Charles NExSpain

CXO (Chief Experience Officer) @ Northern Exposure Spain. Tweet Northern Spain. Traveler. Adventurer. Camino pilgrim. Husband. Father.

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Good Morning. Not a bad view to wake up to in a 15th c. monastery turned hotel. #uniquehotels #boutiquehotel #NorthernSpain #customtours #privatetour

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1493…if Columbus discovered America but no one knew it, was it news? Not until the Pinta was the first of his ships to arrive back in Spain on March 1, 1493. #NorthernSpain #history #historytravel #customtours #privatetour

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High & Dry. Tide our at this historic fishing village, 13th c. walled town, castle and church. On the Camino de Santiago., safe harbor for pilgrims. Great fresh seafood. #history #architecture #fishingvillage #NorthernSpain #privatetour

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Field of Orchid Dreams. Orchid superbloom on the coast. 4 species going gangbusters. #NorthernSpain #wildflowers #wildorchids #superbloom #customtours

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Salpicon de Marisco. Cold seafood salad with crab, monkfish, prawns, egg and chopped veggies. One of the best I’ve ever had. Seafood can vary from one place to another. #foodie #foodtour #Spainfood #NorthernSpain #customtours

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Rising Oaks. Sunrise walk in the hills around the tiny rural village we stayed ar, nature waking with the nightingales leading a concert of birdsong. Delightful serenity.. #NorthernSpain #nature #sunrise #sunrisewalk #customtours

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Old Oak. It’s not every day (or millenium) you run into a thousand year old tree. Always an honor to be in its presence. #nature #naturelovers #oldtree #NorthernSpain #customtours

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Dripping Rock. #cave #cavern #nature #naturelovers #NorthernSpain

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15th c. Penthouse. #boutiquehotel #uniquehotels #NorthernSpain #privatetour #customtours

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Bull Run. Paleo artists used shapes of the rocks to evoke part of a figure. The head, horns and back of the neck of this aurochs (ancient wild bull), are the only part engraved. The rest is natural. Simply magnificent. #Paleolithic #paleoart #caveart #customtours #privatetour

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Sleeping Giant. Passage tombs., usually oriented to solar events. Massive one oriented to geographical feature, a giant. A deep water well in the center of the burial chamber. When and how was this site used? #neolithic #archaelogy #dolmen #customtours #historytravel

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Simple Pleasure. Great bread, a little grated tomato, and hand cut Iberian acorn fed ham. So simple, spectacularly good. A perfect light dinner. #Spainfood #Spainfoodie #foodtours #Spaintour #customtours

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Champion Driver and Horse. Formula 1. Roman times. Marcianus, revered star athlete, also his horse, Iniuminator, one of the smartest horses ever, racing inside position, where intelligence won at the circus races. #Romanhistory #Romanmosaic #SpainTour #privatetour #historytour

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Suckling Rock Art. Doe suckling her fawn. Depicted on a quarried block of an Iron Age hill fort. It may predate the hill fort, Copper/Bronze Age? Iron Age stone masons may have respected prior art and incorporated it. #hillfort #rockart #stonemason #NorthernSpain #customtours

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Winemaking, past & present. Carved into the rock on site of the vineyards, insert grapes, cover, ferment, stomp, age, bottle, drink. Repeat (next year). #wine #winemaking #SpainWine #customtours #privatetour

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Layered Valleys. #landscape #landscapephotography #NorthernSpain #customtours #phototour

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Sun Bridge. One of the thinest medieval bridges I’ve ever run into. Just one row of stones at the apex of the arch. Run, don’t walk. #bridge #medieval #NorthernSpain #customtours #privatetour

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Chapel Views. Built in a cave that a hermit saint, patron of local shepherds, lived in for part of his life in the 8th c., this chapel might have one of the best views anywhere. #chapel #cavechurch #NorthernSpain #SpainTour #customtours

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Almond Snow. Here comes spring. The almond trees say so. #springflowers #almondflower #naturelovers #SpainTour #privatetour

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Medieval Pigments. Vibrant colors in medieval paintings come from natural minerals: hematite, limonite, talc, copper, manganese and charcoal. This has allowed many paintings to survive 100s of years. #medievalart #arthistory #mineralpigments #NorthernSpain #privatetours