Fonfría to Samos

Our Camino started above the clouds today

 Girls chewing the cud

Flares

Crimson clover

Cheesecake for breakfast

Jamón Ibérico 

Galician palomare (pigeon house)

Ramil and its 100 year old chestnut tree

Triacastella

Beer taps made by local Galician pottery

Decision time... Samos it is!

Triacastella Santiago sign 

Lavadero - old launderette 

Door plate in Lastres

Traditional Galician roof

Underpass art

First sight of the Benedictine Monastery at Samos (founded in VI Century)

Monastery of San Julián - at it's peak it had over 350 monks, it now has just seven.

Modern frescos following a fire in 1951

Albergue in the monastery

Pre-Romanesque IX Century Capela do Cyprés (smallest capela on the Camino) and the 500 year old cypress tree which people try to hug.

Mediterranean Tongue-Orchid

Santiago