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  1. JabbaPapa

    New long-term French visa possibility for some UK citizens

    This may be good news for only a small number & proportion of UK pilgrims, and I'll steer right clear of the politics involved, but the new French immigration law has the following feature : https://projetarcadie.com/content/decryptage-du-projet-loi-immigration Les Britanniques propriétaires...
  2. JabbaPapa

    Sagrada Familia

    From The Times : It has taken longer than planned but 141 years after the first stone was laid the Sagrada Familia has passed a milestone with the completion of four towers. Each represents one of the four evangelists, the reputed writers of the gospels, and the final sculptural pieces have...
  3. JabbaPapa

    Xunta Albergue in O Cebreiro closed 11th to 14th October 2023

    Title says it all : https://www.caminodesantiago.gal/es/sala-de-prensa/detalle?content=/60-Espazo-institucional/.content/noticias/noticia_1597.xml
  4. JabbaPapa

    Future Pilgrims Office in Tui

    There's a project for a Pilgrims Office in Tui that you can read about here : https://www.caminodesantiago.gal/es/sala-de-prensa/detalle?content=/60-Espazo-institucional/.content/noticias/noticia_1595.xml They're using the old prison, a building less grim than it sounds, and the article...
  5. JabbaPapa

    France to launch summer rail pass in 2024

    https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2023/09/07/france-to-launch-summer-rail-pass-in-2024_6127777_7.html France will next summer launch a bargain-price monthly pass valid on certain trains nationwide, directly copying a hugely successful move in Germany to encourage greener transport, a...
  6. JabbaPapa

    Heat Wave warning France, August 2023

    Several Départements have an Orange heatwave alert currently, but looking at the maps and the predictions, whilst several Caminos are impacted, it's the Le Puy and Vézelay routes which will be hardest hit, so do be careful pilgrims, look for cold water from locals in the villages, and Bon Chemin...
  7. JabbaPapa

    Caminho de Fátima da Beira / Caminho Mariano

    The Caminho de Fátima da Beira, part of which I walked last year on my own Way to Fátima, is in the process of being waymarked and made "official" and provided with infrastructure and so on -- though it's already "officially" recognised as such with a specific detailed route and so on. But I...
  8. JabbaPapa

    Happy St James Day !!

  9. JabbaPapa

    1951 documentary on the Camino

    Some Camino associations have restored a 45-minute 1951 documentary on the Camino, which seems to be French : https://www.elcorreogallego.es/sociedad/2023/07/21/estrease-o-primeiro-documental-o-camino-santiago-frances-90141162.html The pilgrims seemed to have used the Codex Calixtinus as a...
  10. JabbaPapa

    Threatened air traffic controllers strike

    According to the London Daily Telegraph : https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/07/06/european-flights-cancelled-air-traffic-control-strikes/ (paywall warning) Thousands of European flights may be delayed or cancelled this summer after air traffic controllers threatened to strike. Affected...
  11. JabbaPapa

    Sainted saunterers: prayer and praise on the pilgrim road to Chartres

    Great article, a month old, on the Chartres pilgrimage, by Gavin Ashenden : https://catholicherald.co.uk/sainted-saunterers-on-the-pilgrim-road-to-chartres/ (possible paywall issues) One interesting point -- Over three hundred seminarians and priests are accompanying the pilgrims, who span...
  12. JabbaPapa

    New alternative route between Poblacion de Campos and Villovieco (+4K)

    A new alternative Camino route is to be created between Poblacion de Campos and Villovieco, well away from the main road, which will add 4K to the Francès as a whole if taken. The existing route will not be "abolished" though...
  13. JabbaPapa

    New Albergue in Bilbao, 2024

    Cool human interest story about a pair of pilgrims being forced to sleep outdoors for over a week from too few beds in Albergues ; and used to promote the opening of a new 60-bed Albergue in Bilbao. It's pleasant to see that the article is also calling for more numerous donativo and cheaper...
  14. JabbaPapa

    Biggest month of May ever

    https://www.elcorreogallego.es/santiago/2023/06/07/camino-continua-rompiendo-records-firma-88386042.html 61,139 Compostelas last month, a 26% increase from May last year, and nearly 120,000 so far this year -- so looks like yet another record year. 40% Spaniards, and the top three other...
  15. JabbaPapa

    Tour Saint-Jacques in Paris open for visits

    According to Le Figaro, the Tour Saint-Jacques in Paris is reopening for visits. https://www.lefigaro.fr/culture/patrimoine/a-paris-la-tour-saint-jacques-s-offre-a-nouveau-aux-visiteurs-20230520 It will be open this year from Fridays to Sundays until 12th November, and will consist of a guided...
  16. JabbaPapa

    Drought 2023

    The 2022 drought that affected Iberia and Mediterranean France is continuing into 2023, and it seems to be getting worse. French Catalonia has had no rain in over a year, and now for the first time, there are water restrictions being implemented where I live, on the French Riviera near the...
  17. JabbaPapa

    COVID US ending vaccination requirement and all Federal measures

    The current, remaining vaccination requirement to enter the US -- for example, upon return from a Camino -- for non-citizens will end on May 12th, along with all other remaining Federal covid mandates in the country.
  18. JabbaPapa

    Special Compostela for pilgrims walking longer distances? (redux)

    There are some more details about this proposal : https://www.elcorreogallego.es/santiago/2023/04/28/compostela-oro-camino-busca-reconocer-86631612.html También, el de multiplicar la importancia que muchos le dan a conseguir la Compostela (certificado de peregrinación a Santiago para el que...
  19. JabbaPapa

    EU Parliament requests Camino Waymarkers throughout Europe

    The EU Parliament has made a -- non-binding -- request, by 494 votes for 76 against, 76 abstaining -- that the network of yellow shell on blue background waymarkers be extended into the Camino routes generally throughout Europe. Personally I think that's a great idea, but this doesn't mean it's...
  20. JabbaPapa

    Home to Rome 2025

    I will walk to Rome from Home in the Roman Jubilee Year 2025. The shortest would be about 800K, though walking via Milan to see my sister and her lovely boyfriend might be quite worthwhile. And I love the Duomo, and also a VERY excellent bookshop there, so let's see. I would in that case need...

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