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…rooms, give or take. 7) Target sighted: Almudena Cathedral. 8) The courtyard of the Palace backs onto the Cathedral. 9) Almudena is relatively new. 10) Sorry, distracted by buses. 11) A lofty view. 12) Glorious Madrid. 13) The Cathedral offers up some fantastic views of town. 14) Saint Bartholomew was… (Search hits: 0 in title, 24 in body, 0 in comments.)

…32) No matter your beliefs, being here is a moving experience. 33) On looking up. 34) The interior is massive. 35) Officially it known as Primate Cathedral of Saint Mary of Toledo. 36) Capilla de la Descensión. 37) The work that went into this. 38) In the Cloister. 39) This… (Search hits: 1 in title, 15 in body, 4 in comments.)

…our Compostela, a certificate of completion. And in Latin too! We’ll have graduated from Peregrino-U. With honours! And later that evening a celebratory dinner, and long and teary-eyed goodbyes to all the folks in our little group of which we shared the trail. Friends made on the El Camino are… (Search hits: 0 in title, 14 in body, 1 in comments.)

…Astorga Cathedral was started in the late 1400s and was not completed till sometime in the 1700s. Talk about a loooong project! Other Cathedrals visited this trip also took a couple hundred years to complete too – seems that’s the norm – but they are huge and elaborate. Prior to… (Search hits: 0 in title, 11 in body, 1 in comments.)

…day one of our epic El Camino Adventure. We’re here to walk this most legendary route…because we can. Our destination many days away is Santiago de Compostela (or simply Santiago) and mass at the amazing cathedral there. If that’s not reason enough to do it. Today’s itinerary has us doing… (Search hits: 0 in title, 4 in body, 0 in comments.)

…Spain… Off The Beaten Path en España – touching down in Spain. España Day 1 – Wandering Madrid – getting to know the city. España Day 2 – Toledo Cathedral – the most impressive yet. España Day 3 – Hello Astorga – the last stop before the El Camino. España… (Search hits: 0 in title, 3 in body, 0 in comments.)

…have a support team at our disposal, however, still we work it good and hard and in the end earn our Compostela, or certificate of completion awarded on reaching the Cathedral in Santiago. You need to sweat to get it. Ready? Okay, let’s go! España Day 5: Up & Over… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)

…– what a dump. And sleep. That jet lag is an evil bastard. But before it all a couple quick photos out the balcony – can already see it…what a city! Yawn…more…more…tomorrow. Eyes close…zzzzzzzz. A few hours later, awaking, a couple more photos and it’s back to bed. Adventure awaits…but… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)

…on their cheek, accompanied by a beaming smile. 14) Flowers, flowers everywhere. And these neon green bugs – you can see part of one there inside this Calla Lily. 15) The largest community seen this day, here we’re entering Palas de Rei. Off in the distance – yellow shell, blue… (Search hits: 0 in title, 1 in body, 0 in comments.)

…nice in our world. 39) A most interesting fence. 40) For the last couple clicks we’re along a country lane. No traffic at all except for a tractor or two and the procession of happy Pilgrims. 41-42) Dropping down into Portomarín, our end point for the day. But first we’ll… (Search hits: 0 in title, 1 in body, 0 in comments.)