halfway" Certificate instead and I noticed that Peg and I were there on the same day. We stayed in town longer though and got to see some interesting sights so a posted two pictures of them. The link will bring you to my post.

https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/your-favorite-sello.33581/#post-979326

Should we reconsider how to post here to save space on the forum's server? I am not technical at all so I would really appreciate if you have some thoughts about this?
These are wonderful threads but it would be a pity if we would slow down the process.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

Should we reconsider how to post here to save space on the forum's server? I am not technical at all so I would really appreciate if you have some thoughts about this?
These are wonderful threads but it would be a pity if we would slow down the process.

No. For speed we are fine as long as we continue to post thumbnails in threads that are heavy in photos. For threads that don't have many photos then full size pictures are okay.

My post was to spare Ivar from having two identical pictures sitting on his server with two different filenames, a waste of maybe up to 3 MB.

I'll suggest another way to save space on the server but its intended for people who already know how to do it. You can edit the picture to a lower resolution (be smaller). For example, the full size picture of the cloister I sent in the other day is 2,160 pixels by 3,840 pixels and takes up 2.9 MB of disk space. The resolution of it is probably sufficient to print an 8x10 photograph but pictures on the web look just fine with the longer dimension being about 1,000 pixels. I used the Snapseed app to make a copy of my photo and it generated a 450 pixel by 800 pixel image that just took up 161 KB of disk space which is about 6% of the size of the original image.

Ivar hasn't closed this thread so no one should worry about the size of the pics but if you can easily reduce the size it's a plus.

 

[Theatregal]

Altar of the tiny 14th century Capilla de Santa Marina de Buspol with wooden carvings of Santa Marina and Santa María Magdalena. After the Hospitales route, Primitivo, August 1, 2013.

 

[Phoenix]

The narrow, winding path: Padrón --> SdC
CP, Oct 2019

 

[Anne&Pat]

Muxia, October, 2014.

 

[mspath]

O Hospital
Hospital da Cruz albergue
interior

photo taken December 3, 2012



To arrive and step into a warm albergue dorm when tired, wet and cold that December afternoon was bliss.
This repurposed/renovated building with good heat and hot showers is on the CF east of Ventas de Narón but slightly off the beaten track. I was the only pilgrim.

 

[SabsP]

Open window. Albergue Aitzenea in Triacastela.CF 2011.

 

[FourSeasons]

MUXIA October 2013: Silhouette of a pilgrim.

 

[dick bird]

I have wanted to go and do the Somport from Lourdes for many years but have never got around to it. I have however been to Lourdes a number of times. I hope that you will forgive me a picture of happier times in Lourdes, 2014.

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I can thoroughly recommend the section from Oloron Ste. Marie to Somport, and the Aragonés to Obanos. I hope you get to do it.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

Another photo of the festivities at Sahagún.

 

[VNwalking]

April 2015. Camino Frances, entering Sahagun:
Different ways of getting from Point A to Point B; I was happy to be using my feet.
(The Picos are still in snow - you can barely see them in the distance.)

 

[kohara]

Guarding the way on the norte. Between Colunga and Villaviciosa

 

[Phoenix]

Estella
CF, Oct 2016

 

[Rowena]

Lots of cows on the way to Aumont Aubrac, Via Podiensis
September 21, 2016

 

[mspath]

west of Castrojeriz
photo taken February 27, 2007



This CF view just west of Castrojeriz shows the distant steep ascent up the Mostelares plateau. However, during the next hours as I climbed the gravel path was broad and the panorama from the top superb.

 

[Kanga]

Sobrado, on the Norte, June 2015. The farmer told me he still finds a horse drawn plough useful for small areas.

 

[Anne&Pat]

Faro de Finisterre. What a day we chose to walk out to the lighthouse. Pouring rain and foggy! But luckily we returned in the evening. October, 2014. (Three photos today but all of the same place )

 

[SabsP]

El Ganso. Obviously .
CF 2011. Walked that day from San Justo de la Vega to Rabanal del Camino.

 

[Corned Beef]

More cows. Just north of A Guarda on the CP. The calf was getting its morning grooming from the mother.

