Walking the Camino de Santiago
The reporter who took yesterday’s photo graciously agreed to take another using my camera-phone. For this one, we shifted over so she could get the doors of the great Iglesia Nuestra Señora de la Asunción in the background. It’s much like many other Navarran churches on the outside, but wait until you see inside. Once again, from left to right: […]
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This definitely counts as one of my weirdest Camino experiences. I mentioned in a previous post that there was some controversy in the town of Navarrete regarding the route of the Camino through town. Well, we were approached by a reporter for the regional newspaper about appearing in a photo for a story she was working on for this ongoing […]
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Apologies for the lack of photos the past few days. It seems like the time is really getting away from me, particularly on the weekends. Which makes no sense, since in lockdown every day is pretty much like the next. Anyway, this is the sign in front of the place where we had lunch in Navarrete. In my journal, I […]
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This large map may be found as the Camino enters the beautiful town of Navarrete. I wish more towns did this! It was incredibly helpful, especially as there is some dispute about the route the Camino takes through the town. It somehow manages to avoid the main commercial street, a fact that has caused no little controversy in town. More […]
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After following beside it for what seemed like forever, we cross the N-120 and approach the town of Navarrete, surrounded by vineyards. Some of my favourite wines in the world come from this region, a fact that I only learned during this Camino. Right now, we’re mostly looking forward to lunch. Date: 08 April 2013Place: between Logroño and Navarrete (La […]
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After the long urban parkland following Logroño, the Camino spends some kilometers running next to the N-120 highway. The scenery is about what you would expect, though normally in Spain you don’t get quite this level of urban sprawl. And then there’s the bull on the hillside, towering over the houses. You can probably work out that this particular piece […]
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The urban parkland becomes more and more rural parkland, but there are still reminders – like this sign here for the bicycle route around the golf course – that we’re not out in the countryside quite yet. There’s even some formal parkland yet to come. Date: 08 April 2013Place: leaving Logroño (La Rioja, Spain)Today started: in Logroño (La Rioja, Spain)
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Here’s a closer photo of the shrine I mentioned yesterday. As you can see, it’s a stunningly clothed image of the Blessed Virgin Mary with the Christ child. This is a reproduction of the statue of Nuestra Señora del Rocío, perhaps originally Our Lady of Remedies, the original of which is located in the Ermita del Rocío in Andalusia. I found her […]
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Towards the end of the long urban parkland leaving Logroño, Eamon and I came upon this shrine. The ground in front was covered in offerings in the form of flowers, holy cards, stones, small statues, and prayers written on slips of paper. Tomorrow: a close-up! Date: 08 April 2013Place: leaving Logroño (La Rioja, Spain)Today started: in Logroño (La Rioja, Spain)
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Following a long city slog, we come to a long stretch of beautiful parkland on our way out of Logroño. In addition to Petra, seen here, and the rest of the pilgrims, there were many locals here out for their morning walks. Date: 08 April 2013Place: Logroño (La Rioja, Spain)Today started: in Logroño (La Rioja, Spain)
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