While my friend and I walked the "Caminos" in Spain our Señors did some extensive sight seeing throughout the Galicia area.
Some of the sights we visited together after we completed our distance for the day.
Some we never had the opportunity to see with our own eyes but through their "Spanish Eyes" by way of their photographs and verbal descriptions of their daily adventures.
On our third day of the walk, our Señors delivered us to yesterday's finishing point in Oseira where we would continue our Pilgrimage.
The view of the monastery in Oseira as we are leaving the village heading to Castro Dozon ...
While we walked the varied trails, the Señors discovered a 12th Century Church (near the village of Castro Dozon which was our designated meeting place for the day).
That in itself is not so unique because France and Spain have many old churches.
The Romanseque Church of San Pedro of Dozon was built in 1154.
They had driven about 5 kilometers out of Dozon when they arrived at the Church.
After a walk through the Church grounds, the Señors approached an elderly man sitting on a bench in the laneway leading to the Church.
When asked if the Church was open ... He replied "No, but if you want I can go get the key." ...
This conversation in our Señors best Spanish or should I say using Msr. Guy's language skills!
Moments later he returned, unlocked the Church, our Senors visited and made a donation ... returned to the Café Bar Canton in Castro Dozon to wait our arrival.
This ram sits proudly on the top of the Church ...
After some internet research I learnt that the Ram (a male sheep) is a Christian symbol of protection and sacrifice.
"Protection" as the ram protected the herd.
"Sacrifice" as the ram was one of the first animals to be sacrificed on the alters, and that is how the Latin name was derived Aries which comes from Aris meaning "alters".
This was Señor Guy's passport ... a copy of the Camino route which he had stamped ( as a souvenir of his trip on the Way) at various locations...
There is more than one "Way" to travel on the Caminos.
I am still culling and editing my many photos from our adventure ... to see which "Postcards" I still have to write and send.
