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I'm wondering and haven't seen the answer to this question anywhere, so I'll go ahead and ask: To get a sello at an albergue etc. do you have to actually have stayed there?
Really? I've never even considered this angle. Interesting!
Well, I must be going overboard then, as well as collecting evidence of loose living like the regular meals and coffee I consume. On my first CF I was a sparse collector and regretted it. I am now much more inclined to ask at a bar or visit an open church.As @mspath said there are many different places which have sellos. The owners or staff are often so used to people asking for a sello that they cut to the chase and make the offer first! There is a limited amount of space for sellos on the credencial. Some people go overboard and try to collect as many as possible - filling up all the spaces and then using a second or even third credencial or a notebook. I generally stick with two or three a day and I prefer them to be from albergues, churches, monasteries and the like. Too many sellos from bars is just too much hard evidence of my own loose living
Interesting strategies that I never considered before. Didn't know about the Farmacies. Never even considered it. Love the idea of stamping the journal too. Thanks so much for these great ideas!
Well, I must be going overboard then, ......As for how many credentials that might take, that seems unimportant to me.
I LOVE that story Ms.Path. Who would think to look to the walls of an elementary school for an ATM! lol I'm solo excited I leave for Madrid first thing in the morning...The staff of farmacies are great resources for all sorts of info!
Walking into Molinaseca early on a frosty Sunday morning November 2014 I met another woman pilgrim who was worried since she had run out of funds. Upon arrival in town all appeared closed as we searched high and low for either an ATM or for someone to ask; nada.
Luckily one pharmacy was open 7/7 and the multi lingual pharmacist directed us to the village ATM hidden on the elementary school facade! Her gentle kindness will be long remembered.
Well, I must be going overboard then, as well as collecting evidence of loose living like the regular meals and coffee I consume.
I had also wondered when it might come to that.Enjoy your credential and stamps while they are still with us...I can foresee a near future where you will slide your "smart something gadget" in face of a codebar, and this will be all.
Ok, this is my weekend rant...I promise this will be the only one.
No you don't have to stay at a albergue to get a sello. You can get them at bars, stores, churches, hotels, albergues, and road side stands. I filled up 2 and 1/3 Pilgrim Passports walking the French Way. They are my praised possessions of the camino. Buen CaminoI'm wondering and haven't seen the answer to this question anywhere, so I'll go ahead and ask: To get a sello at an albergue etc. do you have to actually have stayed there?
I filled seven credentials and had a poster made.As @mspath said there are many different places which have sellos. The owners or staff are often so used to people asking for a sello that they cut to the chase and make the offer first! There is a limited amount of space for sellos on the credencial. Some people go overboard and try to collect as many as possible - filling up all the spaces and then using a second or even third credencial or a notebook. I generally stick with two or three a day and I prefer them to be from albergues, churches, monasteries and the like. Too many sellos from bars is just too much hard evidence of my own loose living
I noticed that the Credential from this forum refers to the need for two selloas a day. Since there are only 48 spaces (from memory), I would probably run out of space, as I'm starting from Lourdes... So, I'll follow your suggestion and get another one from the Pilgrims' office in St Jean. Thank you for the info!If you need to, and want to, you can obtain two different types of official credentials at St Jean Pied de Port. You can get the one from the pilgrim's office there and another set from the tourist's office. They are only 2 euros donation each. The set from the tourist office is the same one you can get from this forum.
I filled seven credentials and had a poster made.
The two sello a day thing applies to the last 100 km. Basically the section of the CF between Sarria and Santiago. Up until that point, one sello a day is all you need, but still kinda cool to fill up two sets of credentials as there are so many sellos out there and some are very unique.I noticed that the Credential from this forum refers to the need for two selloas a day. Since there are only 48 spaces (from memory), I would probably run out of space, as I'm starting from Lourdes... So, I'll follow your suggestion and get another one from the Pilgrims' office in St Jean. Thank you for the info!
