- Time of past OR future Camino
- CF, El Norte x 4, Primitivo, Porto, Madrid, Ingles
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I agree! Food was also good.Yes. I was a little surprised that I loved the CP (litoral/coastal) as much as i did the CF. They hold equal fondness to me. The central route (2 days then back to the coast) was good, but the coast was spectacular.
I caught one, too. 2019, on Primitivo. This cow said: "what's the big deal I see it all the time"CF Oct 4, 2013 I caught this amazing full rainbow during my first Camino in the morning on my way to Arzua.Blessings and Promises.
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Thank you, Dick! May it last a while.So my challenge is to see how long I can keep it up
Struggling slightly with the 880m of accumulated ascent between Tarazona and Ágreda on the Camino Castellano-Aragonés, Christina Rossetti's poem seemed appropriate:
Love this @tpmchugh! As a fellowMy first photo on my first Camino. St Patricks day 2013. Arrived in Pamplona very late on the 16th and planned to start walking next day. We heard that in Pamplona, St Patricks day was celebrated almost as well as in Ireland so my son and I being good Irishmen decided to put it off for another day and had a great time celebrating with the locals
By far my favourite stretch!The last stretch before Finisterre.
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Yes, you are so right. They enrich our Caminos. Here is my lovely animal encounter on the Camino Porto in May of 2019. Armed with his own pilgrim passport, he was steadily moving one paw at a time.Love this @tpmchugh! As a fellow
By far my favourite stretch!
This is a 'snapshot' of just some of the lovely people I met on that route Aug/Sept 2019, Santiago to Finisterre/Muxia ... the people you meet on Camino are as delightful as the scenery!
In my case, I believe it is because the Camino allows us the freedom to be who we truly are without worrying too much about the consequences of being our true selves.
This reminds me of something my son, fresh from serving five years the military, said to me after observing my interactions with others over the first couple weeks on the CF: "Who are you and what have you done with my dad?"Have you ever wondered why we meet so many wonderful people on the Camino? In my case, I believe it is because the Camino allows us the freedom to be who we truly are without worrying too much about the consequences of being our true selves. At home, I have to worry about how anything I do or say would affect my friends and family, or people around me. On the Camino I am free of my usual protocol that my position as a mother, wife, my job (before I retired), or being a citizen member of my country expects me to comply. On the Camino, I can revert to who I really am and still feel comfortable. I don´t have to be preemptively defensive in fear of being on the wrong side or worry too much about what the other person would think of me. I just have to be respectful of the other person. I am either happy to be acquainted with the other party or just walk away. Occasionally, I have met people who told me about their inner thoughts without any hesitation, I believe they were doing it for the same reason.
On the last day of my Camino Ingles last year, I met Antonio. He is the one who placed a mirror in the below photo where you can see the bottom half of me taking a photo. I had to find out why the mirror was placed under a scarecrow. For a minute I thought maybe someone was trying to cause scarecrows fly into the mirror and get concussions, teaching them a lesson or two. When I heard Antonio saying that he just wanted to amuse the passing pilgrims, his kindness touched me deeply. We talked for a long time, mainly because my Spanish was not adequate, and he spoke no English. He told me about his tragic childhood, and I mainly listened. By the time I was leaving, we felt like we were friends. He gave me his address and I sent him a Christmas card. I received his reply. I hope to visit him when I go back there in March as I planned. When circumstances allow us, we can all be the best we can be. To me, that is the magic of the Camino.
I loved Vila do Conde so much, I stayed there an extra day in 2019. I love your photos, and I wonder if we saw the same ones. The below photo depicts a wife or mother waiting for her loved one's safe return from a cod fishing. The whole village's survival depended on catching (they had to go out dangerously far) and processing cods.View attachment 116216
These photos are of walking through a small fishing village. I didn't think I should post one without the other, so I pulled them into a 2-frame collage.
