Walking the Camino de Santiago
This is one of the ways that the town of Navarrete marks out the Way. I don’t know how many of these plaques are in the streets here – the regular yellow arrow is much more common. However, it’s my favourite signage anywhere on the Camino. As I’ve mentioned before, when I finally get my pilgrimage tattoo, this will be […]
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This photo complements yesterday’s, in that it’s a view across the sanctuary of the Iglesia Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Navarrete from the opposite side. You can clearly see the plain stonework that dominates the church. Only the altars and sanctuary are decorated, and the rest of the building hardly seems to matter. This Spanish view stands in sharp […]
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This is another view of the high altar and reredos of the Iglesia Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Navarrete. We are looking across the top of the low altar towards the Gospel side. Hopefully, this will give you an idea of the scale of the place. You can see the ambo and Paschal candle as well. And of course, […]
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And then we walked in. There are various side altars, though most of the decoration of the church interior is plain stone. Except at the high altar. This is four stories of Baroque magnificence sheathed in gold. It fairly well takes your breath away. Not bad for a simple parish church. Date: 08 April 2013Place: Navarrete (La Rioja, Spain)Today started: […]
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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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