santiago de compostela ... you can walk around on the top, las cubiertas, for ten euros

we passed on ...

santiago de compostela ... this facade ....

... conceals an earlier one

camino de santiago ... high on the pilgrims way crossing into galicia

an osborne bull west of astorga

you'd need a long lance to tilt at these thirty-three metre windmill blades

proof, if it were needed, that even the astorgans believe that blondes have more fun

the interior of gaudi's palace for the bishop at astorga is far far greater than the sum of it's parts, but they forbid you to take pictures

i wonder if they sell them in XXL ?

not the thirstiest pilgrims to pass through ... Villalcázar de Sirga

at fromista, far out on the plains in northern palencia, opposite this fantastic romanesque church ...

... is a bar/museum dedicated to one fabulous cheese ... boffard ! beware of imitations

a deserted hamlet north of castrojeriz, about thirty miles west of burgos

more neck-ache in burgos

cherubs in burgos

poseurs in burgos

house signs in vitoria

an elliptical bandstand on the avenue in san sebastian

san sebastian