Abbreviations

[2sassytravelers]

I keep coming across abbreviations like these SJPP, VdlP and CdN. What do they stand for? Is there a reference page that explains all of these abbreviations?

 

[Tumbleweed]

Hi,

SJPP or SJPdP = St Jean Pied de Port (a city in the South of France) a popular starting point for the Camino Frances or CF.

VdlP = Via de la Plata: I'm not sure where this Camino starts.

CdN = Camino del Norte is the Camino that runs across the North of Spain along the coast.

My pilgrimage started in SJPdP on Sept 3 this year. It was awesome!! Where do you plan on starting and which route will you walk?

Anymore questions, just let us know.

Peace be with you and may the Lord guide your steps.

 

[grayland]

The Via de la Plata goes from Sevilia to Santiago.

 

[cecelia]

I keep coming across abbreviations like these SJPP, VdlP and CdN. What do they stand for? Is there a reference page that explains all of these abbreviations?

Hi 2 sassy travelers! Further to the comments above, if you go to the Confraternity site www.csj.org.uk and on the gray line(under the first red blocks of colour) look under Routes to Santiago and click on Individual Routes. This will give you a list of the various caminos and you can guess from there how they are shortened into just letters. As for SJPP - well you can imagine how quickly you want to change that to initials after writing Saint Jean-Pied-de-Port a few times I can never remember where the dashes are supposed to be!!
Newcomers to the camino experience usually think of there being only one camino - the one called the Camino Frances, but as you will see on the Confraternity site, there are many - thus all of the abbreviations. Those of us who have been around for a few years forget we are talking in a code others may not understand.
Thanks for the reminder! Buen camino.

 

[t2andreo]

I keep coming across abbreviations like these SJPP, VdlP and CdN. What do they stand for? Is there a reference page that explains all of these abbreviations?

Also, SdC is frequently used to refer to Santiago de Compostela. C/F or just "CF" are used as short-hand for Camino Frances. Other commonly seen abbreviations include:

ALSA - Bus company in much of northern Spain (www.alsa.es)
RENFE - Spanish national rail system (www.renfe.es)
SNCF - French national railway system (www.sncf.fr)
TER - French regional / regional territorial rail system (www.sncf.fr/ter) I think

Spanish supermarket chains,:
DIA (www.dia.es)
Eroski (www.eroski. es)
Mercadona (www.mercadona.es)

My advanced apologies if I got some of the websites wrong.

Happy New Year to all!

 

[WanderingChristian]

Let's not forget about CCL breaks in the morning Cafe con Leche (coffee with milk)

 

[HalfDomeOrBust]

Good question, great responses......Thanks!!

 

[2sassytravelers]

Thank for the clues.