- Time of past OR future Camino
- Via de la Plata, Portuguese, Ingles, Levante
Hello. My name is David Murray from Ireland.
I wonder if anyone has noticed the following.
I recently completed the Camino de Levante from Valencia. Previously, I had done the Via de la Plata, the Ingles and the Portuguese. On each of these previous occasions, the name of the Camino (as mentioned above) was hand written on the Compostela by the staff at the Camino Office.
As some of you would know, during Covid, they introduced an online system that you have to complete in order to get your Compostela. Indeed, I used this myself in 2022. However, this past September, when I was completing the online form at the entrance to the office in Santiago, there was a new question on the form, “Which Camino did you complete” it was a drop-down list and you had to select one. You could not type the name yourself. To my surprise, there were only a handful of named Caminos on the list and then one more “other Camino”. The Levante was not on the list and I had to select “other Camino”.
To my surprise, and certainly disappointment, the completion of my Compostela had been computerised with no hand written information by staff. And instead of The Camino de Levante, my Compostela reads “Otros Camino”, Other Camino, which is disappointing. And, in fact it reads “Otros Camino, Via de la Plata”, because the Levante joins the Via de la Plata in Zamora.
There were quite few Camino’s not on the dropdown list,
I would have thought that it wouldn’t take much to have a more comprehensive list of Camino’s on the dropdown list. Not a major issue, but it’s nice to have the Camino name on the Compostela.
I’m doing the Camino Frances in 2025. I know that most people will be curious about that one. Don’t worry, it’s on the list.
Buen Camino
Dave.
I wonder if anyone has noticed the following.
I recently completed the Camino de Levante from Valencia. Previously, I had done the Via de la Plata, the Ingles and the Portuguese. On each of these previous occasions, the name of the Camino (as mentioned above) was hand written on the Compostela by the staff at the Camino Office.
As some of you would know, during Covid, they introduced an online system that you have to complete in order to get your Compostela. Indeed, I used this myself in 2022. However, this past September, when I was completing the online form at the entrance to the office in Santiago, there was a new question on the form, “Which Camino did you complete” it was a drop-down list and you had to select one. You could not type the name yourself. To my surprise, there were only a handful of named Caminos on the list and then one more “other Camino”. The Levante was not on the list and I had to select “other Camino”.
To my surprise, and certainly disappointment, the completion of my Compostela had been computerised with no hand written information by staff. And instead of The Camino de Levante, my Compostela reads “Otros Camino”, Other Camino, which is disappointing. And, in fact it reads “Otros Camino, Via de la Plata”, because the Levante joins the Via de la Plata in Zamora.
There were quite few Camino’s not on the dropdown list,
I would have thought that it wouldn’t take much to have a more comprehensive list of Camino’s on the dropdown list. Not a major issue, but it’s nice to have the Camino name on the Compostela.
I’m doing the Camino Frances in 2025. I know that most people will be curious about that one. Don’t worry, it’s on the list.
Buen Camino
Dave.