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  1. mazzarina

    I arrived in Santiago and didn't see a single pilgrim.

    Ooh that's good to hear about the Invierno. I'd like to do it soon and am really glad to hear how steeped in camino history it is. You've spurred me on!
  2. mazzarina

    Finally a camino tattoo

    Love your tattoo, Beatrice! Great place to have it on your wrist, so you can see it all the time. Here's mine, on my upper arm.
  3. mazzarina

    Getting my Compostela home undamaged

    The cheap trick, taught to me by a camino companion who was a former engineer, is to get a large water bottle, cut the top off, and dry it thoroughly. Put your Compostela inside and stuff the inner with clothing. One free Compostela transportation device!
  4. mazzarina

    The Forum has become the home to "lost glasses"

    As someone under 50 who just stood at the supermarket checkout wondering where I'd put my shopping bags - the bags I was carrying under my arm - I'd say that all this losing things has nothing to do with seniors 🤣
  5. mazzarina

    Knights Templar and other nonsense!

    It's traditional that, when you arrive in Santiago de Compostela, you must visit the Plaza de las Platerías and kiss the noses of the horses in the fountain.
  6. mazzarina

    At 62 thinking of getting my first tattoo, A Tau Cross?

    I got my first tattoo at 40 and love it, and the others I've had since, all in fine-line black ink: a trinity symbol, a shell, and a three hares design. I love the idea of a Tau cross: very Franciscan. My recommendation is to research tattooists: find someone whose style you like and who is...
  7. mazzarina

    Avoiding asphalt

    Hi bonniegrace, I've walked the last 100km of the Portugues with my family (Vigo-SdeC), with the Variante Espiritual. There's little asphalt on that route and I recommend it. Like you, I've done the Primitivo and enjoyed it for all the reasons you did. The Variante Espiritual is gorgeous, with...
  8. mazzarina

    Obtaining a Compostela on a horse

    How did the horse get on the bus? 🤣
  9. mazzarina

    Must-have sellos in Santiago?

    The church of San Francisco, just up from the cathedral, has a nice Franciscan stamp and the friars there also issue (or used to issue, when I went in 2019) a certificate called the Cotolaya - free, but donations very welcome.
  10. mazzarina

    Birds & Insects on the Camino

    Ooh, hoopoes! Very cool :cool:
  11. mazzarina

    Birds & Insects on the Camino

    I'm walking with my family and some friends on the Portugues in May-June this year. My partner's a keen bird-lover, and I wondered what birds you've seen along the way (all the caminos, why not?)? Were there any familiars that followed you along the route? When I walked the Primitivo, I think I...

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