sillydoll
Veteran Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- 2002 CF: 2004 from Paris: 2006 VF: 2007 CF: 2009 Aragones, Ingles, Finisterre: 2011 X 2 on CF: 2013 'Caracoles': 2014 CF and Ingles 'Caracoles":2015 Logrono-Burgos (Hospitalero San Anton): 2016 La Douay to Aosta/San Gimignano to Rome:
A friend reports on the changes to the Pilgrims' Office:
Things they are a-changing! The Oficina is closed, i.e. the upstairs part via the Green Doors. The whole of the house is going to be renovated and they reckon 2 years to do it! So at present, pilgrims go in through the Patio de las Mochilas and then up the stairs to the tiny new part that was opened while I was there last year.
Down in the patio, at the very end where backpack storage is available, there is the other "solution" !!!! in what was a tiny bar last year. They have now shoved all the furniture etc from the upper floor office into this tiny space. . . . . . and this year there are more pilgrims
expected than last year. There will be sheer and unadulterated chaos. As for safety when dealing with the thousands?????
The cathedral is being restored -the tower is enclosed in scaffolding. Part of the Azabacheria facade has already been cleaned and looks lovely.
Things they are a-changing! The Oficina is closed, i.e. the upstairs part via the Green Doors. The whole of the house is going to be renovated and they reckon 2 years to do it! So at present, pilgrims go in through the Patio de las Mochilas and then up the stairs to the tiny new part that was opened while I was there last year.
Down in the patio, at the very end where backpack storage is available, there is the other "solution" !!!! in what was a tiny bar last year. They have now shoved all the furniture etc from the upper floor office into this tiny space. . . . . . and this year there are more pilgrims
expected than last year. There will be sheer and unadulterated chaos. As for safety when dealing with the thousands?????
The cathedral is being restored -the tower is enclosed in scaffolding. Part of the Azabacheria facade has already been cleaned and looks lovely.