Paisaje, ARANTZAZU

This is the first picture I've seen of Arantzazu that I am sending you here. It's a holy site where there was, purportedly, thousands of years ago, an apparition of the Virgin Mary. She was discovered by some shepherds walking in the night. She was hovering over a thorny bush -- hence, Arantzazu, which in Basque, literally means: over the spiny bush. The priests built a monastery on the top of these wicked cliffs. It's a sanctuary where people go to meditate; Spain's version of visiting the yogis....