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Napoleon series
The present Napoleon route OVER the Pyrenees mountains to Roncesvalles dates from the French battles of 1813; when it was actually named the Napoleon route I do not know.
Although Napoleon Bonaparte...
Camino Frances
Roncesvalles
photo taken January 8, 2010
An ethereal winter landscape was
my aesthetic reward after another solo trek through wind, ice, and snow up the Valcarlos alternate and route N135.
Valcarlos alternate
Ibaneta pass
photo taken February 7, 2007
On the Valcarlos alternate during late autumn/winter in rain/sleet/snow I always walked the route N135 verges facing traffic since the camino path through the wood became too...
Valcarlos alternate route
Valcarlos/Luzaide
view south to France
photo taken October 16, 2012
This landscape was shot from Valcarlos/Luzaide, Spain, towards the facing slope in Ondarolle, France. Hidden within the foreground trees is the rio...
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