Category Archives: Spain

This airport is always mad

Posted on June 15, 2018 by crowcanyonjournal

We left Porto early one morning last year and less than hour later we landed at Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas Airport, our most visited of all European airports.

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MM 202: Viewing Avila from the Four Posts

Posted on March 27, 2018 by crowcanyonjournal

We visited the walled city of Avila during our trip to Spain in 2010 and I took this shot from a place called Los Cuatro Postes (The Four Posts) which is about 1.5 kilometers from the city’s walls. This will … Continue reading →

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MM 196 A Scene in Old Town León

Posted on February 13, 2018 by crowcanyonjournal

I went back to photos I took during our vacation last May in Spain for this week’s Monochrome Madness Challenge. This scene is just off the Camino Santiago that runs through Old Town León. That’s the bell tower for St … Continue reading →

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The Santiago Cathedral’s Interior

Posted on November 25, 2017 by crowcanyonjournal

OK, we walked all around the Cathedral and I showed you pictures of all four plazas (see here, here, here and here) and all four Cathedral facades. Now it’s time to step inside and see what the Cathedral’s interior looks … Continue reading →

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MM 4-28 View of Hotel Garden in Santiago

Posted on November 14, 2017 by crowcanyonjournal

We stayed at the Smart Boutique Hotel Literario San Bieito during our three days in Santiago. My sisters stayed with their Road Scholar tour group at a hotel a couple of blocks away. We visited them one day and I … Continue reading →

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Santiago’s Praza da Inmaculada on the Cathedral’s North Side

Posted on November 13, 2017 by crowcanyonjournal

The Praza da Inmaculada in Santiago de Compostela is bounded by the Monastery of  San Martiño Pinario on the north, the Santiago Cathedral on the south, a few stores along Rua da Acibecheria on the east, and a few archdiocesan … Continue reading →

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Santiago’s Praza da Quintana and the Cathedral’s East Side

Posted on November 10, 2017 by crowcanyonjournal

The most famous of the many doors on the east side of the Cathedral facing the Praza da Quintana is the Holy Door. This door is usually open only during Holy Years, that is when the Feast of St James … Continue reading →

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MM 4-27 Our Favorite Restaurant in Santiago

Posted on November 8, 2017 by crowcanyonjournal

My wife and I stayed for only three days in Santiago de Compostela last May but we still managed to have two meals at a cozy little Italian  restaurant called Gambrinus.  I took this shot as we left the restaurant … Continue reading →

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Santiago’s Praza das Praterias — the Square of the Silversmiths

Posted on November 4, 2017 by crowcanyonjournal

Pilgrims who walked the Camino Santiago during the Middle Ages arrived at their destination by entering the Santiago Cathedral via its north entrance off the Praza da Inmaculada (see here). For the last few hundred years they walked a tad … Continue reading →

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Praza do Obradoiro — Santiago’s Largest Square

Posted on November 2, 2017 by crowcanyonjournal

In English-speaking countries we call open public urban spaces “squares.” They are called “plazas” in most Spanish-speaking countries. But in Santiago de Compostela they use the Galician term “prazas.” And the largest of these prazas in Santiago and probably in … Continue reading →

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