El Camino

1 the itinerary! 265 km Salas to Santiago	2 departure from Arcachon	3 the luggage for 4	4
5	6 Castillo De Valdés Salas, departure point	7	8 User comments
9 Salas	10	11 Salas	12 Salas
13 Salas	14 first leg!	15	16
17	18	19 the top of our first climb! 256 km to go..	20 the quaint corn drying reserves of Asturian villages
21	22 Bodenaya	23	24 Palacio de Meras, hotel our first stop after massive rain,; Tineo
25 the town square at Tineo	26 leaving Tineo	27	28
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37 the mud	38 the mud...	39 arriving in Campiello	40 Campiello, stop for a bocadillo at Casa Herminia, rain is coming!
41 rain came	42 el coche rojo	43	44
45	46	47 not for consumption	48 the long way up to Puerto de Palo
49	50 Puerto del Palo, after a long climb from Pola de Allende	51 get in to the field with the bulls or not?	52 yes... with the bulls
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57 where are we? hello Susan, come for a pick up..	58 Monasterio de Corias, Parador	59 our room with the wooden shoes	60 Monasterio de Corias
61 Monasterio de Corias	62 the pool at the Monasterio de Corias	63 the bar at the Monasterio de Corias	64 Monasterio de Corias
65 Monasterio de Corias	66 the library at the Monasterio de Corias	67 the restaurant at the Monasterio de Corias	68 the Monasterio de Corias
69	70 Lago, on the way to La Mesa	71	72
73	74	75 the lake of the Salime barrage	76 on the way down to the barrage
77 Hotel Las Grandas, above Embalse de Salime, above the Salime dam, lunch stop	78 on the way to Grandas de Salime	79 the lake, above the Salime dam	80
81 the Salime dam	82 the dam	83 el coche rojo collecting Serge	84 the dam at Salime
85 the museum at Grandas de Salime	86 collegiata de el salvador, grandas de salime	87 our welcome coffee stop from Gradas de Salime, Casa Federico, Cereijeira	88 S. Maria Maddalena di Penafonte (1605)
89 arrow pointing the way	90 the sign of the conch changes on the Galicia-Asturias border at El Acebo	91	92
93 Fonsagrada, finally	94 fellow camineros, el Portugues	95 lunch at Casa Meson, Paradavella	96
97	98 did you notice the hill we just climbed?	99	100 the stone arrow again
101 on the way to O Cadavo Baleira	102 do we look bushed!	103	104
105	106 umbrella fountain, Fonte dos ninos, Castroverde	107 umbrella fountain, Fonte dos ninos, Castroverde	108 umbrella fountain, Fonte dos ninos, Castroverde
109 Castroverde church	110 lunch break at Gondar, Susan joined us at Vilar de Cas us for the last 15 km to go to Lugo	111	112
113	114 User comments	115 it's raining outside,lunch at Leboreiro, casa de los Somosa	116 waiting for taxi down from Lugo
117 taxi picking us up down from Lugo	118 Lugo	119 Lugo	120 Lugo, fellow camineros
121 Lugo	122 Lugo	123 Lugo	124 Lugo
125 on the roman bridge with the Italian girl	126	127	128
129 the best bocadillos on the Camino! Burgo do San Vicente	130 little liqueur on the house, Burgo do San Vicente	131 the Galician corn storage huts	132 the flood
133	134	135	136 arriving at Pazo Santa Maria at Arzua
137 Pazo Santa Maria Arzua	138 Pazo Santa Maria, in Arzua	139 Pazo Santa Maria, in Arzua	140 Santa Madalena capela in Arzua
141 Salceda, on the way to O Pedrouzo	142	143	144
145 changement de randonneur/chauffeur	146	147	148
149	150 around the airport in Santiago di Compostella	151 final stretch, Borne marquant l'entrée dans le municipio de Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle.	152 Borne marquant l'entrée dans le municipio de Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle.
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157	158	159	160 Pazo Xan Xordo, Lavacolla
161 the wedding at Ruta Jacobea, Lavacolla	162 the wedding at Ruta Jacobea, Lavacolla	163 dinner at Ruta Jacobea, Lavacolla	164 picture of the pelegrinos sculptures discovering santiago di compostella at monte del gozzo
165	166 at the Parador, hostal de Los Reis, Santiago	167 Santiago di Compostella	168 Santiago di Compostella
169 the Cathedral and the Botafumeiro	170 the Cathedral and the Botafumeiro	171 the Cathedral and the Botafumeiro	172 the Cathedral and the Botafumeiro
173 crowded mass	174	175	176
177 the Cathedral and the Botafumeiro	178 Hostal de los Reyes Catolicos	179 Hostal de los Reyes Catolicos	180 Hostal de los Reyes Catolicos
181 Hostal de los Reyes Catolicos	182 Hostal de los Reyes Catolicos	183 Hostal de los Reyes Catolicos	184 the Parador de los dos Reis
185 touching the back of St James	186 the relics of St James	187 the statue of St James	188
189 the restaurant dos Reis	190 the restaurant dos Reis	191 the restaurant dos Reis	192 the restaurant dos Reis, scallops!
193 the restaurant dos Reis	194 the restaurant dos Reis	195 the restaurant dos Reis	196
197 Hostal de los Reyes Catolicos	198 Hostal de los Reyes Catolicos	199 Hostal de los Reyes Catolicos	200
201 Hostal de los Reyes Catolicos	202 Hostal de los Reyes Catolicos	203 Hostal de los Reyes Catolicos	204 Hostal de los Reyes Catolicos
205 Hostal de los Reyes Catolicos	206 Hostal de los Reyes Catolicos	207 Hostal de los Reyes Catolicos	208 Hostal de los Reyes Catolicos
209 Hostal de los Reyes Catolicos	210 Hostal de los Reyes Catolicos	211 could have been us... (picture in Hostal de los Reis Catolicos exhibition)	212 Hostal de los Reyes Catolicos
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217	218	219 the "credentiale", a stamp at every stop, the passport that gives you to pilgrim protection	220 La Compostela: Dominam Susannam Danon's certificate of accomplishment