Photos of people One of the best things with "El Camino" is all the interesting people you meet everywhere. The Spaniards are very nice. We have never been badly treated anywhere and there is always a helping hand. Click on the photos for a larger size. They will open in a new window. Use the X in the top right corner to close it.
	Left: In the small village of Moutras, Lugo, Elvira stops us for a chat and she offers us her homemade wine. Right: If you ever take a taxi in Nájera, La Rioja, be sure to ask for "El Gran Antonio". He is one of four taxi drivers in town. He is also a great singer of Spanish Coplas. He took us to the Yuso Monastery and he was singing all the way. Although he had an urgent drive, a pregnant woman was about to deliver a baby, he hardly stopped singing....
	Harvest of asparagus, Navarra.
	Just before entering Logroño, La Rioja, Doña Felisa, born 1910, used to sit outside her house every day for more than 15 years! offering the pilgrims figs, water and small talk. She also stamped the Pilgrim Credential: It says: "Felisa. Higos, água y amor - Felisa. Figs, water and love." What a lovely person she was. (Felica died in 2002)
	Some people don't seem to bother about traveling light. This Italian pilgrim actually made a film during his walk (Navarra). I hope he made it all the way to Santiago.
	Take care of your feet!! Sassi bought the most expensive and best boots she could find, and look what happened. (I wore desert boots, more than 20 years old - and did not get a singe blister).
	After a steep climb I'm at the border between Lugo and La Coruña. Finally we are in Galicia. Two more days of walking and we will reach our goal - Santiago de Compostela.
	In Navarra we stop for a talk with the workers harvesting the tempranillo-grape. Besides offering us red wine from the harvest last year, they also give us a snack to bring along. White grapes - which are better tasting according to them.
	In Cacabelos, León, the local priest don't mind to sign our"Credencial de Peregrino" - the pilgrim pass in the middle of the night. He receives us dressed in his bathrobe.
	Everywhere you meet friendly people. In Cacabelos, León, we are invited to a typical Spanish dinner - Pulpo Gallego (Octopus, Galician style).
	An attempt to find shade. A needful rest under the olive tree, the only shady place we could find.
	A short rest in a beautiful landscape, León.
	Two monks in the beautiful Cloister of the Samos Monastery, Lugo.
	Ann and Eva exploring the town of Sarria, Lugo.
	Our Brazilian friends entering Pamplona, Navarra. Time to wash off all the dirt after a very muddy stretch.
	In the Yuso Monastery, San Millán de la Cogolla, La Rioja, we met this very interesting man to the left, Pater Alfonso Labara. He personally showed us the original relic shrine in the monastery, not the copy shown on the normal guided tour. As an expert he also explained in detail his research on the shrine.