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I was fairly certain that it was, just checking that there wasn't a Latin loophole of which I was unaware. You make a good point that she may not have associated James with Santiago, I hadn't thought of that.
My name is James, so I expected Iacobus or Iacobum on my Compostela - but the Pilgrim's Office translated my name to Ignatium. I only noticed when I got home. Occasionally, I think that next time I'm in Santiago I'll call in and see if I can get that changed, but maybe there's something that I'm...
I had a peculiar experience while staying at the Monasterio Santa Clara at Carrion de los Condes. My companions and I shared a 5-bed dorm on the ground floor. I had a very vivid and emotional dream in which I had to hunt and capture or restrain one of our party, and in the dream I was doing so...
I flew to Biarritz from London in 2013, with no expectations of walking with anyone really. Boarding the plane at Gatwick, I noticed a few other passengers with backpacks and boots and we all acknowledged each other and Identified that we were walking the Camino. We all met up again at the bus...
I think you confuse "missing" with "lost". To her mum, she was missing until accounted for but I suspect that you understand that really. As a father, I can entirely identify with her plight.
I've suggested to my wife, that she ever considers me to have gone missing on a Camino trip, that she posts here and asks if anyone has seen me. I hope the day never comes, but if it does, I dearly hope that anybody who thinks they might have encountered me will give her news rather than sit...
I was surprised at American Pilgrims on the Camino's response to the message that she was missing being forwarded to their website from CAMIGAS, the buddy system for women on the Camino. They responded with: "Please contact the local authorities rather than posting here. Although we would all...
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