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June 11th 2012
Published: June 11th 2012
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Focus of todays blog is PICS... along The Way..... Navarre region, from just outside Rocessvalles to Pamplona...


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The White Cross

At the entrance to the woods that led from the Monastery at Roncessvalles, a VERY eerie and scary kind of cross. People believed it protected them from 'witches' - the area has a history of witch burnings .....terrible !
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The horses looked smaller and hairier than Aussie ones I've seen - adaption to keep warm I guess
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Snow on them thar hills !
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The Way into Burguete
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Burguete/ Auritz

All the villages here have a Spanish name and a Basque name
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OK, we won't !
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Signs along the way

We often offered to take pics FOR people, of them together and it was astonishing how rarely someone would offer to do so in return....
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a Little bit muddy, but hey - its SHALLOW mud
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IMPRESSIVE statue
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Cafe Interior ... Where we first had Churros ( like a straight donut)
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Street on the Bull Run Route
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Magdalena Bridge

Signs indiating the route for Running of the Bulls
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Has a cross at one end with firgure of St james - indicating entry point to pamplona for Pilgrims since the 1500's


11th June 2012

Tiltles/Mistitles!
I am not going to title pics any more - will just put details in description BECAUSE when I viewed this after publishing, titles are ALL OVER THE PLACE !! Please excuse... I wasn't... I didn't ..... the 'MULTIPLE PHOTO UPLOADER' did it... bloody thing !
11th June 2012

Loving looking at your photos
12th June 2012

Still awesome photos, but a little annoying when i couldnt read all of the comment, only because you leave such interesting comments
hope your settling back into life at home in little old Adelaide.
12th June 2012

Thanks!
Glad you like the pics Leandra, I THINK if you want to see a full comment that you can't when the pics are all displayed together, if you click on individual pic it will come up with full comment .... XXX

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