{"id":967,"date":"2013-11-20T11:50:30","date_gmt":"2013-11-20T16:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/?p=967"},"modified":"2013-11-20T12:10:47","modified_gmt":"2013-11-20T17:10:47","slug":"santiago-day-5-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/santiago-day-5-wednesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Santiago Day 5 &#8211; Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Final day in Santiago and probably last post until we&#8217;re back in Maine. After a huge Parador breakfast we walked over by the university to meet Ivar Rekve, who maintains the fabulous English language forum, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.caminodesantiago.me\">www.caminodesantiago.me<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/20131120-173507.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/20131120-173507.jpg\" alt=\"20131120-173507.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAfter that we walked to the Igrexa de San Mart\u00edn Pinario (PRS-88-8). The entire thing is Baroque from the 18th century and it just blows you away. Here is the main Retalbo from the front. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/20131120-174527.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/20131120-174527.jpg\" alt=\"20131120-174527.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/20131120-174552.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/20131120-174552.jpg\" alt=\"20131120-174552.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/20131120-174608.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/20131120-174608.jpg\" alt=\"20131120-174608.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe statues above are of course Santiago and San Mill\u00e1n, busily fighting to thrash the moors many hundred years after their deaths. We went into the choir, behind the altar and here is the main Retalbo from the back. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/20131120-174945.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/20131120-174945.jpg\" alt=\"20131120-174945.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/20131120-175006.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/20131120-175006.jpg\" alt=\"20131120-175006.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWhile in the choir, here are some pictures of chairs, organ and back wall. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/20131120-175430.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/20131120-175430.jpg\" alt=\"20131120-175430.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/20131120-175454.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/20131120-175454.jpg\" alt=\"20131120-175454.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/20131120-175535.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/20131120-175535.jpg\" alt=\"20131120-175535.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/20131120-175632.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/20131120-175632.jpg\" alt=\"20131120-175632.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nHere are pictures of the various side chapels. Incredible baroque art. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/20131120-175806.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/20131120-175806.jpg\" alt=\"20131120-175806.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/20131120-175824.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/20131120-175824.jpg\" alt=\"20131120-175824.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/20131120-175853.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/20131120-175853.jpg\" alt=\"20131120-175853.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/20131120-175915.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/20131120-175915.jpg\" alt=\"20131120-175915.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/20131120-175932.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/20131120-175932.jpg\" alt=\"20131120-175932.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAfter lunch and a siesta, we went to the Necropolis tour under the cathedral. There were numerous Roman graves discovered around 50 years ago. While on the basement you can see multiple levels of constriction. The lowest is Roman, the middle is medieval and the top is 12th century. You can see the mason&#8217;s mark. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/20131120-180414.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/20131120-180414.jpg\" alt=\"20131120-180414.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWe saw several sarcophagi and one had a skeleton.  Since the bones were much newer and he was very tall   <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/20131120-180726.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/20131120-180726.jpg\" alt=\"20131120-180726.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/20131120-180738.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/20131120-180738.jpg\" alt=\"20131120-180738.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWe are now back at the hotel and will pack, have dinner and then leave for the airport in the morning. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/20131120-181029.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/20131120-181029.jpg\" alt=\"20131120-181029.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"geolocation-link\" href=\"#\" id=\"geolocation967\" name=\"42.881462,-8.545457\" onclick=\"return false;\">Posted from here.<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"geo-post-967\" class=\"geo geo-post\" style=\"display: none\"><span class=\"latitude\">42.881462<\/span><span class=\"longitude\">-8.545457<\/span><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Final day in Santiago and probably last post until we&#8217;re back in Maine. After a huge Parador breakfast we walked over by the university to meet Ivar Rekve, who maintains the fabulous English language forum, www.caminodesantiago.me After that we walked to the Igrexa de San Mart\u00edn Pinario (PRS-88-8). 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