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  1. JabbaPapa

    ATM colour chart

    This sort of crowd-sourced information is intrinsically unreliable given the fact that these transfer fees depend upon a network of bank-to-bank or even country-to-country financial cooperation or not or financial sanctions in place, and so on and so forth. One of the banks frequently cited in...
  2. JabbaPapa

    A call for regulation or permit on the Francés

    The Catholic Church is not a for profit organisation. The fact that you can get your Credencial for €2 and your Compostela for free should be sufficient to disabuse you of that notion.
  3. JabbaPapa

    A call for regulation or permit on the Francés

    Huh !! Here's something I didn't know !! A certificate is available for ANYONE who visits the Cathedral, for €3. https://www.tee-travel.com/blog/obtener-la-compostela-y-otros-certificados-peregrinos/ Certificado de visita La Catedral de Santiago, en su sede de la Archicofradía del Apóstol...
  4. JabbaPapa

    A call for regulation or permit on the Francés

    hmmmmm seems I was mis-remembering. https://pelerinsdecompostelle.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Credencial-del-Peregrino.pdf There's a €2 price limit (or was in 2016), and they request a contribution to the Pilgrim's Office.
  5. JabbaPapa

    A call for regulation or permit on the Francés

    No, it goes to the Pilgrim Office.
  6. JabbaPapa

    A call for regulation or permit on the Francés

    They do. It's the €2 donation that you pay for any Credencial.
  7. JabbaPapa

    A call for regulation or permit on the Francés

    That was the old system. It would be utterly ruinous financially and especially organisationally in the 21st Century, given the MASSIVE increase in total pilgrim numbers, including of course the majority of pilgrims who make their way by motor transport.
  8. JabbaPapa

    A call for regulation or permit on the Francés

    Call me cynical, but if a quota & permit system were introduced, wouldn't organised tour companies like his be able to buy them in bulk, and then stand to gain significantly from being in a position whereby they could profit greatly from their ability to re-sell them within their guided tour...
  9. JabbaPapa

    A call for regulation or permit on the Francés

    That would not be a pilgrimage to the Tomb of the Apostle. The Compostela is a Catholic religious document, not a certificate for hiking or biking. The Compostela and the Indulgences are entirely unrelated to each other. Someone living in Compostela or going privately to the city by car can...
  10. JabbaPapa

    A call for regulation or permit on the Francés

    An odd article -- on the one hand, he's sentimental about the Camino in the 1990s, but then calls for a touristified regulation of the Camino tomorrow. soooooo, a State-provided permit to go on a religious pilgrimage, subjecting Church to State ? Here's one -- carry a sleeping bag and a...
  11. JabbaPapa

    Compostela: Electric Bikes Excluded?

    I met one pilgrim in either 2021 or 2022 who was using an e-bike because his disability prevented him from doing the Camino any other way. He said he felt that he was cheating and said he deliberately wouldn't get a Compostela. I did tell him about the exception to the normal rule against...
  12. JabbaPapa

    Camino from Paris, What is the Albergue situation?

    Shouldn't usually be a problem if you have your Compostela with you, and your Credencial.
  13. JabbaPapa

    From just before Burgos - 47 friggin kms to find a bed!!!

    Depends which route -- on some of them it can be 2-3 nights a week, sometimes higher ; on the major routes, the Francès or the Português etc, it will definitely be the exception rather than the rule. I was lucky in Redondela last time, because I had my inflatable mattress and sleeping bag, to...
  14. JabbaPapa

    From just before Burgos - 47 friggin kms to find a bed!!!

    I'd never walk without them, but then I am very frequently off the beaten path and/or stuck somewhere between Albergues.
  15. JabbaPapa

    From just before Burgos - 47 friggin kms to find a bed!!!

    No idea why anyone would do that, as it's not a very sensible location for putting your sleeping bag down. If you need to sleep out, don't wait for the last moment to choose a location, but scout one out during daylight. With preferably at least one wall, overhead cover, privacy, no sprinklers...
  16. JabbaPapa

    The Pilgrim’s Guide to Etiquette

    K *is* the unit. It's the same one as the military klick/click.
  17. JabbaPapa

    The Pilgrim’s Guide to Etiquette

    Among the English, we tend to use America, North America, Central America, South America, and The Americas. America alone usually refers to the USA, but in context it can sometimes refer to continental / geographic America.
  18. JabbaPapa

    Advice sought for wounds on feet from walking

    Rest, more comfortable socks, more roomy shoes or boots, and REST !! I've found that going barefoot and popping your feet out into direct sunlight, even if the rest of you is comfy in the shade with a cool cerveza, really does help. Commiserations, good luck, and Buen Camino !!
  19. JabbaPapa

    From just before Burgos - 47 friggin kms to find a bed!!!

    There was a time when not even those existed. On my 1994 from Paris, not until I reached Saint-Palais did I encounter anything even resembling that ; and not one single Albergue as such until SJPP. And even there, it was a spot on the floor. The monk's cell in Saint-Palais was positively...
  20. JabbaPapa

    From just before Burgos - 47 friggin kms to find a bed!!!

    With experience, I'd say it depends on the area. For anyone without such experience, I would agree with that principle 100%

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