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I had ordered one too and the distance was 775kms from SJPDP (even though I have the photo where I'm standing next to a sign in Ronsesvalles that says 790 to go!) We laugh and call it "Camino Kms" because those last 2kms always ended up being...
My biggest pet peeve from volunteering in the pilgrims office is the number of pilgrims who failed to leave a donation even when I pointed out the box and said that it was there for their donations. So often a pilgrim would take the compostela...
1 Buying in the Certificate of Distance is not compulsory
2 It raises essential funds to employ paid staff in the Pilgrims' Office - in a country where there is 25% unemployment
3 Because of this and other strategies more paid staff are now...
From Pamplona to Santiago we made 400 km's walking. I told the volunteer at pilgrimsoffice and he wrote that down. A great memory for my daughter, 16yr! (We arrived to Santiago last monday!)
My Certificate of distance from SJPDP to Santiago reads 775 Kms. Oh, well... I was just happy to get one. I also got the St. Francis of Assisi special celebration Certificate--- I actually felt more connected to that one than to any of the other...
Hola - I've just caught up with this discussion.
The certificate of Distance was introduced this year in response to a long standing demand from many pilgrims to have the distance they covered recorded on a certificate. As you know this year the...
Yes, to some people the distance they walk matters. To others, yes, like you said, the journey is purely spiritual, and the distance they travel cannot be measured. To others, who knows? My daughter will walk because I'm walking, and her reason...
I was happy to have survived, glad to have met so many wonderful people and didn't care at all what was on the paper...
Buen Camino
I now 6 months post Camino miss the peace and joy that was my Camino!
The distances can differ from one month to another or from one year to another year due to road works and detours...the local amigos are in charge over the routes, etapas and waymarking. Sometimes they change the etapas and make us walk through...
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