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  1. HaraldS

    The Camino does NOT start in StJpdP - discuss

    SJPdP was recommended in some 1970s guide as a starting point, due to the fact that it is near Ostabat (where three of the four french ways converge and form the Camino Frances) and has a train station, thus making it reachable for pilgrims who won't start at home. Roncevalles would have been a...
  2. HaraldS

    macarons

    Macarons? Isn't that the french president's name 😊?
  3. HaraldS

    Just a couple of thoughts after my last camino

    Why do inexperienced pilgrims follow suggested stages? Because they don't know better. But the good thing is: nearly everyone gains self-belief, consciousness and courage after walking some days and can do better decisions. Inexperienced pilgrims might even strongly believe in the fact, that...
  4. HaraldS

    Love story on the Way

    I am a pianist. I got a call from a local priest if I could accompain a wedding ceremony in a small church. He's a friend of mine and a priest who walks different caminos each year and is the spiritual head of our local town's pilgrim's community. During the wedding ceremoy, I heard the story...
  5. HaraldS

    Valcarlos or Orisson?

    The Le Puy route, the Vezelay route and the Tours route converge in Ostabat, at the Stèle de Gibraltar. That's not Saint Jean Pied de Port. The overwhelming significance as a starting point is a modern construction. SJPDP opened its railway station in 1898, and only since then it was possible...
  6. HaraldS

    Suseya or Suseia??

    My first answer ("The correct spelling is "suseia"") wasn't complete, as I found out. There is no single spelling, but three different ones in the Codex Calixtinus (from ca.1140), where the words are originally taken from: in book 1, chapter 26 it's suseia, ultreia in the appendix 1 within the...
  7. HaraldS

    Suseya or Suseia??

    The correct spelling is "suseia", see https://la.m.wikisource.org/wiki/Dum_pater_familias
  8. HaraldS

    Question about albergues

    Very true! Nearly everything which has to do with pilgrimage doesn't follow strict rules, and so is the albuerge classification. I would love if the printed guides would emphasize this fact.
  9. HaraldS

    The ' Way of St. James ' rose

    Maybe this isn't of big help as you probably already know this - but there's a rose garden located at the St.James Church in Mortlake, Victoria, Australia. Your profile states Victoria, Australia as your location. This site gives a Mr. Geoff Humble as responsible person who says that his garden...
  10. HaraldS

    Looking for a Children's map of Camino Frances

    Have a look into this thread: https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/hand-made-wall-map-to-follow-along.20340/ Dad drew the outlines of Spain's northern coast and of the Camino Frances on a ca. 3 meters x 1 meter paper roll. Then it was attached to a wall right above the ground in the...
  11. HaraldS

    Obtain Compostela

    The pilgrim office has published the rules to obtain a compostela, and there is no specific route mentioned. So one would have to assume that the route doesn't matter at all. You can start at Fisterra or any other place and take any route you want. As long as you provide 2 stamps per day, walk...
  12. HaraldS

    Obtain Compostela

    No, that wouldn't qualify for a compostela. The compostela is only given for a pilgrimage to the location of the tomb of St.James, which is the cathedral in Santiago. Your starting point and the choosen way don't matter at all, if it's only 100kms away at least. But any other way which doesn't...
  13. HaraldS

    Last minute shopping in SJPdP

    Are you still in Oloron or have you passed it? If you're still there, here's a list of shops to try: http://www.acheter-ou.fr/chaussures-de-randonnee-335.html?ou=64400/oloron-sainte-marie . I just returned from the region...if I was in a similar situation like you, I'd think about taking a train...

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