Tag: Spain

Travel

I have so many travel photos and I have over 25,000 photos on my iPhone so I can keep going for a while.

Japan was really special.
I saw this in a small village near Pamplona near the time of the running of the bulls. They had live bulls running too. I have to say that I felt sorry for the bulls as they seemed terrified rather than fierce.
Beautiful glass art by Chihuly in Seattle.
The Vessel in NYC.
The Eye lit up in London.
Monks in Conques on the Camino.

The End

We ended this part of the Camino in a city called Logroño, another one new to me. A week-end festival was underway on the Assumption of Mary day and there was a lot of activity going on.

The streets were decorated.
Lots of people were in costumes, these doing local dancing.
I found that this bar was recommended for their pincheros, a tapa type snack. A pinchero has a toothpick pushing the ingredients into a slice of bread.
Being prepared. The mushrooms are filled with butter. When the waiter handed me my plate, one of them tipped over and spilled butter all over a lady’s coat.
Baloons for sale on every corner.
The Old Man and the Sea-street art?
Our hotel lit up at night.

Bulls

There are more cities in Spain besides Pamplona that have a running of the bulls. I was surprised to find one in our next village of los Arcos.

As I walked into the village a bunch of kids came running down a street followed by these “bulls” getting ready for the real thing.
Here’s the real thing. There were five or six cows let out one at a time-I think they were all female cows, not bulls, but they did a little charging. I didn’t like seeing it as the cows were terrified.
One guy brought a cape.
Besides bulls, I saw poppies in the fields.
I stopped by an old Roman ruin that had been carefully excavated.
I thought this was cute. After I took the photo a lady came running out to tell me no photos were allowed. I would think it would be good, free advertising.

Further On

Our next stop was Estella, another place I had never heard of. I wasn’t impressed with the city when I entered but it did have some nice medieval sections.

There was a really lovely cloister on a hill. Roses with a rose window in the background.
An unusual twisted column.
Doesn’t this ham and melon look good. It was, along with the sangria.
Part of a very highly arched bridge built for pilgrims.
Outside of Estella was a wine fountain put in by a monastery for some reason. I met the hikers there.

Tres Bueno

I found myself saying that several times-tres bueno, getting my French and Spanish mixed up. Anyway, after Pamplona, we headed to Puente la Reina, the Queen’s Bridge. It was a pretty little city.

A pretty door on one of the churches there.
One church had storks with nests at the top.
This is a well known crucifix thought to have been made by some German pilgrims. The Y shape is unusual.
The bridge.
The interior of our funky hotel.
This hot chocolate was too thick. I had to eat it like pudding. Not complaining though.

Along The Way

Next on the Camino was Pomplona famous for the running of the bulls.

Some of the pretty architecture in the old section of town.
Cute street art.
Hemingway saw the running of the bulls from his hotel balcony and made it famous in his book.
We had breakfast one morning in this beautiful place.
There was this giant sculpture depicting the running of the bulls.
Here’s one of the streets where the action takes place.
Here is a photo of a photo showing the street. People get killed doing this.