Newlin
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- Sep 22, 2015
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- Porto - Santiago 2017,
Lisbon - Porto - Santiago 2015,
SJPP - Santiago 2015
On francés you could be the shell everywhere but down here you cant. Didnt see any in Lisbon and when i ask they didnt know.
Why is the shell not a pilgrim symbol when you walk from Lisbon?
Buy one in Santiago and when you come home you can show it .
That was the original idea behind it.
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Albertino is correct.
In the old time, the original idea, is to have the shell in Santiago as a prove of your pilgrimage!
I will be so sorry to miss you next year, Albertinho. My plan is to walk the Primitivo in May. Blessings, amigo, from England!For next year we have no camino plans but we will come to Portugal to give Fernanda a hand as hospitaleiros again.
In May, 2014, I purchased a carved wooden one in a small cafe somewhere between Astorga and Santiago. It has been on my pack since then and will be there in May, 2016 when I hike from Porto to Santiago. It is all but indestructible and does not clatter. Bom Camino.On francés you could be the shell everywhere but down here you cant. Didnt see any in Lisbon and when i ask they didnt know.
Why is the shell not a pilgrim symbol when you walk from Lisbon?
By the end of my day one I was tired of the clunk clunk clunk of the shell against my pack so it traveled cushioned inside. Next trip will be a shell patch.
Blimey! OK Albertinho, when I've completed the Primitivo, I will check all of Spain to find out where you are !!!!!What a difference a day made. The day before yesterday we changed our next year's plan. Instead of hopping between AIRBNB locations in Portugal , we decided to travel again with our car and caravan to Spain and Portugal. Drive to Pamplona , leave car and trailer there and walk for a fortnight maybe as far as Burgos.Travel back to Pamplona and continue camping in Spain and Portugal and at the end do our hospitaleiro job at Fernanda's. How about that my friend ? Just studying on the Francès material I still have here at home. Nothing as changable as a human being Regards from this side of the world
Here in Portugal, most people make their pilgrimages to Fatima. From Lisbon, you don't find markers for neither Fatima, nor Santiago, sadly. People over here are kinda awkward about their religion, specialy because it's considered a thing for widows and old ladies, so they don't give much importance to pilgrimages. If you catch a bus to Fatima, you might find markers, but that's a long shot.
Buen Camino!
Ps: I live near Lisbon!
You can find all you need here:How long was that? Because I've been there last week and saw nothing