Day 34 – this is the Botafumeiro; it means “smoke spreader”. It’s a giant incense burner and it take 8 men to operate the device when they burn it at mass. It is not always done but it was used at the noon mass. May 18, 2025 by Patricia M · Published May 18, 2025
Day 14 – standing in the street of Castrojeriz – evidence the Meseta is not all flat. Blackout inside Spain is happening. . . I just don’t know it yet except I notice I have no internet. May 1, 2025 by Patricia M · Published May 1, 2025
Day 29 – I am on my way to Sarria but I took an alternate route to visit a monastery in Samos. Most of the day it did not rain! Yippee May 13, 2025 by Patricia M · Published May 13, 2025
