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Tag Archives: Santiago de Compostela

A Spanish 'Grain Elevator'

To the End of the Earth via Noia

October 7, 2015by Albatz Travel Adventures 1 Comment

October 5, 10 am. Google ‘scenic drives from Santiago de Compostela to the coast’ and it appears that any road you take to Spain’s west coast is scenic. We ended up […]

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Road Trip, Spain
Special Santiago de Compostela Salad

A Special Spanish Salad for Me!

September 22, 2015by Albatz Travel Adventures 1 Comment

October 3, 8:00 pm Only two days into the trip and I was already tired of the heavy meat and bread diet that we had been encountering in Spain. I […]

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Spain
Patatas Bravas y Chipirones

A Stroll Around Santiago de Compostela & a Spanish Lunch

September 16, 2015by Albatz Travel Adventures 3 Comments

October 3, around noon… Santiago de Compostela is best known for its famous pilgrimage. Judging by the number of people sitting around rubbing their sore feet very few of them have […]

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Spain
The Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela was undergoing renovation

The Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

September 14, 2015by Albatz Travel Adventures 8 Comments

October 3, the morning after a late night… I left you with the pilgrim having his photo taken in front of Santiago’s cathedral. Unfortunately for the pilgrims, the cathedral, at least as of […]

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Spain
Santiago de Compostela Vino sign

An Evening of Food and Drink in Santiago de Compostela

September 12, 2015by Albatz Travel Adventures 1 Comment

October 2, late… It was a bit of a push to get all the way from Madrid to Santiago de Compostela in one day and I figured we’d be exhausted […]

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Spain
Pilgrim on El Camino from Granada

Achievement Is Finishing El Camino de Santiago

November 14, 2014by Albatz Travel Adventures 10 Comments

October 3, the morning after a late night… We were out and about in the city of Santiago de Compostela, best-known for its pilgrimage known as El Camino. There is a network of routes […]

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Spain, Weekly Photo Challenge
Celtic Musician in Santiago de Compostela

Weekly Photo Challenge: Minimalist

November 7, 2014by Albatz Travel Adventures 7 Comments

When I was in Spain last month I kept hearing the sound of bagpipes. That’s because I was in the province of Galicia and ‘Galicia’ is Spanish for Gaelic. A less minimalist view of the […]

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Spain, Weekly Photo Challenge
Ribeira Sacre Church

Weekly Photo Challenge: Refraction Through Stained Glass Windows

October 20, 2014by Albatz Travel Adventures 2 Comments

The architects of the older cathedrals in Spain knew how to harness the power of light, by refracting the light through their windows and spot-lighting the alters at different times […]

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Spain, Travel Theme, Weekly Photo Challenge

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