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Kirkie,Yes! A new thread! Here is a photo from the Salvador in 2017 (day two, heading to Poladura de la Tercia, that served for a while as my avatar. The road ahead looked impossible (impassable!)... but I want to say that most times, there is a way through the obstacles. Keep up the faith! { this is not intended as a religious sentiment. It is specific to believing that the way ahead has possibilities I just cannot see from my vantage point}.
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Thank you for posting Machado and translation. Proof that Simple does not mean not Profound.He andado muchos caminos
he abierto muchas veredas;
he navegado en cien mares
y atracado en cien riberas.
En todas partes he visto
caravanas de tristeza,
soberbios y melancólicos
borrachos de sombra negra.
Y pedantones al paño
que miran, callan y piensan
que saben, porque no beben
el vino de las tabernas.
Mala gente que camina
y va apestando la tierra...
Y en todas partes he visto
gentes que danzan o juegan,
cuando pueden, y laboran
sus cuatro palmos de tierra.
Nunca si llegan a un sitio
preguntan a donde llegan.
Cuando caminan, cabalgan
a lomos de mula vieja.
Y no conocen la prisa
ni aún en los días de fiesta
donde hay vino, beben vino;
donde no hay vino, agua fresca.
Son buenas gentes que viven,
laboran, pasan y sueñan,
y un día como tantos,
descansan bajo la tierra.
“I Have Walked Down Many Roads”
translated from the Spanish by Don Share
I have walked down many roads
and cleared many paths;
I have navigated a hundred oceans
and anchored off a hundred shores.
All over, I have seen
caravans of sadness,
pompous and melancholy men
drunk with black shadows,
and defrocked pedants
who stare, keep quiet, and think
they know, because they don’t
drink wine in the neighborhood bars.
Bad people who go around
polluting the earth . . .
And all over, I have seen
people who dance or play,
when they can, and work
their four handfuls of land.
If they turn up someplace,
they never ask where they are.
When they travel, they ride
on the backs of old mules,
and don’t know how to hurry,
not even on holidays.
When there’s wine, they drink wine;
when there’s no wine, they drink cool water.
These are good people, who live,
work, get by, and dream;
and on a day like all the others
they lie down under the earth.”
Antonio Machado,
“For the strategists, for the politicians, for the historians, it is all clear: we have lost the war. But in human terms, I am not so sure. Perhaps we have won.” (Antonio Machado, quoted by Javier Cercas.)
The photo is a field in Estremadura somewhere on the Plata, 12/5/12
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You are so right. We spent a good while there, mooching around and learning a lot...Morning, August 19, 2015. Leaving Padron and stopping to visit the Iglesia de Santa Maria de Iria Flavia. The church was closed but there was so much to explore on and around the exterior and cemetery.
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This musician seated between two pillars amidst the lavish riches of the Santo Domingo de la Calzada cathedral is King David .
dick bird,You’ll Never Walk Alone
When you walk through a storm
Hold your head up high
And don't be afraid of the dark
At the end of a storm
There's a golden sky
And the sweet silver song of a lark
Walk on through the wind
Walk on through the rain
Though your dreams be tossed and blown
Walk on, walk on
With hope in your heart
And you'll never walk alone
You'll never walk alone
Walk on, walk on
With hope in your heart
And you'll never walk alone
You'll never walk alone
Rodgers and Hammerstein
Well known in the UK as a big hit for Gerry and the Pacemakers in the 60’s and as the anthem of Liverpool Football Club, a song with bittersweet memories of triumph and tragedy. Also, another song with relevance to the camino and a sincere message.
The photo is 1st Aug 2019 on the Aragonés, shortly after leaving Árres.
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View from the Parador , walking towards Rua das Hortas. Santiago de Compostela.
Follow the yellow flecha towards Fisterre/ Muxia.
kirkie,A detail of a painting in a rather small gallery. My walking companion thinks it was in Gijón the day after arriving in Oviedo at the end of the Salvador.
If you dropped me down from the sky into the little plaza, I could take you right to it!
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Yes! This is the second time you have offered the name of an artist as I posted the photo not too long ago! We have had a power cut since 2am, today but it is almost fixed. I am using my phone as a hotspot, and cannot resist saying 100,000 thanks!kirkie,
The intensity of the image is indeed strong. This might be by the Spanish painter Joaquin Sorolla or José Malhoa who was Portuguese.
Here is a list of all the museums in Gijon
Update!! The painting is in
this museum. Here is a screenshot!!
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kirkie,Yes! This is the second time you have offered the name of an artist as I posted the photo not too long ago! We have had a power cut since 2am, today but it is almost fixed. I am using my phone as a hotspot, and cannot resist saying 100,000 thanks!.
Here is the reply from the museumkirkie,
Thanks for your thanks. I just sent an email to the museum for more info on the painting and will keep you posted.
