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Camino Frances
east of Estella
photo taken October 24, 2014
East of Estella a tunnel of greenery framed the CF path on this misty late October morning.
Santiago de Compostela
Cathedral interior
Alpha-Omega disc
photo taken December 9, 2012
Amongst the multitude of splendor within the cathedral is this handsome disc displaying a four arm cross set with symbols of the sun/moon in the upper quadrants and alpha/omega in the lower quadrants.
Camino Frances
Cuesta del Moro
Ermita de San Miguel
photo taken October 25, 2013
Once part of a Benedictine monastery
this 10th c. hermitage seemed a bit too hidden from the path for me to calmly explore it alone.
Camino Frances
Leon
Parador San Marcos
cloister garden
photo taken March 7, 2007
These two saints guard the cloister garden within the Parador.
When clad in my winter pilgrim garb I dared enter the Parador to ask if the famous Renaissance cloister garden could be visited the elegant maitre...
Drink lots of water and relax.
Water helps prevent painful tendinitis. One of the most important 'rules' of the Camino (and life) is to 'let it be'.
Start walking slowly and go very easy for the first week. Daily distances cited in the guidebooks are not sacred; do not attempt 40 km the first...
The Rosa Manzano train station is usually for long distance trains and is NOT located near central Burgos so a taxi would be useful to travel there from central Burgos.
For a hotel in Burgos the Norte y Londres can't be beat. Staying there is similar to a pleasant private club; all is comfy...
Camino Frances
towards Viana
photo taken October 28, 2013
This small figure of the Virgin was glimpsed in "the wilderness" when I walked cross country off path towards Viana.
Camino Frances
Villatuerta
La Casa Magica
photo taken October 20, 2011
Grapes were once crushed for vino tinto on the rough pebble floor of the main entrance hall of this private albergue, a 300 years old farmhouse now sensitively renovated.
Dave hamilton,
For masses in Astorga, see this website https://www.diocesisastorga.es/actualidad/horario-de-misas .
You and your daughter must be very excited as you soon will be on your way.
Buen Camino to you both.
Palmela, Portugal
coastal Rota Vicentina
Pousada/castle complex
photo taken December 29, 2011
This simple scallop shell is pressed into a column base in the church cloister within the vast castle complex; in the 12th c. the castle had been given to the Military Order of Santiago/the Templars...
Camino Frances
towards Villatuerta
photo taken 0ctober 24, 2012
Somewhere (!?) west of Lorca/east of Villatuerta lay this evocative
"...long, long trail a-winding..."
Camino Frances
Saint Jean Pied de Port
49 rue de La Citadelle
photo taken October 14, 2014
This sculpted door knocker adorns a private house on rue de La Citadelle, a street of pilgrim hope and memory.
Camino Frances
near Lorca
tunnel
photo taken October 20, 2011
I yearned for that distant open space while walking through this confined tunnel which passed beneath the highway east of Lorca.
For more information re such rehabilitative programs during the past on the camino see these earlier Forum threads.
https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/juvenile-penitent-pilgrims.1043/
https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/court-ordered-camino.42950/
February 2009 in...
Camino Frances
Sahagun
Calle Antonio Nicolás, 40
photo taken March 3, 2007
The lattice-like wooden interior screen of this handsome window, one of a series in the south wall of the Santa Cruz albergue, exhibits a Mashrabiya influence.
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