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Oh, Shelley, if I lived in the UK, I'd beat a path to your door. I love these peppers. One of my favorite places in Santiago to eat them is the Bodeguilla de San Roque, http://www.labodeguilladesanroque.com/ Turns out they opened a second venue that is also in the link -- it's right on the way into Santiago on the Frances, not too long after entering town. But I've never eaten there.
I have heard no more news about this, but I believe the albergue is still open even though that can't be a sustainable situation with the rest of the monastery empty. Laurie
Perhaps we are the first growers of Piementos de Padrón in Costa Rica! Adriaan bought back seeds with him this May. The little plants are now about 50cms high and are just beginning to show their first tiny fruits! We leave for Spain on 17th Sept, so I guess that by the time they are ready to eat, we will be walking the Camino Primitivo! However, after the Primitivo we will walk thePortugués from Porto, so, at least once in Galicia, we can enjoy them there! AnneAs a visitor to Padron for some years and the first grower in the UK of Pimientos de Padron in 2004, I am so, so sad to learn of this news. I wish more could be done to protect this beautiful, peaceful and historic location - is no where safe any longer? Below, a photograph of our crops growing and our Padrons -
The Franciscans have decided to keep on keeping on at Herbon after all, according to Judit from AGACS, the Galician Amigos group that staffs the albergue. Three new friars are there now, she says, "keeping the candles lit and the wolves from the door."
Hallo Laurie
Do you have an update on the status of the Herbon monastery? Was hoping to stay there in May 2014.
Liaane
Dear peregrina2000, i often watch your entries all over the forum, thank you so much you are very wise and helpful i think. Im a 55 year old australian and would like to ask whether you think there is frequent enough accomodation along the portugese route to do 20km days and still find somewhere to sleep or do we generally still need to do the 30ish km days as seen in john brierleys guide book.
Dear peregrina2000, i often watch your entries all over the forum, thank you so much you are very wise and helpful i think. Im a 55 year old australian and would like to ask whether you think there is frequent enough accomodation along the portugese route to do 20km days and still find somewhere to sleep or do we generally still need to do the 30ish km days as seen in john brierleys guide book.
Hi, Wendy,
Albertinho's blog will help you see the stages. BTW, Albertinho, where did you stay in Moscavide?
Have you looked at the online Confraternity guides? http://www.csj.org.uk/guides-online.htm
There is one for Lisbon-Porto and another for Porto-Santiago. I am currently updating them and have drafts I could send you.
Where will you be starting? In my memory, some of the stages south of Porto are inevitably longer than 20, but I may not be remembering correctly. If you tell me where you plan to begin, I can take a look. Buen camino, Laurie
It's time for you to examine your priorities!!!!! I just spent an evening trying to convince family walking form Porto that they MUST stop there. I think they've listened (and the photos helped)I have a Spanish friend who volunteers there most summers and says it is one of the earth's most special places. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to get there yet.
You are absolutely right, Rachel. The photos are beautiful. The Camino Portugues may be getting saturated, but this is a detour that will restore that Camino feeling.It's time for you to examine your priorities!!!!! I just spent an evening trying to convince family walking form Porto that they MUST stop there. I think they've listened (and the photos helped)
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Was there a pilgrim mass when you were there? Or benediction or communal meal?There were forty or so who set out that day but only six of us made the detour to Herbon.
I would really like to volunteer at this monastery (having stayed there in 2017). Who should I contact?EDIT on Jan. 26, 2017 -- as this old thread has popped up again, I've edited the title to reflect the current status as of 2017. The albergue will be open in 2017. I don't have any updated information on the status of the priests, but haven't heard anything to suggest that they have left for a second time. Buen camino, Laurie
I have received this news from a friend who has been a hospitalera at Herbon several times.
http://ccaa.elpais.com/ccaa/2013/07/31/ ... 91115.html
The last two Franciscan priests will leave the monastery immediately, and the future of the albergue is unknown at this time. AGACS, the Galician Friends group that runs the albergue, apparently plans to continue staffing the albergue until further notice. The article linked above describes nastiness and conflicts between those who want to turn the monastery into a luxury hotel and those who wanted to preserve it as a BIC (bien de interes cultural -- roughly translated as a "culturally significant place"). The government's refusal to classify it now apparently means that its days as a monastery are numbered.
I don't think many forum members have taken the short detour from Padron to this albergue, but everyone I know who has stayed there has always described it as "magical", etc.
So, the clock is ticking, get thee to the monastery before it's too late!
Buen camino, Laurie
p.s. The famous "pimientos de padron" (peppers of Padron) were introduced by the priests in this monastery when they brought them back from the New World.
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