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I have lived in Japan for 35 years but had never considered the Shikoku circuit until I started approaching retirement. A few weeks back, I finally took a one-week plunge (by domestic air to Kansai Airport, then to Kobe, and a bus from there)...
I did 2 days on the Littoral along the river out of Porto, up the coast through Matosinhos, and cut across to the Central from Vila do Conde to Rates. See https://stingynomads.com/vila-do-conde-to-rates-routes/This route is marked on mapy.cz The...
I just completed the Camino Fracis. I got to the pilgrim office in time to get my compesela, and had a very positive experience there. I dedicated my camino to a close cousin who recently passed away, and I was unable to attend his funeral. I...
Hi Maurice Frank, thanks for posting this and I was going to laminate my Credentials too but didn't think to laminate my Compostella's and thought the same reasons to preserve them but after Digger's advice I will think again, thanks to both of...
If you want to get and keep your compostelas and it is obviously important to you, no caveat is needed. You need not explain yourself to anyone. I have 8 compostelas. The first one means alot to me. I have given most of my other ones away to...
One year, perhaps a decade ago, I purchased an A4-sized binder and A4 plastic document sleeves at an Oriental Bazar in Santiago. This allows me to keep all my certificates in one convenient binder, on a shelf.
They are always there as memory...
@digger, I was unaware of that, so thank you. I have learned something. In the future, if I have any other paper items I will not laminate. As the saying goes, it seemed like a good idea at the time :)
First, let me say I understand that pilgrimage is an inner journey of transformation and that many pilgrims place little or no post-Camino importance on artifacts such as the Credential or the Compostella. I know some pilgrims do not even request...
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