Matoshinhos --> Vila do Conde
CP, 6 Oct 2019
How wonderful!! Thank you for sharing!Yes, you are so right. They enrich our Caminos. Here is my lovely animal encounter on the Camino Porto in May of 2019. Armed with his own pilgrim passport, he was steadily moving one paw at a time.
This is really cool. It makes me imagine what Lazarus's tomb would have looked like, I can see him emerging now.
Yes, ... if only!Cape Finisterre
photo taken December 9, 2011
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If only this might be true now in 2022 and forevermore
Absolutely! Nothing like the open road ahead! On querying why I have the need to return for a 4th time to the Finisterre/Muxia route, I come across these pics from Sept '19 & I have my answers!Amen.
Today my one (today random) photo is looking at the way ahead after leaving the city behind; somewhere after Vitoria-Gasteiz on the Vasco, 2019.
Ahhhhhh. The open road and a sunny morning with the luxury of a whole day ahead.
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Good question.Why? Why just one? Why just one, and a thumbnail into the bargain?
We're all out here, waiting for the new normal to coalesce - and for the day when we can walk the camino again.
These are undoubtedly hard times, on many levels.
Lest we mire in the difficulties, many of us are turning to remembrances of walks past to keep our spirits up.
So here is a place to play with that.
What, today, is your favorite photo from any of your caminos, and why?
Every day is new, so tomorrow we can all post tomorrow's new favorite photos.
Sorry Kirkie ... 'guilty as charged'!I do love seeing every photo. I know I cheat sometimes. I also know that this thread is for one photo at a time. Forgive me for sticking my nose in to draw attention to this point. Why? Why just one? Why just one, and a thumbnail into the bargain? the thread drags its feet, as I understand, when it is overloaded with images.
I am guilty of not following the specification sometimes, and I am sorry. It's just that I felt one photo alone could not convey the story I wanted to share: for example, a warning sign implying a really vicious dog actually revealed a huge, but sweet, and playful gentle giant. I wondered whether the dog had any idea about the sign. Also, I never thought about difficulties some people with slow internet might be having. Anyway, I am grateful to have this forum. I relive my Caminos through other's eyes and feelings. Because we share the same passion, I feel like you all are my friends, and thank you!Good question.
The thumbnail is the easier part to explain: it allows people with slow connections to more easily view the thread .
The one photo part - I honestly can't remember the exact intention of that when I started the first thread. But here's what I said at the time, May 1, 2020:
There's an app, PIC COLLAGE, that allows you to bring into it multiple photos and make a collage from them (which is what I did with the fishing village photos a few posts ago). Using it or another app like it allows you to show multiple photos brought together into one image file. The photo is creates has a pic collage watermark at the corner, but I just cropped the photo.I am guilty of not following the specification sometimes, and I am sorry. It's just that I felt one photo alone could not convey the story I wanted to share: for example, a warning sign implying a really vicious dog actually revealed a huge, but sweet, and playful gentle giant. I wondered whether the dog had any idea about the sign. Also, I never thought about difficulties some people with slow internet might be having. Anyway, I am grateful to have this forum. I relive my Caminos through other's eyes and feelings. Because we share the same passion, I feel like you all are my friends, and thank you!
Haha. That's cheating.it allows you to show multiple photos brought together into one image file.
There's also another, longer way to do this: bring multiple photos into PowerPoint (or Excel), arrange them as you want, group them, then save as an image file.
I do love seeing every photo. I know I cheat sometimes. I also know that this thread is for one photo at a time. Forgive me for sticking my nose in to draw attention to this point. Why? Why just one? Why just one, and a thumbnail into the bargain? the thread drags its feet, as I understand, when it is overloaded with images.
Great idea and thank you! I will try.There's an app, PIC COLLAGE, that allows you to bring into it multiple photos and make a collage from them (which is what I did with the fishing village photos a few posts ago). Using it or another app like it allows you to show multiple photos brought together into one image file. The photo is creates has a pic collage watermark at the corner, but I just cropped the photo.
