문상현의 카미노 (링반데룽)

Day 7 - From Torres del Rio to Logroño House door in Torres decorated with iron scallop shells Sundial on the church Empty house - people prefer to build new rather than repair the old The only butterfly I managed to photograph - though there were plenty of others Prospect of Viana, where Cesare Borgia died. Welcoming mural Carved doorway of Santa Maria Sundial, very eroded The refugio..

Day 6 - From Estella to Torres del Rio Leaving Los Arcos The famous "fountain of wine" for pilgrims - but it only opens at 9 am! Monastery of Irache Underpass on the N-111 Welcome shade Urbiola - just off the camino - a restaurant there is advertised The beginning of the wine growing area which continues into La Rioja Christina from Barcelona - one cannot believe that Los Arcos is always around..

Stage 5 - From Puente la Reina to Estella Iglesia de Santiago in the morning sun The road out of the town crosses the bridge built at the orders of a queen of Navarre. Cirauqui with its Roman road leading out of it to a Roman bridge (now being repaired) Paul from Maine filling his water bottle at a fountain - it is surprising quite how much water one needs to drink walking in hot weather Shop o..

Stage 4 - From Pamplona to Puente la Reina The most comfortable bed so far, with sheets, at Camas, calle Nueva 24 (1st floor) at Euro 15. The Camino passing under the inner ring road A new pedestrian bridge for the camino First view of Cizur Menor The Church in Cizur Menor Leaving the old village ..and passing a new "urbanisation" You start on a new road, but branch off to the left at a waymark..

Stage 3 - From Larrasoaña to Pamplona The Refugio is in the right hand half of the town hall We had an excellent pilgrim dinner at the Cafe Bar Larrasoaña and returned for an equally good breakfast, complete with omelette, next morning There are a few empty houses in the village because it is expensive to repair old houses, but cheap to build new ones The medieval bridge carry..

2 - From Roncesvalles to Larrasoaña Another early start Mist on the meadows Roncesvalles logging centre Burguete/ Auritz (All the villages here have a Spanish name and a Basque name) A house with an ancient coat of arms Ancient ford with modern bridge Way mark Ford with stepping stones Ford with bridge (and two other fords fairly soon after) Cross roads with log felling which has remov..

1 - From St.-Jean-Pied-de-Port in France to Roncesvalles in Spain View from the train from Bayonne St.-Jean-Pied-de-Port In July 2003, two Dutch pilgrims, Huberta and Arno, opened a new refugio called "L'Esprit du Chemin" just opposite the pilgrim's office. Roofscape The town gate The dormitory in the Refugio Dawn start Looking back at St.-Jean-Pied-de-Port Farmhouse Huntto (the last accommodat..

The development of www.santiago-compostela.net in 2004 and 2005 has been assisted by the Xunta de Galicia and by the Spanish Tourist Office in London - for details, please see our home page The division of the route of the Camino Francés into stages is purely arbitrary, though for most people it is constrained by the location of the refugios, whether they want to use the opportunities ..

The main street of Dumbria The Xacobeo bar in Dumbria, fallen on hard times Crossing the Rio Fragoso, with the road bridge alongside Waymark at road crossing More welcome eucalyptus woods Horreos in Transufe Wayside cross, horreo, and bell tower separate from its church The strangest horrio, built on the roof of a house Timber operations Road veering left, with yellow arrow and waymark This mus..

Another early start for a long day blessed by a glorious sunrise The church of San Martin de Duyo Duyo was the former Roman city where tradition says the disciples asked for permissin to bury the body of Saint James (Santiago) Fuente with washing troughs Wayside marker (on this route , the shells all point updwards since it is signed for both directions Herodesuxo de Abaixo The rural Hotel Dugi..