 

[Bronte DownUnder]

Fields of plastic covered rows puzzled us ... we were unfamiliar with white asparagus but enjoyed many a salad using this Spanish delicacy. This crop was on the Camino Frances between Azqueta and Los Arcos, April 25, 2013.

 

[Phoenix]

Information overload.
Belorado --> Agés
CF, Oct 2016

 

[SabsP]

Fields of plastic covered rows puzzled us ... we were unfamiliar with white asparagus but enjoyed many a salad using this Spanish delicacy. This crop was on the Camino Frances between Azqueta and Los Arcos, April 25, 2013.

Ah the fresh white asparagus from Navarra.Especially Tudela is famous for this product.

Espárragos - Verduras de Tudela

El espárrago blanco es una de las hortalizas más consumidas a nivel mundial, de esquisito sabor y un sinfin de propiedades.

verdurasdetudela.com

I had the luck of having them fresh ( and luckily without the mandatory mayonaise that seems to be the preferred sauce in Spain ).
They are almost as good as our local Belgian ones... ( we generally serve them with a butter, hardboilt egg and parsley sauce ).

 

[VNwalking]

I had the luck of having them fresh

I never have.
Only the horrid bottled variety, which bears no resemblance at all to anything so delicious as fresh steamed asparagus.

(But green for me, thanks. I like the flavor, texture, and vitamins.)

 

[Rowena]

Even more cows, between Nasbinals and Saint Chely d’Aubrac. I was a bit nervous walking among them, but I suppose they are used to pilgrims!
September 23, 2016 on the Via Podiensis

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

Kanga: A Horse
Sabine: El Ganso
Me: A horse (and birds) in El Ganso

From Astorga we had stopped for the day in Santa Catalina; a short day due to it being Peg's first day walking after four days off due to tendonitis. It was too short of a day for me so I headed to El Ganso to take pictures as I wouldn't have time the next day. Just before getting back to Santa Catalina I had a short chat with a local who saw me walking both ways and was curious as to why I would do that.

 

[Theatregal]

I took many photos of these gorgeous roses that spread out across the ochre walls of a house in Las Medulas. June 8, 2019.

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
Arga River
photo taken January 28, 2009



As I took this view of the Arga River churning/overflowing during winter rain a slim fellow appeared holding a large open umbrella. Living nearby he had purposely walked to see the roiling water. After suggesting a dryer/safer path, we shared his umbrella as he led me cross country to the Trinidad de Arre monastery albergue.

...I fondly remember him akin to a helpful Narnia faun!

 

[FourSeasons]

del Norte July 18, 2019, between Islares and Liendo I apologize for the multiple shots. I just couldn’t help myself. I’ll leave you with these until after Christmas.
Merry Christmas and God Bless us, everyone.

 

[SabsP]

Molinaseca 2011.

 

[Anne&Pat]

Finisterre Fishing Museum in Castelo de San Carlos XVIII. October, 2014.

 

[dick bird]

In the market, Santiago, 30/10/2021. I don't know how much she paid for those flowers but I'd guess the stall-holder earned every cent.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

Late May on the Camino Francés. Somewhere early on.

 

[Phoenix]

I much prefer to be behind a camera than in front of it. This one is of me, captured by a young pilgrim (I think she was German) as she took several photos of the sunrise looking back in the direction of Agés. She shared this one with me a few days later.

CF, Oct 2016

 

[Rowena]

Another view of the twisted spire at Saint-Come-d’Olt on the river Lot, Via Podiensis, September 24, 2016

 

[kohara]

The beautiful bridge at Pontedeume, rebuilt in 1860s.

 

[VNwalking]

I took many photos of these gorgeous roses that spread out across the ochre walls of a house in Las Medulas. June 8, 2019.

Boo. I missed these!
But not the walls, and how they framed the red rocks that are the village backdrop.
June 4, 2019.

 

[dick bird]

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I much prefer to be behind a camera than in front of it. This one is of me, captured by a young pilgrim (I think she was German) as she took several photos of the sunrise looking back in the direction of Agés. She shared this one with me a few days later.

CF, Oct 2016

You're in good company. Cartier-Bresson was reputed to be obsessively camera-shy.

 

[mspath]

Caniçada, Gerês, Portugal
Pousada Sao Bento

photos taken December 2011

Located roughly 30 km NE from Braga the national park Peneda-Gerês is quite remote; there are many mountain trails but no albergues or official camino route; thus for hiking you need to "wing it"!