In a practical sense, it seems to okay to collect two sellos a day in just the last 100km, but the formal requirement shown on the credencial is to collect at least two per day with no suggestion that only applies to the last 100 km.The two sello a day thing applies to the last 100 km. Basically the section of the CF between Sarria and Santiago. Up until that point, one sello a day is all you need, but still kinda cool to fill up two sets of credentials as there are so many sellos out there and some are very unique.
The top credentials are from the pilgrim's office in SJPdP and the bottom one's are from the tourist office there.
cheers
I can't say I collected two sellos a day all the way to Santiago on any of my three CF's. Quite a few days on my first one I only had a sello from the albergue I stayed in. Nobody nitpicked it at the pilgrim's office in Santiago and they gave me a compostela with no problem.In a practical sense, it seems to okay to collect two sellos a day in just the last 100km, but the formal requirement shown on the credencial is to collect at least two per day with no suggestion that only applies to the last 100 km.
Nice! Thank you!The two sello a day thing applies to the last 100 km. Basically the section of the CF between Sarria and Santiago. Up until that point, one sello a day is all you need, but still kinda cool to fill up two sets of credentials as there are so many sellos out there and some are very unique.
The top credentials are from the pilgrim's office in SJPdP and the bottom one's are from the tourist office there.
cheers
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I agree. My 2010 credencial does not mention anything about the number of sellos to collect, but this year the cathedral credencial does. In 2010 and 2014 I recollect being told I needed three sellos a day on the last 100km, now its two. It seems a bit of a changing feast. I agree with you that the Pilgrim Office has never nit-picked on this.I can't say I collected two sellos a day all the way to Santiago on any of my three CF's. Quite a few days on my first one I only had a sello from the albergue I stayed in. Nobody nitpicked it at the pilgrim's office in Santiago and they gave me a compostela with no problem.
Nevermind... I have just found the answer on this thread !Hi everyone!
I was searching for information regarding the need to collect two stamps from the last 100km.
I have never done this on my previous caminos. Is this a new rule?
Could you kindly point me the link to the cathedral that states this rule?
Just wondering if I need to get already 02 Credentials as I'll be leaving from Somport and will go up to Muxia so, one credential + 2 stamps a day from sarria to santiago is a No Go.
I know I could probably find the answer in some other thread but, as I'm already talking about credentials, which one is currently " the official one"?
I must definitely will have to purchase the credentials for me and Claudia beforehand our trip.
Thanks!!!!
Just wondering if I need to get already 02 Credentials as I'll be leaving from Somport and will go up to Muxia so, one credential + 2 stamps a day from sarria to santiago is a No Go.
... regarding the need to collect two stamps from the last 100km. I have never done this on my previous caminos. Is this a new rule?
Could you kindly point me the link to the cathedral that states this rule?
Just wondering if I need to get already 02 Credentials as I'll be leaving from Somport and will go up to Muxia so, one credential + 2 stamps a day from sarria to santiago is a No Go.
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I've never had anyone offer in five hundred kilometers or more. But I asked at every albergue or café or shop along the way. Everybody had one, even the tobacco shops where I bought postage stamps. (I carried a diary and put every available stamp in it.)I would not be anxious about finding enough sellos. The more difficult problem is usually how to gracefully refuse the many offers to stamp your credencial as you pass by.
It has been nearly 6 years since I last walked the Camino Frances but my experience there in summer/autumn was that many people made the offer without being asked. Not so on the Via de la Plata earlier this year though! But that wasn't a problem because I have given up the sello collecting business anyway. I didn't want another argument with the Pilgrim Office to sour my arrival in Santiago so I didn't worry about finding my "two per day" and simply asked the Pilgrim Office for a final sello rather than a Compostela.I've never had anyone offer in five hundred kilometers or more. But I asked at every albergue or café or shop along the way. Everybody had one, even the tobacco shops where I bought postage stamps. (I carried a diary and put every available stamp in it.)