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Santiago de Compostela
praza da Immaculada
Hospederia San Martin Pinario
desayuno/breakfast
photo taken December 9, 2013
Eating desayuno/breakfast in this 16th c. monastic space was a treat!
Saint-Julien-Chapteuil, slightly off the route but worth the extra steps. My last Camino day before reaching Le Puy and going home. Via Gebennensis July 2023.
Camino Frances, September 10, 2023.
Between Villatuerta and Estella is the 10th century Ermita de San Miguel, standing strong surrounded by a beautiful grove of olive trees. Inside on a stone altar, amid the photos, notes, stones and dried...
Santiago de Compostela
praza da Immaculada
Hospederia San Martin Pinario
photo taken December 9, 2011
After walking to Finisterre I bused back to Santiago and by serendipity obtained this quite sybaritic room during a sleet storm.
Santiago de Compostela
Cathedral
pilgrim mass
photo taken December 4, 2011
Perhaps 15 pilgrims attended; we all stood/sat close to the altar. In the nave were a few other worshipers. A solitary nun sang the service; her voice rose pure and clear.
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