Pilgrim's notes. Portuguese Camino de Santiago.

25 May 2016 Travel time: with 28 April 2016 on 11 May 2016
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I'll drop everything. I believe in kilometers -

Weathered, breathless and angry…

/ Lina Kostenko /

What images do you have in your head when you hear the word pilgrim or pilgrim? Maybe like Brodsky in his poem of the same name?

… the blue sun is burning,

pilgrims walk the earth.

They are immortalized, hunchbacked,

hungry, half-dressed,

Their eyes are full of sunset….

Can you imagine a barefoot and unhappy man with a rope, a gray-haired old man with a Bible in his hands? I will try to debunk your ideas and talk about the modern way to travel and explore the world. So, the Camino de Santiago.

What is the Camino de Santiago? This is the ancient pilgrimage route to the tomb of the Apostle James (one of the 12 Apostles, patron saint of Spain, revered by both Catholics and Orthodox) in the Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela. The Santiago Way connects more than 100 pilgrimage trails across Europe.

It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.


How to go? Most pilgrims make the pilgrimage on foot, walking 15 to 40 km a day. There is also the option of cycling pilgrimage.

Why? Everyone has their own motives for making a pilgrimage: some go for religious reasons, others look for themselves and their place in the world, and others just go in search of adventure.

While preparing for the Fireplace, after reading stories of a pilgrim from Lviv , our vocabulary was enriched with literary themes and plans for the Way began to look something like this…

- Let's go, talk and. to taste port.

- No, as decent pilgrims we will read and go to the library!

- How will we distinguish the types of books?

- I do not know. But brochures, if 0.2. I hope we will have full volumes)))

Then relatives joined…. Dad told us not to go to the library often during the Way, and if we did, we read only in color and little by little)))

Well, all the instructions have been received, the backpacks have been collected, it's time for the Way! 260 km on foot. Ocean. Road. Thousands of hikers like you from all over the world. Thousands of human destinies and stories.

Communication on a mixture of languages ​ ​ and gestures. It's time to be alone with yourself.

It's time to think and realize all the beauty and ephemerality of your own life.


Walking along the Atlantic coast of Portugal and getting to know the province of Galicia in Spain on his own, fused with a backpack behind his back as a native)), walking miles under the scorching sun and torrential rain, meeting the sunset to be precise - this is a great adventure!

Many texts and photos about my pilgrimage experience can be found here

http://www.turpravda.ua/forums/discussion/172894/zapiski_piligrima_ p>

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Padron, Испания
Santiago de Compostela, Испания
Туманный край земли в Finisterre
Santiago de Compostela, Испания
Святые Врата в Santiago de Compostela, Испания
Побережье Атлантики
Muxía, Испания
Где-то на Краю Земли...
Натюрморт :)
Закат над Атлантикой
Нórreos, типичные галисийские зернохранилища
Redondela, Испания и железнодорожный виадук
Скромный завтрак пилигрима :)
Ponte Sampaio, Испания
Pontevedra, Испания
Два символа Camino de Santiago - ракушка и желтая стрелка
Улитка-пилигрим :)
Где-то на просторах Галисии
Caldas de Reis, Испания
Фотозарисовки по дороге
Португальские красавицы :)
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Побережье Атлантики
Литературные этюды :)
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Vila do Conde, Португалия
Vila do Conde, Португалия
Полдник на берегу океана
Фотозарисовки в дороге
Viana do Castelo, Португалия
Viana do Castelo, Португалия
Табличка на доме гласит – когда ко мне приходит сильное желание поработать, я тихонько сажусь в угол и жду пока оно пройдет ;)
Скромный обед пилигрима :)
Caminha, Португалия
Valença do Minho, Португалия
Tui, Испания
Мост, соединяющий Португалию и Испанию
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