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Beautiful! Is no one allowed in the garden?
When the photo was taken in 2007 no one was allowed to enter that space.
@kirkie This is really cool but where exactly is it and when were you there? Fascinating.
You see even more of this on other caminos especially in Galicia. On the Francés, the camino itself keeps villages alive but Spain has seen a massive depopulation of the countryside and in Galicia, entire villages have become deserted. People in Spain are much better off than they used to be, but something has been lost as well. Ironically, remote working has seen the beginning of a move back to rural areas, but that is a long way from complete revitalisation.
I once fainted in the lobby of the parador in Mérida (long story). I have to say, they were most attentive.
Sadly true for under appreciated rural areas in every country. Unfortunately WFH won’t last long enough to put most of those towns back on their feet. And if it does it may destroy the towns. I’m seeing that tension in mine, where newcomers want to recreate the urban areas they left, paving over creeks and getting rid of deer to put up Starbucks
Who’s with me? 
And it’s right on the Camino!!CF August 13, 2019 Between Palas de Ria and Arzua. Here’s a property for sale. Doesn’t look like it world take much to renovate into an alburgue.
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Plus with covid we could just skip putting on roof or windows, and advertise lots of fresh air in sleeping areaAnd it’s right on the Camino!!
To steal a line from the movie The Way, “if it’s more than two euro it’s too much”
Beautiful photo of this tunnel—spring looks similar to fall. I wonder if those trees lose leaves in winter, it would be interesting to see the view in every season
This is a very good post.... I do believe that bacon is one of the 4 basic food groups essential to good (Camino calorie building) nutrition. Beer passes as an acceptable carb, didn't make the cut for one of the 4 basic food groups ......
Beautiful
I’d take your tunnel over my tunnel any day. This one was a nail bitter. del Norte before Castro Urdiales. 
The Spanish seem to have a thing about 'embellishing' road signs. I remember seeing a very rude one where a sign warning of livestock on the road, i.e. a cow, had a bull added in a highly compromising position. This is a polite one just outside Jaca.Near Lloriana on the Primitivo. Someone took the written warning on the tree seriously and added a more attention grabbing sign
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I think this may be the angels showing the three Mary’s who came to the tomb that it was empty and Christ had risen
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Leon, Church of San Isadoro, Door of Pardon (not counting this as my entry for today
arghh. I can't stand it. I have to post my favorite part of that door. I think these sum up how we sometimes feel on the road.top rightView attachment 107031View attachment 107032Leon, Church of San Isadoro, Door of Pardon (not counting this as my entry for today
I'll go with that. I was going on the fact that the three standing figures were holding what I thought were their three gifts, your explanation makes a lot more sense. We were hospis there in August 2018 so have very fond memories of the place. Unfortunately, we were so busy, we barely had time to grab a coffee and pan con tomate let alone explore the town.
Also super jealous, my pictures didn’t turn out well in estella, I really like the clear detail
Whoa, symmetry and symbolism I hadn’t seen before—the angel and three men bearing gifts at birth, angels and three women bringing perfumed oils and spices at death.
I’m supposed to be asleep but I don’t think my mind is going to shut off anytime soon.
You seem to have a collection of poets from your Camino…
"In the end is my beginning" If you are that wide awake, have a look at Eliot's 'The Journey of the Magi'. For me, the poem says a lot about the camino.Whoa, symmetry and symbolism I hadn’t seen before—the angel and three men bearing gifts at birth, angels and three women bringing perfumed oils and spices at death.
thank you!!
Eliot was one of my father’s favorite poets; he read poetry to me when I was very little, then we read together as I grew. I agree with what it says about the Camino, and about our lives in general
So pretty. I’d just want to sit there all morning
You need to walk the Vasco for that.
And the Norte in Portugalete and Santander!
Theatregal,
In the spring of 2012, on a day just like this in the photo, and on this part of the trail, I had a brief 'visitation' by a friend who had died four years earlier; he had walked the CF in 2004. The experience was very strange, but reassuring.
June 2, Berducedo to Castro. Pretty sure that’s the Navia River or the Salime reservoir below but not sure which). Primitivo
That’s part of the Camino magic the late risers never see.
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Gosh, they were sooooo delicious.
One of my favourites...
VN,
That time it was full of teenagers. So I stayed at the albergue just a little farther along instead.
Haha! That just goes to show de gustibus non disputandem est. When I started seeing these guys, I got massively irritated about disneyification.
Kirkie, That "jaunty figure" I believe is or was the symbol for Holy Year 1999.
Passing Boo was when I began to question my decision to walk a “double” that day from Guemes to Santillana, thoughts not helped with intermittent rain
I think it was the dumbest decision of my three months
I was a hospitalera at San Miguel in Estella in June 2015. The priest came every few days to count the donations, and your money-counting routine sounds familiar. It was a nice Albergue in an interesting town. I am sorry that I never met Fernando.
God bless all the hospitaleros, and especially those at San Miguel in Estella and Domus Dei in Foncebadon —I could spend all week talking about the kindness I saw in one evening with the hospitaleras in San Miguel (with comic interludes courtesy of us pilgrims). Those two, and the monks at ziotza were the three best nights of my Camino, followed closely by the private albergues Bodenaya and Villares di Orbigo. Thank you and @dick bird and all who care for us along the way
A lion!
Well we would agree re your decisionPassing Boo was when I began to question my decision to walk a “double” that day from Guemes to Santillana, thoughts not helped with intermittent rain
50kms would have killed me (Anne)! We walked from Guemes to Santander via the ferry, it rained most of that day, had a rest day in Santander exploring, then walked to Boo and stopped for a night, then on to Santillana for another night! Much better decision!
I walked several doubles in those three months but regret this one—I did it because I didn’t enjoy guemes (yes, I know, the only pilgrim in the world who says that) and wanted to get away from some overly friendly pilgrims who all seemed to think solo women were there to hook up. So I was tired and still upset by santillana, slept, got up early and left to make sure I kept at least a day ahead—I should have stayed to enjoy santillana more, such a pretty town. You were MUCH wiser.Well we would agree re your decision
We met the priest only once. He came round because the burglar alarm had gone off. Otherwise he never came near the place. Probably a different priest. Was there a massive contraption for making coffee and hot water that sat on the table? We called it 'the beast'. And did an elderly Roma lady came round every few days for food? Her name was Esmerelda.
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