3 A view of field and sky (and antenna), while walking along. "Am I allowed to do a pilgr..." View Comments...
4 Another view of field, while walking.
5 Um...another view of the countryside, while walking, apparently from my left side this time.
6 I call this one "impressionistic" (you may call it "blurry")...what one gets by taking a quick pic while walking.
7 Here are some of our pilgrims emerging from the path during day 4 of walking (along the Arzúa to O Pino portion of the route).
8 This is a group of Italians resting at the little cantina where we regrouped before starting out again on day 4.
9 A view of the road ahead (our path to the right of the road) and the Italians' packs and a bit of my hat at top.
10 Sheep safely grazing.
11 More sheep safely grazing.
12 Flora.
13 More, uh, flora.
14 hydrangea...
15 Caroline and Kaite just before an Italian Stallion (well, not quite) flirts with them.
16 Members of our group recharge (another impressionistic view).
17 The group checks out the monastery at Sobrado.
18 More contemplative conversation at the Sobrado monastery.
19 Yet more discussion outside the Sobrado monastery.
20 Bennet sizes up a side of the Sobrado Monastery.
21 Elizabeth snaps a shot of Katrina and Lisle.
22 Our guide Debbie Fisher goes over information for us (and Mo's hands).
23 An artistic shot of a portion of the Sobrado Monastery (reminds me a bit of "Vertigo").
24 A shot of the monastery tower from one of its cloisters.
25 I believe this is the chimney in the medieval kitchen at the Sobrado Monastery.
26 This artistic shot of Mo and Lisle clearly calls to mind the work of Manet (ok...I'm stretching a bit).
27 Looking from the sanctary to the back of the church in the Sobrado Monastery.
28 Happy campers plugged into i-pods as we depart the Sobrado Monastery.
29 I attempted to create a scallop motif with my hurtin' feet and toes. Note that my two #2 toenails have acquired the telltale color of future fall-offs. "Memories of the Boston Mar..." View Comments...
30 Morning in O Pino, view from the hotel window.
31 Morning in O Pino, view from the hotel window.
32 Morning in O Pino, view from the hotel window.
33 Morning in O Pino, view from the hotel window.
34 Morning comes in the hotel window.
35 Day 5...the last day...walking to Santiago.
36 Lisle and Kathryn resting at Monte de Gozo (Mount of Joy)...the last rest stop before our triumphant limp into Santiago. "Everything about this phot..." View Comments...
37 Resting at Monte de Gozo (Mount of Joy)...the last rest stop before our triumphant limp into Santiago.
38 Jessica rests at Monte de Gozo (Mount of Joy).
39 Resting at Monte de Gozo (Mount of Joy)...the last rest stop before our triumphant limp into Santiago.
40 Resting at Monte de Gozo (Mount of Joy)...the last rest stop before our triumphant limp into Santiago.
41 The statue at Monte de Gozo (Mount of Joy).
42 View from Monte de Gozo (Mount of Joy).
43 Another view from Monte de Gozo (Mount of Joy).
44 The Pilgrims' monument at Monte de Gozo (Mount of Joy).
45 Elizabeth and Lisle pose at the monument at Monte de Gozo.
46 View from Monte de Gozo.
47 Another view from Monte de Gozo.
48 Part of the monument.
49 Charley, Elizabeth and Lisle rest near the Monte de Gozo (Mount of Joy) Pilgrims' monument on our last day of walking (6 KM from Santiago).
50 Martin approaches as Andrew pensively rests at the Monte Del Gozo (Mount of Joy) Pilgrims' monument on our last day of walking (6 KM from Santiago).
51 Tired pilgrims...half of Charley's face, with Elizabeth and Lisle.
52 Elizabeth and Lisle.
53 The gang, foreground and background.
54 Walking into the city of Santiago (the old town Cathedral area was still a long way off).
55 Just like being there. The blonde on the left is our guide Debbie Fisher.
56 Another action shot. Some of us with walking sticks got our sticks' tips stuck between the wooden slats.
57 The point of our destiny/destination—the O KM marker at the Plaza de Obradoiro in Santiago.
58 The gang considers the 0 KM marker and the cathedral and our journey.
59 The scallop stone marks 0 KM in the center of the Plaza de Obradoiro in front of the cathedral.
60 A shot of the cathedral's main facade (3x).
61 Another shot of the cathedral's main facade.
62 The old university building; now university library, from my hotel room.
63 View from my hotel room.
64 View from my hotel room.
65 View from my hotel room.
66 View from my hotel room.
67 Morning view from my hotel room.
68 Morning view from my hotel room.
69 Morning view from my hotel room.
70 Morning view from my hotel room.
71 Morning view from my hotel room.
72 Morning view from my hotel room.
73 Martin, blending in with foliage, from my balcony looking up to his balcony.
74 Martin, blending in with foliage, from my balcony looking up to his balcony.
75 Maureen in the morning.
76 Our excellent tour guide to the Cathedral and environs, Galician Margarita Parada.
77 Our excellent tour guide to the Cathedral and environs, Galician Margarita Parada.
78 Marga separates fact from fiction as she guides us through the cathedral and explains the work of sculptor Master Mateo and his little statue to himself (knock your head against his 3 times for smarts...I was the only one in our group who did so).
79 The altar with St. James (postcards of this are much better).
80 The rigging for the Botafumeiro, a giant incense burner swung on holy days (and when one pays 340 euro, as another American group did the day we visited).
81 Another brighter look at the rigging for the Botafumeiro.
82 Just a nice shot of an arm of the cathedral.
83 The silver encased St. James remains (or someone's). We kind of passed by fast, so it's an action shot. I have a better postcard of this anyway.
84 The Botafumeiro in action during the end of the noon mass.
85 Another shot of the Botafumeiro in action during the end of the noon mass.
86 Culture shocked during the fiesta of San Juan in Porto, Portugal. We were being assaulted on the head with plastic sledgehammers.
Download AVI 87 Didn't really know there was a movie setting, so this is an accident and not very interesting.
Download AVI 88 Another accident...but it shows a brief, sideways clip of Lisle taking a picture of the view from the cloister at Sobrado Monastery. The clip reminds me of super 8 film.
