Joanie's 2006 Portugese Camino Photos
Joanie in Fatima a few days before starting the camino
The road leading up to the "fort" in Valenca, Portugal
The Parador at Tuy, Spain
Monument to pilgrims at Tuy, Spain
At the B&B in Monte Aloia Parque Natural
Camino Marker
San Telmo Shrine
Desolation!
Locals are into the camino spirit!
Various markers on the wayside
Bucolic Galicia
Just short of Pontevedra
Albergue in Pontevedra
Medieval Pontevedra/Center City - lots of edifices with connections to
the camino
Center City Pontevedra ~ fountain
B&B at Caldas de Reis
Hotel Scala's well manicured grounds
Horreos (traditionally were used for grain storage) ~ this one on the
grounds of the Hotel Scala, north of Padron
Kiwi fruit hangs from the trellises
A baroque sanctuary and Marian shrine in the village of Escravitude,
the site of a miracle attributed to Mary in 1732
Fireworks before midnight over the Cathedral at Santiago de Compostela ~
taken on July 24th, 2006, the eve of the feast of St. James
Butafumeiro (incense burner, used since medieval times, in those
days to fumigate the often disease-ridden pilgrims)
Cathedral at Santiago de Compostela