We each approach this in our own way, from our own perspective. I am not sorting the different perspectives into a hierarchy.
It is true that most 'ordinary people' ( I quibble with that term) had less in order to create and I believe that this...
The desamortización de Mendizábal in the 19th C. didn't arise in a void.
And certainly the ordinary (and not so ordinary) people of Mesoamerica had less, because of all the gold flowing into Spain. Far less, with effects to this day. I think of...
For what it is worth, this was my experience. The security guard entered me in the system as Otros Caminos, other parts of Portugal and said I could correct things with the volunteer at the desk.
The volunteer issued me with a Compostela and a...
At the Pilgrim’s Office, they issue two documents that shouldn’t be confused: the Compostela (the traditional/historical and free document) and the "Distance Certificate" (introduced in 2014, for which you need to pay 3 euros).
The Camino you...
This past spring 2024, I walked a majority of the Sanabres starting in Rionegro del Puente. My computerized distance certificate only shows I walked 107 km from Ourense, but indeed I walked another 174 km, totaling 281km. After I'd left the...
Yes, @Kathor1 it was obviously hand written in 2016!
Computer now says "there is no Camino Torres". 😳
Hopefully Computer in the Pilgrims office will be more compassionate about this Camino
soon 🙏
Hello - does anyone here have any info on the Camino Zamorano from Zamora to Verin please ?
A friend is in Zamora as I type this and there is very little out there and very few threads here. He is not on the forum as his English isn't great...
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