I know I SAID I was going to continue chronologically - but I just want to include the pics taken in the Cathedral in Burgos - I couldnt upload while on the road..... The sheer riches inside here are astonishing and such displays are evidence I think of the Catholic Church's 2000 years of hypocritical wealth accumulation .... The craftwork and the artistic abilities , the physical work and the talents of thousands of people over the years was given either freely with good will, or under sufferance and coercion....but there is no doubting the beauty of it all.... I especially liked all the mandalas on the ceilings, in the stained glass etc....After we walked and walked - sightseeing on our 'day off' we had churros and chocolate...
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