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Gallery – O’Cebreiro to Santiago (and Finisterre)

Hiking Camino Blog » Week 5: O’Cebreiro to Santiago

Morning, O'Cebreiro Morning, O'Cebreiro Morning, O'Cebreiro Morning, O'Cebreiro Morning, O'Cebreiro Morning, O'Cebreiro Morning, hiking out of O'Cebreiro Week 5-8 Week 5-9 Week 5-10 Week 5-11 Week 5-12 Week 5-13 Week 5-14 Week 5-15 Rest stop at Linares Week 5-17 Week 5-18 Pilgrim statue at Alto de San Roque Week 5-20 Week 5-21 Week 5-22 Week 5-23 Week 5-24 With Oyvin (Norway) Iglesia St. Juan Iglesia St. Juan Week 5-28 Week 5-29 First glimpse of the bar at Alto do Poio Popular bar at Alto do Poio Staying hydrated! Bar clean-up crew Week 5-34 Steve, Jeremy (Cyprus), Chris, Lorna (Cyprus), and Barbara (England) Week 5-36 Week 5-37 Week 5-38 Week 5-39 Week 5-40 Week 5-41 Week 5-42 Sometimes the trail in this area seems to run through the backyards of working farms Week 5-44 Week 5-45 Week 5-46 Week 5-47 Some farmers were cutting hay Week 5-49 Week 5-50 Week 5-51 Week 5-52 Week 5-53 Week 5-54 Week 5-55 Week 5-56 Week 5-57 Week 5-58 Week 5-59 Week 5-60 Week 5-61 Week 5-62 Week 5-63 Entering Triacastela 800-year-old chestnut tree 800-year-old chestnut tree Week 5-67 Trail into Triacastela Week 5-69 Week 5-70 Week 5-71 Robert, Kelly, Chris, Steve, Jeff, and Juliana (Brazil) Evening, Triacastela Evening, old section of Triacastela Evening, old section of Triacastela Evening, old section of Triacastela Evening, old section of Triacastela Evening, old section of Triacastela Evening, old section of Triacastela Evening, old section of Triacastela Evening, old section of Triacastela Evening, old section of Triacastela Evening, old section of Triacastela Evening, old section of Triacastela Evening, old section of Triacastela Evening, old section of Triacastela Evening, old section of Triacastela Morning light, Triacastela Morning, Triacastela Morning, leaving Triacastela Morning, leaving Triacastela Week 5-92 Week 5-93 Week 5-94 Week 5-95 Week 5-96 Week 5-97 Week 5-98 Week 5-99 Trailside vending machine Week 5-101 Week 5-102 The Pilgrim Steps (Escalinata Maior) of Sarria.  These well-worn granite steps have been climbed by millions of pilgrims over the centuries. The Pilgrim Steps (Escalinata Maior) of Sarria Downtown Sarria Tightening boot laces on the steps of Escalinata Maior Pilgrim mural Pilgrim mural Week 5-110 Early morning, walking through Sarria Early morning, walking through Sarria Early morning, walking through Sarria Early morning, leaving Sarria Week 5-115 Week 5-116 Week 5-117 Week 5-118 Week 5-119 Week 5-120 Week 5-121 Week 5-122 Week 5-123 Week 5-124 Week 5-125 Week 5-126 Sanders (Holland), Chris, Frans (Holland), and SteveWeek 5-127 Brick granary Week 5-129 Week 5-130 Week 5-131 Wood granary Week 5-133 Week 5-134 Week 5-135 Week 5-136 Week 5-137 Crossing bridge into Portomarin Belesar Reservoir, which covers the original site of Portomarin Stairs into Portomarin, part of the original bridge across the river Mino. Week 5-141 Week 5-142 Church of San Nicolas, Portomarin Interior, Church of San Nicolas, Portomarin Interior, Church of San Nicolas, Portomarin Interior, Church of San Nicolas, Portomarin Portomarin Evening, view of bridge into Portomarin  Week 5-150 Hywel night juggling with colored