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So envious... and so delighted to see numbers slowly increasing.
Absolutely!So what you're saying is there is still hope..............
It is quite amazing how the numbers of Compostelas picked up during the last few days. They recorded mostly 5 to 10 Compostelas per day during the whole month of March, then the numbers of Compostelas increased on Wednesday with 33, Thursday with 58, Friday with 77 and today Saturday with 107 Compostelas. After all, it is Easter Week - Semana Santa - in Spain, and both Maundy Thursday and Good Friday (the 1st and 2nd of April this year) are public holidays in Galicia, I believe.And today there were 107 arriving . According to this article, almost all pilgrims are (not surprisingly) Galician.
So what you're saying is there is still hope..............
It's going to be another whopper of a day today ... Easter Sunday ...on Wednesday with 33, Thursday with 58, Friday with 77 and today Saturday with 107 Compostelas. After all, it is Easter Week - Semana Santa - in Spain
It's going to be another whopper of a day today ... Easter Sunday ...
Wow, 1540 Compostelas in one day. That is twice as many as yesterday and the first time this year that the number is above 1000. And it's Friday. And it's the first week of July. I wonder whether this is the first sign of large groups arriving because it's a Holy Year.Look at today’s number…
I wouldn't know. My guess is that the overwhelming majority of them are Spanish pilgrims who started in Galicia, and we will never hear from them on this forum . Yesterday (Saturday 10 July), a similar number of arrivals was recorded by the SdC pilgrims office: 1.626 Compostelas were handed out.But where do these people sleep? With quite a few albergues still closed and open albergues at 50% of their capacity?
I am not in Galicia and I've not seen many reports from pilgrims walking there. The Galician Xunta actually limits the number of persons to 50% of capacity in communal/shared albergue spaces but to 30% in the dormitories. Exception: Pre-established 'bubble' groups. Btw, the Xunta even recommends that pilgrims keep their masks on during the night ...But also groups need to sleep somewhere, don't they?
Does anybody know when the 50% capacity will be increased in albergues?I am not in Galicia and I've not seen many reports from pilgrims walking there. The Galician Xunta actually limits the number of persons to 50% of capacity in communal/shared albergue spaces but to 30% in the dormitories. Exception: Pre-established 'bubble' groups. Btw, the Xunta even recommends that pilgrims keep their masks on during the night ...
I seem to remember that more than 3.000 Compostela were given out on peak days in July or August 2019, and they've increased the bed capacity for the Holy Year before Covid-19 hit, so my unqualified guess is that there are plenty of beds in Galicia, even with the current restrictions.
La Xunta establece un protocolo con medidas para el uso de los albergues públicos que garantizadores a los peregrinos un Camino seguro
La Xunta establece un protocolo con medidas para el uso de los albergues públicos que garantizadores a los peregrinos un Camino segurowww.xunta.gal