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Two others spots to mention. Again, like Oseira, they are well known.
1. Alcuescar, north of Merida: the Convent of the Slaves of Mary and the Poor. These guys are not contemplatives. It's a relatively new Order, set up in the 1940's on the back of the amazing pastoral work of the parish...
I've offered some other comments of my own experiences this Spring on the VdlP on "Via de la Plata and Camino Frances – same but different?" (10th August 2009). But, since I walked very deliberately for 'spiritual' reasons, here are a few more. (First, I should say that I'm an English Anglican...
Dear Richy,
Just seen your post about the VdlP. I was a first-timer on any Camino and walked the VdlP from 1st May, ending up in Finisterre on 12th June.
I hesitate to comment, amid such a galaxy of veterans...
I was a fit 49-year-old (now still a fit...50-year-old) wearing well-worn in boots...
Thanks! The question is: will they be open on a public holiday? But that sounds like a much better bet to try an email in bad Spanish than the cathedral. I will write and see...
Thanks, John.
As I expected...!
I've explored the Amigos route and suspect that their office won't be open in time. I need to get cracking promptly-ish on 1st May and the Amigos don't open until, I believe, the afternoon (assuming of course they are open that day). I've got a letter of intro...
1st May is a public holiday. It's also the day on which I wanted to pick up my credencial from the cathedral office in Sevilla and start on my camino. I won't bore you with the reasons why... I've tried to contact the cathedral but to no avail so far. If I present myself at the usual place, the...
I'm confused... I hope to walk the VdlP in May and had hoped to collect my credencial before departure at Seville Cathedral. (Correspondence with the Cathedral Office cofirmed that this would be possible.) Does this edict mean that I will not be able to do so? And that I will have had to come to...
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