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I am so happy there is a credential for dogs.
One of my favourite scenes of the Tres en el Camino documentary is when the owner of Troki the dog can't understand why his little companion couldn't get a compostela even though he walked with his little furry legs all the way from Sevilla 💔🥰
No issue here, all good and happy for me 🙂
Thank you so much for the sentiment; i could have cheated and not disclose I took a taxi but I'm happy with my Franciscan certificate 🥰
I know how much I walked and for me that's enough, I appreciate the sentiment though 🥰
Thank you for taking the...
The distance compostela is obtained at the pilgrim's office. The certificate I describe here is for the imperfect camino journey so you don't go home empty handed if you really wanted a document to mark the end your walk.
Botafumeiro swang at the 10am mass today. Lineups are impossibly long and in the sun though.
I managed a glimpse at it and smell it from the exit door 🤷🏻♀️
That'll do for me! Loads of people this weekend, I just saw a procession for San Serrapio!
Yes! it's not very well known, had @mazzarina not mentioned in a random stamps comment I would have never known.
And... digging deeper into the matter, I found out there are other certifucates you can get:
1. A compostela for dogs: the Animal Protection Association of the Camino...
If for whatever reason you can't fulfill the 100k rule to get your compostela or if the pilgrim's office line is too long, don't despair!
Thanks to a tip from @mazzarina I learnt that the Convento de San Francisco de Santiago issues a similar certificate but they are not as stringent with the...
Nothing in life is free and the botafumeiro is no exception. The latest botafumeiro is an antiquity from the 1850s and there's considerable wear and tear because of its astonishing weight (62 kilos unloaded, 162cm tall) it has swang from the gothic structure for centuries, so that needs special...
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