Hi all,
I stopped by the pilgrims office today and asked them about the deal with the new official pilgrim passports. Here is what they told me.
1. For all pilgrims outside of Spain, everything continues as before nothing new. (You get your pilgrims passport from "local" association). This is true before and after 2010 (holy year).
2. For pilgrims living in Spain. The new "official" pilgrims passports will be sent out from Santiago (forgot to ask about details related to this). This new passport is required by all pilgrims living in Spain starting 2010, but the passport is available to be used for those that want before 2010 (but not required).
The reason for all this is that in Spain, it seems like there are "hundreds" of different entities issuing these pilgrims passports and they are just trying to consolidate all this.
On another note, the weather in Santiago the last 10 days has been spring-like, with max temperatures of towards 23c in the shade. Mornings are cold though (1-2c). This Sunday rain in the forecast.
Greetings from Santiago,
Ivar
I stopped by the pilgrims office today and asked them about the deal with the new official pilgrim passports. Here is what they told me.
1. For all pilgrims outside of Spain, everything continues as before nothing new. (You get your pilgrims passport from "local" association). This is true before and after 2010 (holy year).
2. For pilgrims living in Spain. The new "official" pilgrims passports will be sent out from Santiago (forgot to ask about details related to this). This new passport is required by all pilgrims living in Spain starting 2010, but the passport is available to be used for those that want before 2010 (but not required).
The reason for all this is that in Spain, it seems like there are "hundreds" of different entities issuing these pilgrims passports and they are just trying to consolidate all this.
On another note, the weather in Santiago the last 10 days has been spring-like, with max temperatures of towards 23c in the shade. Mornings are cold though (1-2c). This Sunday rain in the forecast.
Greetings from Santiago,
Ivar