Look what we missed when we walked through Belorado in 2014 in the dark. We stayed at the start of town and left early in the morning to beat the heat. While walking through we realised there had been a Festa the day/night before and people were still enjoying themselves and recovering in the streets of Belorado when we walked through!
I think the plaza was down a couple of side streets off the Camino. I had gone looking for a shop so that I could stock up on peanuts and chocolate for the day ahead.Look what we missed when we walked through Belorado in 2014 in the dark. We stayed at the start of town and left early in the morning to beat the heat. While walking through we realised there had been a Festa the day/night before and people were still enjoying themselves and recovering in the streets of Belorado when we walked through!
This is between Barcelos and Ponte de Lima, where exactly we don't know. Our photos have us in them, but here is one with Anne in it. If you have posted this before Sabine, then maybe we have also posted our photo before as well
This is between Barcelos and Ponte de Lima, where exactly we don't know. Our photos have us in them, but here is one with Anne in it. If you have posted this before Sabine, then maybe we have also posted our photo before as wellBut I have no memory of doing that!! Although I do remember this days walk, very long and hot. 33.6kms that day which is a bit long for me(Anne)!
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Sabine,
Thanks Margaret. Don't think it was associated with a Church, it was probably in the vicinity of Vitorino dos Piaes, as you can see there were vines behind the wall. In fact, this is the next photo we have and I think I can see the Church in the distance in the middle of the village.Anne&Pat,
According to Gronze your photo
with the striking blue and white tiles is in Iglesia de Vitorino dos Piães.
Such a beautiful photo Sabine!Pontedeume. Camino Ingles.
I took more than one picture of the reflection of the houses in the water.
Another view from the same place. Theatregal's photo is looking to the east. My photo looks north. We are on the Camino Finisterre between Santiago and Negreira (about 4 km further to the west).View from the Ponte Maceira over the Rio Tambre. Camino Finisterre, March 20, 2017.
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I have the exact same photo. I loved the idea of "Bird Gate" also. Then I wondered if birds knew about that.The Puerto de los Pajaros or Bird Gate in Comillas on the norte. Designed by 'God's architect' himself, Gaudi. Apparently the bird aspect relates to the round hole for the birds to pass through.
Puerta de los Pájaros by Antoni Gaudi
Discover Puerta de los Pájaros by famous Spanish architect, Antoni Gaudi, in this extensive art history website devoted to his entire career.www.antoni-gaudi.com
Comillas is a quirky resort, 'the haven for the decadent and discreet aristocracy' and has some amazing architecture such as the former Pontifical University and this other stunner from Gaudi - El Capricho, looks fantastic.
Inicio - El Capricho de Gaudí
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I'm not sure when your photo was taken Kohara but it looked pretty similar in May 2013. I don't think there were too many centimeters of wall space that weren't covered in graffiti.The legendary Sinin from Elvis Bar. What a laugh we had with him; here he is in full flow tapping the bar to an old tune. Glad to hear recently on the forum that he is still running the show.
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The same year, the same month as I walked Camino Portuguese from Porto. The albergue in Ponte de Lima was also fantastic, how it looked over the bridge.Ponte de Lima with its arched bridge over Rio Lima. This village prides itself on being the oldest town in Portugal. June 2017
Time to start over again! We won't complain (or maybe even notice).I am almost through my archives
The look of @Chenahusky's photo suggested to me that I should submit this photo of a shop selling rosaries. Between Villafranca del Bierzo and O Cebreiro on the Francés.Stone and wood. The reception area in the Albergue "La Casa Magica", Villatuerta. A lovely place to stay with a very nice vibe.
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I understand.Camino Frances 2016, my best Camino buddy, my daughter, trying to find a little bit of shade and taking a break. I chose this picture because it is bound to bring back memories to anyone who's walked the CF in late summer.
I know how it was. Also does this frog.Camino Frances 2016, my best Camino buddy, my daughter, trying to find a little bit of shade and taking a break. I chose this picture because it is bound to bring back memories to anyone who's walked the CF in late summer.
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