Another View of the Astorga Cathedral
Here's another view of the Astorga Cathedral, this one using my iPhone, and processed using the Waterlogue app.
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May 28, 2022
Palace of Gaudí, Astorga
On the main trunk route of the Camino de Santiago, the Camino Frances, Astorga is a small city that sits on a hill. When Celtic culture dominated the area, there…
May 11, 2022
Putting the Lion in Leon
Castilla y León is a semi-autonomous region in Spain, like Galicia or Catalonia. The city of León, spelled like my middle name "Leon" but with an accent aigu over the…
May 10, 2022
Ready Pilgrim One
At the outset I must stipulate that a spacious room in a luxury 5-star hotel is a great place to organize for a longish walk on the Camino de Santiago.…
May 9, 2022
Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela at Sunrise
For well over a millennia, the Cathedral of Saint James has been the goal of a tireless---and tired and footsore---stream of pilgrims toiling along the various Caminos that lead to…
May 18, 2019
Garden along the Camino
Someone had built this garden beside the trail in the nook beside an old stone wall, with its rose trellis across a small spring. Now, half wild, the garden was…
May 16, 2019
Did the Serpent Get a ‘Bum Rap’?
I think the serpent may have gotten a bum rap. At the very least, there is some indignity to an honest snake for being depicted as a kind of lizard…
May 11, 2019
Seen Along the Way of Saint James
Here are a few random sightings captured with my iPhone camera on the Way of Saint James, specifically the Camino Portuguese, on my walk through southern Galicia towards Santiago. Above,…
May 11, 2019
Roman Bridges of Galicia
There are literally hundreds of Roman bridges in Galicia, many used by or adjacent to the Camino Portuguese. Some of these are more recent constructions on the Roman-engineered foundations, but…
May 9, 2019
Inside Tui Cathedral and I Have a Bilbo Baggins Moment
Tui Cathedral is nominally the starting point for my Camino. This is where my pilgrimage begins. The distances are calculated from the doors of the Cathedral. Inside, the Cathedral is…
May 8, 2019
Ponte Rodo-Ferroviária: Beginning My Camino Adventure
Today I walked across the Ponte Rodo-Ferroviária de Valença (shown in the image) across the River Minho from Tui in Galicia, Spain to Valenca in Portugal, and back again. Other…
May 6, 2019