Walking the Camino de Santiago
During both of our Caminos, I look a lot of photos of doors. There’s something about such a liminal space that just draws me in. They are full of endless possibilities. This particular door is at the end of a lovely stone bridge, and it leads into the Basilica de la Santísima Trinidad de Arre. Arre used to be a […]
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Two bells hang at the top of the fortress-like bell tower of the little church of San Esteban in Zabaldika. The smaller of the two, made in 1377, is said to be the oldest in all of Navarra. This was the one I was allowed to ring. I’m kind of breaking a rule here by including a few other photos, […]
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The little church of San Esteban has a beautiful, but rustic, high altar. Apologies for the slight blurriness. Someday, I’ll get a better camera. The retablo features many of the saints associated with the area, including San Esteban (St Stephen) directly above the tabernacle and Santiago (St James) to the left of the tabernacle. As in many of the Spanish […]
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What is it with Basque towns starting with the letter Z? First Zubiri, then Zurián, now Zabaldika. Francine was in no mood to climb the hilly detour, so I climbed up by myself to the 12th century church of San Esteban in Zabaldika to pray a while. The church was built like a fortress, to keep out the local bandits […]
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We had a very late second breakfast in Zurián – elevenses, really. Billy, Becky, and Penny briefly caught up with us there – we hadn’t really seen them since breakfast in Zubiri, where they were coming into the bar as we were leaving. So it was also in Zurián. The rain, on and off throughout the morning, had pretty well […]
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