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Burgos
Cathedral de Santa Maria, west facade

photo taken November 8, 2013

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Anyone wishing to worship/meditate may freely enter Burgos cathedral through the sw corner door, beneath the pointed arch furthest to the right in this view. However free access is limited within the vast complex; a fee is charged to visit the cathedral/museum.
 
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Burgos
cathedral museum

October 20, 2004

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Within the cathedral museum is this mid 15th c. reliquary. Roughly 30cm. tall, clad in vermeil/ gold plate on silver, Saint James wears a pilgrim hat complete with shell atop his delightfully precise curls. Sainthood is depicted by the flat halo behind his head. He grips his pilgrim staff and from one shoulder hangs a tiny traveling bag known as a scrip also decorated with shells.

...I still fondly recall seeing this exquisite figure for the first time in 2004.
 
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October 21, 2016
Arriving at the pilgrim office in Saint Jean Pied de Port, a bittersweet moment. The Via Podiensis was finished and it was time to return home. The intensity of my emotions surprised me. What I yearned to do was continue on to Santiago to relive the Camino Frances, but that would have to wait until 2018.

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Thank you everyone for your daily photos on this thread. You have either brought back great memories or whetted my appetite for a Camino as yet unexplored.
I’m going on Camino next week!! This time the Portugués, a combination of Coastal from Porto to Valença, then the Central route. So I’ll take a pause from posting, and will be home in early November with a new batch of photos.

Hoping to see this one more time on All Saints Day.
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Burgos
Plaza de la Libertad
Casa del Cordón

photo taken February 4, 2008

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The highlight of a rest day in Burgos.
was meeting a charming French speaking hospitalera shown in this view for a guided visit at the restored 15th c. palace, Casa del Cordón, presently used as a bank/exhibition space. Carved in stone the heavy ropes/cords which surround the main door give this sumptuous palace its name.
 
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Tardajos
La Fabrica albergue

photo taken November 8, 2014

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Rain soaked and cold I stopped at La Fabrica, a repurposed flour mill now an albergue/hostal. Each heated (!!) albergue dorm room could hold 4 pilgrims with fresh linens on the bunks and a sleek toilet/shower adjacent. The bar/dining room was popular with locals as well as visiting hunters; meals were copious, tasty and good value.
 
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west of Rabé de las Calzadas

photo taken November 9, 2012

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"..The true harvest of my daily life is somewhat as intangible and indescribable as the tints of morning or evening. It is a little star-dust caught, a segment of the rainbow which I have clutched."

Henry David Thoreau,
Walden, 1854
 
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Castrojeriz
Real de Oriente, 43
La Taberna resto/bar

photo taken November 11, 2012

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The barista/owner said "Hola Americana!" as I entered once again this favorite bar/resto. Always most welcoming he then elegantly served a pot of true hot chocolate with thick slices of hot buttered cinnamon toast, my usual midmorning winter combo!
 
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leaving Castrojeriz

photo taken February 27, 2007

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The steep ascent up the Mostelares plateau loomed ahead in the cold morning air. However, the gravel path would be broad and the panorama from the summit superb!
 
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Alto de Mostelares

photo taken February 18, 2009

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This was another perfect moment during my 5th CF at age 70. The climb had been steep but the view from the top was worth it; behind me to the east was the path taken from Castrojeriz and ahead to the west lay the path to take.
 
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Fromista
Canal de Castilla Esclusa cuádruple

photo taken November 13, 2012

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Taken near the four huge Fromista locks this photo marks the imaginary mid-point of my 8th CF. After four weeks walking roughly 6 hours per day whilest always carrying my loaded pack (6.5 kilos) I was as fit as might be hoped at 73.
.....All I needed then, as now, was continued luck, tenacity and endurance. Ultreia!
 
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towards Itero de la Vega

photo taken November 4, 2011

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Aĺl was colored ocher along the stony spine of the Meseta east of Itero de la Vega this cold November day as the singular ribbon-like path crossed the vast emptiness

Wow!

Oh my!

I love the meseta especially this path.
 
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Fromista
Iglesia San Martin

February 8, 2008

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Once part of a large monastery the Iglesia San Martin, a small 11th c. Romanesque church, now unconsecrated is a museum.
On the exterior several hundred carved figures decorate the eave corbels below the roof.
 
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west of Fromista

photo taken March 1, 2007

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This stately marker topped with a cross is a welcome contrast to the more recent low concrete bollards alining the CF path parallel to Palencia route P-980 west of Fromista/ east of Villalcazar de Sirga.
 
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Villalcazar de Sirga,
Iglesia de Santa María la Blanca

photo taken November 6, 2011

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An assemblage of interconnected units form this massive historic church door; similarly camino paths are continually composed by multitudes of pilgrims walking towards Santiago.
 
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Villalcazar de Sirga
Iglesia de Santa María la Blanca

photo taken November 6, 2011

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Sacred, eternal beauty endures within the austere 12-14th c. fortress-church, Santa María la Blanca, originally built by/for the Knights Templar and later a royal Marian sanctuary .
 
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Carrión de los Condes
Refugio Santa Clara

photo taken October 25, 2004

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The pilgrim Refugio Santa Clara is part of the historic Real Monasterio Santa Clara; St Francis of Assisi during his early 13th c. pilgrimage to Santiago is said to have stopped in this monastery.
 
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Carrion dos Condes
Real Monasterio Santa Clara

photo taken November 13, 2014

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The far left door in this entrance courtyard led to the hospederia. The last time I stopped on my 10th camino the private room had linens, loo and shower but no heat that frigid November night.
 
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Carrión de los Condes
Iglesia de Santiago

photo taken November 14, 2012

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The west facade of the Iglesia de Santiago built mid-12th c. is a splendid example of Romanesque style. Christ sits in the middle of a broad frieze beneath the roof eaves surrounded by symbols of the four Evangelists flanked by the Apostles.
 
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