For several post camino Christmases during happier, easier times my husband and I enjoyed staying within the park at the Pousada Sao Bento in the earliest section of this rustic hotel complex.



....All was always perfect.

 

[Anne&Pat]

We arrived into Lisbon on the night train from Irun in April, 2016, to walk the Caminho Portuguese. This was the view that greeted us when we walked out of Santa Apolonia railway station that morning at 08.00hrs. We enjoyed four days in Lisbon before starting our walk, of course, we did a lot of walking in the beautiful city of Lisbon!

 

[SabsP]

Fuente.Camino Ingles.
Ths is not the first picture of this particular one but of course I forgot the location ( again ).

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

It is a bit past 5 AM on Friday where I am but it is just past midnight in parts of Oceania and so it's Christmas on the island of Kiritimati (also known as Christmas Island). I'm using this moment to be the first to wish you a Merry Christmas on Christmas even though all the rest of us have to wait from an hour to a little over a day to be flipping the page on our daily planners.

Seems like a good time to post a picture of the Madonna and Child in Eunate.

 

[VNwalking]

2018. (Thanks Sabine!)
It was a year I also did the Ingles, but from A Coruña, preceded by the 2-day St. Finbarr Way in Ireland (Co. Cork), which was a stunning and very up-and-down pilgrimage walk, with very good company (thanks to @NualaOC !).
So two pics:
From the bridge over the River Ilen near Drimoleague, near the start of St Finbarr Way, before any climbing begins.

Then the Igrexa de Santiago de Sigras, on the first day of the Camino out of A Coruña.

From Cork to Galicia, it did not feel like being in a different universe - there is much in common.
We live in a small world.

Seems like a good time to post a picture of the Madonna and Child in Eunate.

Beautiful. Merry Christmas to one and all!

 

[Phoenix]

Alone yet together, connected by the path.
Portomarín --> Palas de Rei
CF, Oct 2016

 

[Rowena]

November 8, 2019
The Church of San Francisco, Santiago.
This is the last photo I took before returning home. I am filled with longing to be there now. Wishing all of you a peaceful and safe Christmas. May we all return to the Camino in 2022.

 

[mspath]

Caniçada, Gerês, Portugal
Pousada Sao Bento
almoço de Natal/ Christmas Day lunch 2011



This assortnent of desserts was deliciously splendid. I especially enjoyed the Bolo Rei /King's cake made with sweet dough, lemon zest, crystallized fruit and a bit of Port wine.

 

[Anne&Pat]

Mosteiro dos Jeronimos XVI Praca do Imperio, which houses the tombs of Vasco da Gama and the poet Luis de Camoes. As well as visiting Sintra this day we also visited here and the Monumento dos Descobrimentos built to celebrate the 500th anniversary of Henry the Navigator. The first photo is taken from the top of the second photo. April, 2016.


Wishing you all a very Happy and Peaceful Christmas time.

 

[SabsP]

Calzada Romana on the Camino Vasco Interior 2019.
Walking through an open air museum. Very educational with the information boards.

La calzada romana de Italia en Hispania

En lo referente a los restos romanos en general, y en concreto a las calzadas romanas en particular, tenemos tres formas de identificarlos:...

tierrasdeburgos.blogspot.com

And yes Merry Christmas to all you wonderful people here!

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

It just became Boxing Day on Christmas Island but it is Christmas Morning here at home. So ...

The romanesque Sant Pau del Camp, Barcelona

 

[Phoenix]

Alto de Atapuerca
CF, Oct 2016

 

[VNwalking]

The view of Burgos Cathedral from a favorite cafe.
March 2015.
The hearts say it all. Merry Christmas to everyone.

 

[Rowena]

The chapel at Fuentes Nuevas
May 3, 2018, CF

 

[mspath]

Camino Frances
west of Manjarin, east of El Acebo

photo taken March 12, 2007



This view I believe is looking towards the snow topped mountains on the south from near the highest point on the Camino Frances.

 

[Anne&Pat]

Convento do Carmo. The Convent of Our Lady of Mount Carmel is a former Catholic convent located in the civil parish of Santa Maria Maior, Lisbon. April, 2016.

