The article mentions 5 women in 5 years when around half a million pilgrims walk the caminos each year. I expect the statistics would be worse for any european city so why highlight the camino?
I can assure you that nobody is paying attention to the stamps in your passport for the purpose of calculating your length of stay. All of that data is stored in the computer. Already, and for many years.
It’s also a good time to remind...
I think all of this has been going on for a very long time. As if the recumbent and prayerful Ralph of Shrewsbury hasn't suffered enough indignities already, I imagine the staff at Wells Cathedral have to come round every evening to dislodge the...
Who knows maybe contemporaries were complaining about cave paintings and petroglyphs as we complain about graffiti. "We had a perfectly nice, clean wall and you had to fill it up with your puerile boastful drawings of your pretend hunting...
Yeah... in addition to the safety issue of obscuring road signs, I dislike the participation in the consumption of modern plastics, hydrocarbons, industrialization and mass manufacturing... it rankles right along with the AI slop of "harmless"...
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