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Love it! He looks like he's been a hard worker all his life!
Yes, it's photo"s" as it's often so hard to choose only one. I remember the one you posted of the lady with her cows as I had added one similar to yours of the "fearless Galician ladies".All the wonderful people!
Since you said photos, here are three:
My favorite is an action shot that I've already posted elsewhere, but here it is again.View attachment 38002
And a lady in Villafranca who we were joking with one morning:
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And then there is David, at his stand near Astorga. This portrait from a distance captures something of the feeling of imagining him being there as people come and go and come and go. View attachment 38006
I have many photos of gracious and endlessly patient hospis. Perhaps we need another thread?
Hello all,
Many of us have really been enjoying all the "favorite" photos posted recently in an earlier thread and also had fun searching through our own collections to select personal favorite(s) to add.
This has inspired me to start this thread. I love seeing the local Spaniards and am always curious about their way of life as I walk through the many Camino villages. Occasionally I ask if I can take their picture...and sometimes not!
Here are a "few" of mine.View attachment 37981
I am dissappointed to having never seen the pancake lady, but I've heard others mention her before, too.Not good pics but they add to my memories. This gorgeous old woman is one many who have walked the CF will know. She sells pancakes or crepes or whatever they might be called in Spanish. Freshly made, still warm, on a plate, covered in a teatowel. Offered right outside the door of her house. She holds a jar of sugar to sprinkle on each crepe. Donativo. The more you give the more sugar you get.Her pancakes are delicious. I’ve eaten them twice with no ill effect. And my very best to her. I love giving my money to locals.
AND can I add no thanks to @zrexer and @Camino Chris! I didn’t want to walk the CF again until I started trawling through photos to post to their silly threads.
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Ha! Those are the strangest looking "locals" I've ever seen!Outside Valcarlos. I have often wondered what they were guilty of, mind you it might just be the hairstyles.
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THE PIMIENTOS DEL PADRON SO NICE,IF YOU GO TO PADRON BUY THEM THEY ARE SO GOOD
Where is the pancake lady located? I haven't seen her.Not good pics but they add to my memories. This gorgeous old woman is one many who have walked the CF will know. She sells pancakes or crepes or whatever they might be called in Spanish. Freshly made, still warm, on a plate, covered in a teatowel. Offered right outside the door of her house. She holds a jar of sugar to sprinkle on each crepe. Donativo. The more you give the more sugar you get.Her pancakes are delicious. I’ve eaten them twice with no ill effect. And my very best to her. I love giving my money to locals.
AND can I add no thanks to @zrexer and @Camino Chris! I didn’t want to walk the CF again until I started trawling through photos to post to their silly threads.
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Where is the pancake lady located? I haven't seen her.
Has anyone else noticed the astonishing number of twins in Spain?
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You'll hug her next time you pass thru....or I will for you!!Double dipping. I met this wonderful woman gathering herbs. I started a conversation and she began teaching me about local wild herbs. I love gardening but my Spanish is pretty much crap however I was understanding enough (combined with my sense of smell because she kept sticking various springs of greenery under my nose ) to work out what she was saying. We put one of her sprigs (it was wild mint) in my water bottle. Makes my heart miss a beat to think back on it. And I walked away without hugging her. I still regret that.
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I think the pancake ladies name is Carman (from my memory which I don't really trust!) They were delicious according to AntonNot good pics but they add to my memories. This gorgeous old woman is one many who have walked the CF will know. She sells pancakes or crepes or whatever they might be called in Spanish. Freshly made, still warm, on a plate, covered in a teatowel. Offered right outside the door of her house. She holds a jar of sugar to sprinkle on each crepe. Donativo. The more you give the more sugar you get.Her pancakes are delicious. I’ve eaten them twice with no ill effect. And my very best to her. I love giving my money to locals.
AND can I add no thanks to @zrexer and @Camino Chris! I didn’t want to walk the CF again until I started trawling through photos to post to their silly threads.
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Where is the pancake lady located? I haven't seen her.
The crepe lady found us as we walked along the passageway/roadway to the right / back of the buildings on the main road. I couldn't help but register that we were enjoying delicious crepes, as described by @HedaP above, while standing amid the cow offerings on the ground.She lives in Fonfria.
I loved seeing all the retired men playing cards/games together at the tables in the bars mid afternoon, and oh yes, they had a drink in hand.A serious game at the next table in Oviedo.
