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The High Altar

The high altar combines baroque and Romanesque design. The 13th century figure of the Apostle of St. James overlooks the silver altar and is surrounded by decorations made of gilded wood, marble and silver.
"The Way" to Santiago de Compostela, Spain - we took the easy way!

June 10th 2013
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Like so many others we love to travel and we love to sail so cruising makes a lot of sense. Janice has retired from Cornell as a business manager and Bob has retired from South Seneca school district as the high school principal. It's time to sell the house, get rid of whatever doesn't fit on our 40 foot Caliber LRC named Tsamaya (this means Travel Well in Setswana) and set off to see the world. Our reasons for publishing this blog is twofold, first to keep in touch with our friends and family and secondly to share our experiences. If you would like to receive notification when we have added ... full info
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