lights Hywel night juggling with colored lights Morning, leaving Portomarin Week 5-154 Week 5-155 Week 5-156 Week 5-157 Week 5-158 Week 5-159 Lilla and Chris Salad for lunch Bar clean-up crew Week 5-163 Week 5-164 Week 5-165 Week 5-166 Week 5-167 Week 5-168 Week 5-169 Week 5-170 Week 5-171 Week 5-172 Week 5-173 Week 5-174 Week 5-175 Week 5-176 Week 5-177 Week 5-178 One of many school groups that we saw after Sarria Week 5-180 Week 5-181 Chris nursing sudden onset of tendinitis Week 5-183 Week 5-184 Week 5-185 School group from Basque country Pension where we stayed in Arzua Morning, leaving Arzua Morning, leaving Arzua Capela de la Magdalena, Arzua Capela de La Magdalena, Arzua Week 5-192 Week 5-193 Week 5-194 Week 5-195 Week 5-196 Week 5-197 Week 5-198 Week 5-199 Week 5-200 Week 5-201 Week 5-202 Week 5-203 Week 5-204 Approaching Santiago Runway end, Santiago airport Hotel where we stayed in Lavacolla Walking sticks as a drying rack Morning, leaving Lavacolla Week 5-210 Week 5-211 Morning light, eucalyptus grove Week 5-213 Week 5-214 Monte do Gozo (Mount Joy), site of monument commemorating the visit of Pope John Paul II.  Spot where, on a clear day, medieval pilgrim could first see the towers of the Santiago Cathedral. Week 5-216 Week 5-217 Santiago Cathedral towers of Santiago in distance Week 5-220 Week 5-221 Busking in the tunnel Hywel, reaching the cathedral at Santiago Pilgrim office ConnieIn Praza Obradoiro Santiago cathedral Santiago cathedral Santiago cathedral Santiago cathedral Santiago cathedral Santiago cathedral Santiago cathedral Santiago cathedral Santiago cathedral Santiago cathedral Oyvin, Gunn-Randi (Norway), Chris, and Steve Lunch in Santiago Week 5-238 Meeting up with Anne and Susan in Santiago Praza das Praterias Praza das Praterias Praza do Obradoiro and Santiago Cathedral Our hotel in Santiago Visitors admiring the cathedral view Visitors admiring the cathedral view Visitors admiring the cathedral view Visitors admiring the cathedral view Steve with the CD from the singing nuns he carried from Carrion de los Condes Group photo from the evening we arrived in Santiago Week 5-251 Santiago Santiago Santiago Santiago Server making a bowl of a traditional Galician drink called queimada Server making a bowl of a traditional Galician drink called queimada Server making a bowl of a traditional Galician drink called queimada Pontemaceira (along the trail to Finisterre) Pontemaceira Pontemaceira Flowers growing from bridge at Pontemaceira Muxia Muxia Muxia Muxia Muxia Muxia Muxia Rick and Mary (Canada) climb the hill to the overlook at Muxia Week 5-272 Week 5-273 Patricia (US) at Muxia viewpoint Monument to the oil spill from the tanker "Prestige," Muxia Chris and our tour guide, Martin (Spain), for our trip to Pontemaceira, Muxia, and Finisterre Finisterre Rei (Brazil), Chris, Sol (Brazil), and Steve Steve, Chris, Luigi (Italy), Hywel, and Lilla Finisterre Finisterre Sunset, Finisterre Sunset, Finisterre Finisterre Sunset, Finisterre Sunset, Finisterre Sunset, Finisterre   Sunset, Finisterre Sunset, Finisterre Sunset, Finisterre Sunset, Finisterre Sunset, Finisterre Sunset, Finisterre  

Week 5: O’Cebreiro to Santiago

Hiking Camino Blog » Gallery – O’Cebreiro to Santiago (and Finisterre)

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