Yes please do. She is an absolute darling and I bet you she is a good cook. She was out gathering a small handful of fresh herbs for that day’s lunch.You'll hug her next time you pass thru....or I will for you!!
And did you see the colour of her finger nails? My sister who is a nurse was apalled. That first time I was so hungry that particular day I just inhaled that pancake. And ate another pancake the next time round. Both equally delicious and no ill effects whatsoever. And yay for her because she suppliments her pension or whatever income she has with means she has at her disposal. True entrepeneur. I have great respect for her and would eat another pancake should I ever be lucky enough to be offered one.The crepe lady found us as we walked along the passageway/roadway to the right / back of the buildings on the main road. I couldn't help but register that we were enjoying delicious crepes, as described by @HedaP above, while standing amid the cow offerings on the ground.
Appropriate colours!View attachment 38057Santiago de Compostela
I will send you a PM.And did you see the colour of her finger nails? My sister who is a nurse was apalled. That first time I was so hungry that particular day I just inhaled that pancake. And ate another pancake the next time round. Both equally delicious and no ill effects whatsoever. And yay for her because she suppliments her pension or whatever income she has with means she has at her disposal. True entrepeneur. I have great respect for her and would eat another pancake should I ever be lucky enough to be offered one.
Missing the Crepes Lady of Fonfria was one of my great disappointments! Thanks for the pic.Not good pics but they add to my memories. This gorgeous old woman is one many who have walked the CF will know. She sells pancakes or crepes or whatever they might be called in Spanish. Freshly made, still warm, on a plate, covered in a teatowel. Offered right outside the door of her house. She holds a jar of sugar to sprinkle on each crepe. Donativo. The more you give the more sugar you get.Her pancakes are delicious. I’ve eaten them twice with no ill effect. And my very best to her. I love giving my money to locals.
AND can I add no thanks to @zrexer and @Camino Chris! I didn’t want to walk the CF again until I started trawling through photos to post to their silly threads.
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Love those giraffes, @Anne&Pat !It appeared that the whole neighbourhood was involved. The musicians and the various characters were terrific and the local children were loving it.
I think this one Is my favourite...At a local market on the route from Porto to Santiago.View attachment 38190
Hello all,
Many of us have really been enjoying all the "favorite" photos posted recently in an earlier thread and also had fun searching through our own collections to select personal favorite(s) to add.
This has inspired me to start this thread. I love seeing the local Spaniards and am always curious about their way of life as I walk through the many Camino villages. Occasionally I ask if I can take their picture...and sometimes not!
Here are a "few" of mine.View attachment 37981
Gaiteiros practising....and then in full flow...in pontevedraHello all,
Many of us have really been enjoying all the "favorite" photos posted recently in an earlier thread and also had fun searching through our own collections to select personal favorite(s) to add.
This has inspired me to start this thread. I love seeing the local Spaniards and am always curious about their way of life as I walk through the many Camino villages. Occasionally I ask if I can take their picture...and sometimes not!
Here are a "few" of mine.View attachment 37981
I think the local "person" in your photo is the octopus!View attachment 38260
Perhaps this is cheating a bit because the "local" (person) isn't as much the subject of this photo as I remembered, but I'm still fond of this photo! In Santiago.
Hello all,
Many of us have really been enjoying all the "favorite" photos posted recently in an earlier thread and also had fun searching through our own collections to select personal favorite(s) to add.
This has inspired me to start this thread. I love seeing the local Spaniards and am always curious about their way of life as I walk through the many Camino villages. Occasionally I ask if I can take their picture...and sometimes not!
Here are a "few" of mine.View attachment 37981[/QUOTE
Hello all,
Many of us have really been enjoying all the "favorite" photos posted recently in an earlier thread and also had fun searching through our own collections to select personal favorite(s) to add.
This has inspired me to start this thread. I love seeing the local Spaniards and am always curious about their way of life as I walk through the many Camino villages. Occasionally I ask if I can take their picture...and sometimes not!
Here are a "few" of mine.View attachment 37981
I just love to observe how daily life goes on when we have the luxury to walk through that beautiful country!
That is for me the big advantage of knowing some basic Spanish : you can engage in conversations with local people and most of them do appreciate this effort.
PalmSunday in Santiago de Compostela
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well, I suppose, not bad for being 1000 years old...I walked into Leon on my birthday, October 1st, which also happened to be the 1000th year celebration of the founding of the city. There was a huge parade with people from nearby small towns dressed in traditional costumes from their areas.
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well, I suppose, not bad for being 1000 years old...
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