A Mediaeval convent that was ruined in the great earthquake of 1755. Set overlooking the city the ruins provide a poignant reminder of the destruction wrought on Lisbon.
The ruined Convento do Carmo is situated in the Chiado district of Lisbon looking out over the city centre below. Visible from much of the downtown Baixa district of Lisbon the skeletal remains of this once great Gothic church are a lasting reminder of the events of that fateful day in 1755. Once the finest example of a Gothic church to be found in Lisbon the ruins of Carmo now serve as a poignant memorial with the pointed arches between the pillars rising up into the sky above.
In 1864 the Carmo church building was donated to the Association of Portuguese Archaeologists who in turn converted one end of the ruins into a museum. This small archaeological museum occupies nave and apse of the Church and contains exhibits from the entire span of Portuguese history. It also contains a collection of artefacts from the New World such as a Peruvian mummy and shrunken heads.

 

[dick bird]

And needing no introduction....
22 Oct 2018.

 

[VNwalking]

Heads up, good One-a-Day people~
We're edging close to 1000 posts again, so once that happens I will start a new thread and ask the mods to close this one.
Every day I am thankful for your posts. Please feel free to repeat yourself!

Amazing place @Anne&Pat! Lest we think we're immune from nasty surprises from this restless earth.

Peruvian mummy and shrunken heads.

Thank goodness it's no longer ok to acquire other people's remains as souvenirs any more. I'm a bit amazed they are still being displayed, rather than being repatriated.

 

[SabsP]

Yes , when on a Camino I'm the one making pictures of hardware stores aka Ferreterias.
I love these kind of places.Where else can you find cutlery ( when you want just that one spoon/fork because of course you lost that fancy plastic spork already... ) gardeningstuff, ducttape or soap?

O Meson do Vento on the Camino Ingles.

 

[dick bird]

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Yes , when on a Camino I'm the one making pictures of hardware stores aka Ferreterias.
I love these kind of places.Where else can you find cutlery ( when you want just that one spoon/fork because of course you lost that fancy plastic spork already... ) gardeningstuff, ducttape or soap?

O Meson do Vento on the Camino Ingles.

Not to mention a pair of white leather gloves purchased in Pola de Gordón that made me look like an Edwardian chauffeur.

 

[VNwalking]

Yes , when on a Camino I'm the one making pictures of hardware stores aka Ferreterias.

I love such places, so I am sorry I missed that one. Edit: And I would have walked past it three times (but on the other side of the street).
(And I also missed seeing the peregrino with the white leather gloves. )

But I saw these gorgeous Dahlias - somewhere between Meson do Vento and the place with dinosaurs.

 

[Chenahusky]

Casa Avelina, near Bruma, Camino Ingles June 2018. A compulsory stop on the Camino Inglese. Here it was a very welcome sight, after a very soggy mornings walk. It is a place where the warmth of welcome warms the spirit. It is a place that I look forward to on every Ingles I have walked.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

It's still Christmas for a hour or two so I'm sticking with my theme. This picture was taken at the Catalonia National Art Museum in Barcelona.

 

[Former member 49149]

Casa Avelina, near Bruma, Camino Ingles June 2018. A compulsory stop on the Camino Inglese. Here it was a very welcome sight, after a very soggy mornings walk. It is a place where the warmth of welcome warms the spirit. It is a place that I look forward to on every Ingles I have walked.

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How many? The only one I have walked I was wet to the gills that day. It was no surprise to be welcomed as we were, because I had heard of it ahead of time. Such a day! In the end, and from there to our end of day, we had to laugh just to keep going. When I say wet, I mean wet! Two happy meetings with @Becky 59 and family warmed us up in the course of that day.

 

[Chenahusky]

How many? The only one I have walked I was wet to the gills that day. It was no surprise to be welcomed as we were, because I had heard of it ahead of time. Such a day! In the end, and from there to our end of day, we had to laugh just to keep going. When I say wet, I mean wet! Two happy meetings with @Becky 59 and family warmed us up in the course of that day.

Only three, from A Coruña, following on from a walk on the Pilgrims Way to Canterbury to make up the distance. One dry, one damp, one constant rain. Still great fun.

 

[Rowena]

Negreira, Camino Fisterra, October 20, 2015