Indeed.You’ll Never Walk Alone
When you walk through a storm
Hold your head up high
And don't be afraid of the dark
At the end of a storm
There's a golden sky
And the sweet silver song of a lark
Walk on through the wind
Walk on through the rain
Though your dreams be tossed and blown
Walk on, walk on
With hope in your heart
And you'll never walk alone
You'll never walk alone
Walk on, walk on
With hope in your heart
And you'll never walk alone
You'll never walk alone
Rodgers and Hammerstein
Well known in the UK as a big hit for Gerry and the Pacemakers in the 60’s and as the anthem of Liverpool Football Club, a song with bittersweet memories of triumph and tragedy. Also, another song with relevance to the camino and a sincere message.
The photo is 1st Aug 2019 on the Aragonés, shortly after leaving Árres.
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I have this photo also and I never forget about it, minutes after I took the photo two friends stopped to remove jackets and one to the loo I walked on and took the wrong path and I was actually walking alone and very lost but managed to catch up about an hour and a half later
I had to Google that one Rick --- I've never heard of a javelina. I don't think we have them DownUnderOne of several Javelinas seen between Terrassa and Montserrat while I was taking a snack break.
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it is a boarI had to Google that one Rick --- I've never heard of a javelina. I don't think we have them DownUnder
Correct. The javelina, or collared peccary to its friends, is native to Mexico and the southern USA. The name probably comes from the Spanish for wild pig 'javeli', a species that has started to become a feral, urban species, like foxes, and a nuisance. We saw two galloping around Tres Cantos and they have reportedly been sighted on the streets of Madrid, which would make you think coming home from a party at 3 in the morning.it is a boarmale, what I know is that there aren't any javelinas in Europe.
VDLP 2018 i was confused that the horse was without the princess..
The monogram on the left is a stylized common Christogram for the name of Jesus, next to the right is the Bishop's Crosier-- and the fleur-de-lys probably a reference to French Roncevaux and Notre Dame of Paris (which was the model for the church in Roncesvalles), next the Madonna & Child, then the Bishop's miter ( the construction of the present church was ordered by the Bishop of Pamplona & King Alphonse), last a coat of arms probably that of the Bishop, King or other patron.Camino Frances
Roncesvalles monastery
Iglesia de Santa María
interior detail
photo taken February 7, 2007
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At Roncesvalles this carved coffre (??), encased on a side aisle near the main entrance, appeared enigmatic and somber amidst the Gothic splendor of the Iglesia de Santa María.
I hope all goes well for you. Watch out, @mspath! @Rowena is catching up on you on the CF!I’m posting this photo today, of my first arrival in Santiago on October 17, 2015 because I’m about to set off again. Leaving home this Saturday and starting my Camino from Roncesvalles on March 22. This will be my third Camino Frances, sixth Camino in total.
I won’t post for a while, as I’ve pretty well run out of photos worth posting anyway, but if I get some good new photos I’ll post from the Camino!
Rowena
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Rowena,I’m posting this photo today, of my first arrival in Santiago on October 17, 2015 because I’m about to set off again. Leaving home this Saturday and starting my Camino from Roncesvalles on March 22. This will be my third Camino Frances, sixth Camino in total.
I won’t post for a while, as I’ve pretty well run out of photos worth posting anyway, but if I get some good new photos I’ll post from the Camino!
Rowena
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Wow?? First of all I can't believe how clean that sign is compared to August 2019.I’m posting this photo today, of my first arrival in Santiago on October 17, 2015 because I’m about to set off again. Leaving home this Saturday and starting my Camino from Roncesvalles on March 22. This will be my third Camino Frances, sixth Camino in total.
I won’t post for a while, as I’ve pretty well run out of photos worth posting anyway, but if I get some good new photos I’ll post from the Camino!
Rowena
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A range of prices for different varieties (grades?) of Bacalhau in Vila Praia de Âncora. CP Coastal.
August 6, 2015.
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I've always found the history of this ship and cod to be a fascinating account of renovation and repurpose.good shot, thank you! The different prices are for the waters of origin, and the cheapest price is for cut pieces. A time machine that takes us back 600+ years and still is commonplace. Combining salt and north atlantic codfish was a refrigerator before electricity. Salt and cod were the stuff of international commerce and armed conflict. Now salt is common and inexpensive. Bachalhau ready to heat and eat from the mercado freezer.
I have a confession to make, I do not like Bachalhau. I have tried, but never found one to my taste. Merluza (Hake), on the other hand I can eat a lot of, especially in Galicia. Picture is in A,Coruna, Camino Inglese Sept 2018.
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Have a very safe and wonderful Camino. You will be arriving in Santiago when we are leaving St Jean Pied de Port on the 9th, May, or before, we are going to take it slowly!I’m posting this photo today, of my first arrival in Santiago on October 17, 2015 because I’m about to set off again. Leaving home this Saturday and starting my Camino from Roncesvalles on March 22. This will be my third Camino Frances, sixth Camino in total.
I won’t post for a while, as I’ve pretty well run out of photos worth posting anyway, but if I get some good new photos I’ll post from the Camino!
