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Camino Frances
Puente La Reina - Gares
Calle del Crucifijo
Iglesia del Crucifijo
interior
photo taken February 11, 2007
This is the distinctive 14th c. crucifix for which the church, convent and calle are named
My Thursday wee dander around N. Jetty in Marina Del Rey. About 10 minutes from my home.
Instead of walking along the boardwalk I ambled in the alley and happened upon these mini parks banked my homes on either side.
Walking around the lakes in the nature reserve near to where I live. Nothing exotic but very nice, despite the grey skies!
Training for the Camino has begun in earnest 😳
Definitely not little. This was on exhibit in the nave of the Sagrada Familia in 2019. It, or a bigger version, is too be on one of the church's spires.
I'm not sure if this counts.
But the organ pipes in the Santiago Cathedral are positively crawling with cherubs.
I never noticed this before the restoration.
Day 2-
We walked 21k in sunshine again today from Rionegro del Puente to Entrepenas. The Camino paths and other dirt roads were good for the feet with no loose, rolling rocks, so it was easy to look around at the pretty landscape and flowers. The...
There are quite a few of those unique churches up ahead, Chrissy. I read somewhere that they are templar churches built with outside steps to the bell tower to provide convenient look-outs for approaching raiders. One of my favourites is the...
...the other day I traced a grand circuit from the pebble beach at Hythe up to Peene then along the North Downs via a radio mast to the tiny village of Postling. Walking pilgrims occassionally find sanctuary in the old church, sleeping on...
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