Category: Photo of the Day 2016

And this, my friends, is what you find in a pulpería – pulpo! Boiled octopus tentacles, snipped into bite-sized pieces, drizzled with olive oil and Spanish paprika. That’s some good lunch. Add bread and cold bowl of ribera, and it’s a little slice of heaven on earth. Date: 30 April 2016 Place: Melide (Galicia, Spain) Maps of the Day:

Finally we have arrived in Melide! It’s pretty much a great stop for lunch or at the end of the day. Why? Pulperías! The town is littered with them. In fact, there’s one right on the Camino as you come into the central part of the town. Often their large window facing the Camino will be open, and there will […]

After yesterday’s Crucifix – which might just be the most emotionally and spiritually moving piece of art on the whole of the Spanish Camino – anything else is inevitably going to be a let-down. Nevertheless, I’d be remiss in not posting this handsome Gothic side altar. It features the images of three saints. From left to right we have Saint […]

There’s a life-sized crucifix in the little village church of San Juan de Furelos. Nothing unusual in that, particularly in Spain. But this isn’t your ordinary crucifix. Here, Christ’s right hand hangs down from the cross. At first, I though it was meant to depict Him in the process of being lowered from the cross, but then I realized that […]

This is the sanctuary on the little village church in Furelos. You can see the richness of design and of colour, totally unexpected based on the nondescript exterior of the building. The proportion and design are pleasing, and even the front altar – usually just sort of plopped down in front of the high altar in many Spanish churches – […]

The Camino crosses this beautiful medieval bridge over the Río Furelos to the village of Furelos beyond. Although you can’t see it, there’s an albergue behind us that for all the world looks like an old medieval inn. It’s quite a peaceful spot, and on each of our Caminos we spent a moment or two leaning on the fence and […]

All along the Camino you can find memorials for pilgrims who died on the Way. I’ve posted several on this blog over the years that this series has been going. This one is on the approach to Melide. Date: 30 April 2016 Place: between Disicabo and Santa Maria (Galicia, Spain) Maps of the Day:

I think this is the footbridge over the Río Seco just past the village of Disicabo, though I confess that I’m not entirely certain. The guess is based on the time I took this photo, rather than on my hazy memory that blurs these things together. In any case, it’s a pretty fantastic little bridge, built in the Roman / […]

I believe the agenda of this meeting included “how far do we want to walk for lunch” and “where are we now?” For the record, we were in the village of Leboreiro near to the church in yesterday’s photo, and we would walk as far as Medlide, the pulpo capital of Spain, for lunch. Date: 30 April 2016 Place: Leboreiro […]