Rowena
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It's an acquired taste. Try living in Portugal for 3 years. I'm addicted.I have a confession to make, I do not like Bachalhau. I have tried, but never found one to my taste. Merluza (Hake), on the other hand I can eat a lot of, especially in Galicia. Picture is in A,Coruna, Camino Inglese Sept 2018.
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I'm staying very far away from those. Never having tasted them, there is no addiction.I have never lived in Portugal, but I am concerned I may have a problem addiction!
Gorgeous photo, Dick. Wow.Looking back at Segovia, 11th Sept 2018.
Some hold a traditional view that camino starts with their first step away from home with Santiago in their sights. It is fun to think of it this way, especially when someone asks “where did you start your camino?” And you can reply with a grin “Beaverton”.I'm staying very far away from those. Never having tasted them, there is no addiction.
Gorgeous photo, Dick. Wow.
And it goes perfectly with the Benet.
Madrid. Where Caminos begin, for many - at least landing at the airport, and maybe taking a day or so to get over jetlag - even if not walking the Madrid.
This is the Catedral de la Almudena, with its astonishing ceiling.
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As we are in the mercurial part of winter in the Rockies, right now I'm so looking forward to being hot on any Camino path.del Norte July 10, 2019: It was a long hot day on my way to Markina, even the horses knew.
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I have a confession to make, I do not like Bachalhau. I have tried, but never found one to my taste.
Idem here!
Theatregal,I didn't either until this very delicious dish was served for dinner at Casa Velha in Perefita. Bacalhau com Natas. Cod with cream, potatoes, onions, garlic, salt, pepper, bit of nutmeg, baked with gratin. July 30, 2015.
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Go safely Rowena as your departure draws near. I am very envious. I'm sure you'll have many interesting photos to choose from when you're back in "posting on forum" land.I’m posting this photo today, of my first arrival in Santiago on October 17, 2015 because I’m about to set off again. Leaving home this Saturday and starting my Camino from Roncesvalles on March 22. This will be my third Camino Frances, sixth Camino in total.
I won’t post for a while, as I’ve pretty well run out of photos worth posting anyway, but if I get some good new photos I’ll post from the Camino!
Rowena
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So they've let you out of DownUnder prison Anne & Pat. I'm equally as envious of you. Stay well, tread lightly and wave the Aussie flag. Buen CaminoHave a very safe and wonderful Camino. You will be arriving in Santiago when we are leaving St Jean Pied de Port on the 9th, May, or before, we are going to take it slowly!
Buen Camino Rowena.
Anne & Pat.
The sun is rising here now on St. Patrick's Day but it is fighting the fog. I want to see some color and today it should be green.
The start of the river walk alternative into Burgos.
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Where on earth do you find all these poems? Do you write any yourself?Road and Hills
I shall go away
To the brown hills, the quiet ones,
The vast, the mountainous, the rolling,
Sun-fired and drowsy!
My horse snuffs delicately
At the strange wind;
He settles to a swinging trot; his hoofs tramp the dust.
The road winds, straightens,
Slashes a marsh,
Shoulders out a bridge,
Then
Again the hills.
Unchanged, innumerable,
Bowing huge, round backs;
Holding secret, immense converse:
In gusty voices,
Fruitful, fecund, toiling
Like yoked black oxen.
The clouds pass like great, slow thoughts
And vanish
In the intense blue.
My horse lopes; the saddle creaks and sways.
A thousand glittering spears of sun slant from on high.
The immensity, the spaces,
Are like the spaces
Between star and star.
The hills sleep.
If I put my hand on one,
I would feel the vast heave of its breath.
I would start away before it awakened
And shook the world from its shoulders.
A cicada’s cry deepens the hot silence.
The hills open
To show a slope of poppies,
Ardent, noble, heroic,
A flare, a great flame of orange;
Giving sleepy, brittle scent
That stings the lungs.
A creeping wind slips through them like a ferret; they bow and dance,
Answering Beauty’s voice. . .
The horse whinnies. I dismount
And tie him to the grey worn fence.
I set myself against the javelins of grass and sun;
And climb the rounded breast,
That flows like a sea-wave.
The summit crackles with heat, there is no shelter, no hollow from
The flagellating glare.
I lie down and look at the sky, shading my eyes.
My body becomes strange, the sun takes it and changes it, it does not feel,
It is like the body of another.
The air blazes. The air is diamond.
Small noises move among the grass. . .
Blackly,
A hawk mounts, mounts in the inane
Seeking the star-road,
Seeking the end. . .
But there is no end.
Here, in this light, there is no end. . .
Stephen Vincent Benet
The landscape of a lot of the camino is the meseta, and this poem recalls that landscape although he never visited Spain. You could call him an old-fashioned American; patriotic, a lover of liberty but sympathetic to the poor, especially in the rural south. He probably worked himself to death, partly trying to convince as many as possible of his compatriots to oppose fascism.
Looking back at Segovia, 11th Sept 2018.
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Bronte DownUnder,I've loved the collection of doors that have been posted. Today I post an old boarded up window leaving Acebo May 2013. I have many windows and door knockers in my collection of Camino photos and like those venturing out again, I hope one day we will tread the same paths.
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