Ribeirasacra
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- the highway
UK newspaper. No comment from me.
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"Better still, they whisked us through the less interesting sections by minibus" -- no comment from me, either, other than "LOLOLOLOL!"
A puff piece for the tour operator is how I read it. I didn't see a 'sponsored by' indicator, but it seemed like it.There are not enough emoticons here to express my bewilderment about this superficial and crap article.
I think it might be a good idea to read to the end of the article which puts it in context when it says "I am determined to walk it “properly” one day, and now I will know how, all thanks to my “pilgrimage lite”.
Apparently an "expert travel writer" and "an authority on and author of a best selling guide book to Bratislava" so she really shouldn't be making "a few mistakes" should she?I will forgive you people the mistake of ridiculing the poor woman for making a few mistakes.
I don't see what is wrong with that statement... it may not be complete, but it is not wrong. Or do I need a second cafe con leche? It is Saturday after all, an extra jolt would be ok.And she definitely got this part wrong
"Pilgrims must prove they’ve walked at least 100km to qualify for the Compostela certificate on arriving at Santiago."
If those 100 km aren't the last 100 km to Santiago, one doesn't qualify for a Compostela. The article implies that you could choose ten 10 km sections anywhere on the Camino and still earn a Compostela.I don't see what is wrong with that statement... it may not be complete, but it is not wrong. Or do I need a second cafe con leche? It is Saturday after all, an extra jolt would be ok.
If those 100 km aren't the last 100 km to Santiago, one doesn't qualify for a Compostela. The article implies that you could choose ten 10 km sections anywhere on the Camino and still earn a Compostela.
I knew I needed more coffee.If those 100 km aren't the last 100 km to Santiago, one doesn't qualify for a Compostela. The article implies that you could choose ten 10 km sections anywhere on the Camino and still earn a Compostela.
I think her big mistake was choosing to write a thinly researched piece about the Camino, which is so deeply known and loved. No harm meant surely, but an indication of how things are changing and becoming less an individual odysseyI will forgive you people the mistake of ridiculing the poor woman for making a few mistakes.
Outstanding vision!? Flabbergasted!I stopped reading when she said she could see the Pyrenees from Manjarin . . .
Throw a stone backwards at Cruz de Ferro and you'll probably hit a party of busogrinos posing by the foot of the cross.For a minute I thought I was at the Trevi Fountain in Rome when she said it is traditional to toss a stone backwards over one's head at the Cruz de Ferro. Maybe if you do that it will ensure that you will return again (and hire the same tour company, no doubt).
Decent journalism involves a modicum of fact checking.
Paid advertisement/product placement? BC SY
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