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  1. kenwilltravel

    Quirky Museums on the Camino

    Two that come to mind for me are the toy museum in Ponte de Lima (https://www.museuspontedelima.com/pages/1268?news_id=8010) and the collection of matchbooks in Tomar (https://portugalconfidential.com/matches-museum-museu-dos-fosforos-tomar/). The toy museum includes a huge model train set, if...
  2. kenwilltravel

    Botafumeio

    Hi MaxHelado, I've recently been in contact with another party that made the same arrangements and they were successful. First, email your request to: botafumeiro@catedraldesantiago.es The cathedral will then likely email you back requesting that you pay a fee of 450 euros in the form of a wire...
  3. kenwilltravel

    Botafumeio

    Is this a Holy Day or special Catholic celebration?
  4. kenwilltravel

    Which is the flattest major Camino de Santiago route?

    Portuguese Camino, Senda Litoral. Don't think you can get flatter than that.
  5. kenwilltravel

    Good resources for would-be expats? (US citizen in ES or PT)

    If you're interested in residency in Portugal, the best place to start is a Facebook group called Americans & FriendsPT. It covers every conceivable topic related to moving to Portugal.
  6. kenwilltravel

    American pilgrim living in Mexico

    My assumption is that some people involved in a group like that would likely have done the Camino or thought about it. If not, perhaps you can inspire them to think about it.
  7. kenwilltravel

    American pilgrim living in Mexico

    There's a Facebook group called Ajijic Hiking Group that you might want to join. My wife and I visited Ajijic a couple of years ago and enjoyed it very much. Great place for expats.
  8. kenwilltravel

    Xacobean Nautical Crossing

  9. kenwilltravel

    Xacobean Nautical Crossing

    Hi all, When my wife and I worked as volunteers in the Pilgrims Office issuing Compostelas earlier this year, an iron clad rule we had to follow was that nobody could receive a certificate unless they had walked the last 100 km (or biked the last 200 km) of their route. The one exception was the...
  10. kenwilltravel

    How were "official" Camino routes chosen?

    I worked in the Pilgrims Office earlier this year and we had a piece of software that showed "official" distances for various routes. From St. Jean Pied de Port to Santiago was 779 km (compared to 713 from Pamplona, for example). That was on every distance certificate I wrote covering that...
  11. kenwilltravel

    How were "official" Camino routes chosen?

    I answered my own question. It's the regional junta of Galicia and the various provinces responsible for the mojones (https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=https://www.editorialbuencamino.com/2016/01/30/los-mojones-del-camino-de-santiago-donde-estan/&prev=search). And here's...
  12. kenwilltravel

    How were "official" Camino routes chosen?

    You've got the painted yellow arrows, but then you also have the more official-looking distance markers in the shape of obelisks. One would suppose that the painted arrows are the responsibility of the private associations, but surely the expensive distance markers are installed by some...
  13. kenwilltravel

    How were "official" Camino routes chosen?

    Wow! Thanks to everyone for all this great information. It will take me a while to work through these posts and follow up on some of the individual comments, but thank you very much! Just to be clear, by the way, I'm not criticizing the modern routes for lacking medieval authenticity. They are...
  14. kenwilltravel

    How were "official" Camino routes chosen?

    I'm aware that most of the major Camino routes (Frances, Portugues, etc.) were chosen because they replicate the paths that medieval pilgrims took to Santiago de Compostela. But does anyone have any information about when and how these routes were chosen? In other words, who made the decision...

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