Camino Santiago Photo

Photographer’s Note

The Camino de Santiago (the Way of St. James) is a large network of ancient pilgrim routes stretching across Europe and coming together at the tomb of St. James (Santiago in Spanish) in Santiago de Compostela in north-west Spain. The most popular route (which gets very crowded in mid-summer) is the Camino Francés which stretches 780 km. (nearly 500 miles) from St. Jean-Pied-du-Port near Biarritz in France to Santiago. Other Spanish routes are the Camino Inglés from Ferrol & A Coruña, the Via de la Plata from Seville and Salamanca, and the Camino Portungues from Oporto.

The network is similar to a river system - small brooks join together to make streams, and the streams join together to make rivers, most of which join together to make the Camino Francés. During the middle ages, people walked out of their front doors and started off to Santiago, which was how the network grew up. Nowadays, cheap air travel has given many the opportunity to fly to their starting point, and often to do different sections in successive years. Some people set out on the Camino for spiritual reasons; many others find spiritual reasons along the Way as they meet other pilgrims, attend pilgrim masses in churches and monasteries and cathedrals, and see the large infrastructure of buildings provided for pilgrims over many centuries.
These pilgrims reached the goal and are happy i n Santiago de Compostela.

JanD, macondo, fulvio52, darek1978, AiresSantos has marked this note useful

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JanD (14303) 2009-03-04 1:16

Czolem Malgosiu!
Ladna scenka. Dobra architektura w glebi. Z przyjemnoscia patrze na to zdjecie.
Pozdrawiam!

jasmis (49633) 2009-03-04 1:26

Elementów dziś bez liku. Szkoda tylko, że główny - w centrum - ma twarz w cieniu. Ale fajne zdjecie, tak czy owak.
Pozdrawiam.

rodgerg (23069) 2009-03-04 1:27

Hello Malgorzata,

A nice view of the "everyday's life" on the Way of St.James. The peoples in the FG and a great propsect to the nice edifice of Santiago in the BG. The expression of the peoples are very well collected and the colours of the clothing and the falg give a bonus to the image.
Good and interesting photowork.
Have a good day,
Roger

macondo (12973) 2009-03-04 2:21

Hi Malgorzata.
Nice colourful shot of these happy pilgrims. Great weather conditions, and nice presentation of the architecture, too. I've read a lot about these walking routes, and even have a personal fantasy about doing one of them. But maybe my health isn't quite good enough. We'll see.
Thanks for this delightful burst of colour.
Regards,
Andrew

fulvio52 (8314) 2009-03-04 3:31

Hi, Malgorzata.
Nice, colorful, full of that sense of expectation that always precedes a great hike, and this for sure is a major one! Highly dynamic and well presented, TFS! Have a good day, I'll be seeing you.
Fulvio.

darek1978 (11097) 2009-03-04 8:45

Witaj Malgos,
Podoba mi sie ten totalny luz i fantastyczny mix kolorow. Trudno mi sie pozbierac po urlopie widzac takie ujecia;)
Pozdrawiam,
Darek

Waylim (10717) 2009-03-04 10:36

Maggie,
Beautiful weather for this shot, and a nice story of the pilgrimage. Looks like it's a fun event for those who participate. A good documentary shot of the event.
Way

Fis2 (45194) 2009-03-04 12:51

Czesc Gosia!
Bardzo fajna scenka.
Super kolorki i ladny pionowy kadr.
Oj powedrowalo by sie z nimi :)
Pozdrawiam
Krzysztof

Graal (57268) 2009-03-04 23:33

Czesc,
to i tam bylas! Moze Coelho swoim "Pielgrzymem" narobil zachety dla pielgrzymowania w to miejsce. Dobry reportaz. Interesujace portrety. Prawdziwi wedrowcy.
Pozdr. Al.

Longroute (8885) 2009-03-04 23:38

Ah Malgorzata!

tu ci porti i colori dell'estate in questo freddo inverno!
conoscevo questo camino, ma tu l'hai fatto?
La foto è molto simpatica e vivace, grazie ai bei colori e alle espressioni di questi moderni pellegrini. Sei riuscita ad isolare un gruppo abbastanza omogeneo con lo sfondo della piazza. Una bella foto di viaggio.
Ciao,
Donato

cyborg83 (3698) 2009-03-05 3:33

Witaj Emciu,
bardzo fajne zdjecie reporterskie,
dziewczyna na pierwszym planie ubrana bardzo ciekawie i nie da sie ukryc - kolorowo :)
Bardzo ciekawy budynek w tle,
pozdrawiam

saxo042 (15102) 2009-03-05 12:37

Hi Malgorzata,
An interesting combination of these colourful pilgrims and the fine building in the background. But I don´t see any shells, I believed they were part of the property...
We walked along this part in southern France once, but only for about 5 kilometers...
Kind regards
Gunnar

AiresSantos (41322) 2009-03-05 23:34

Hi Malgorzata
Fine colours and details in this very good picture from Santiago de Compostela.
Well captured the espressions of the people.
TFS and have a nice day
Aires