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A cheesemakers dairy at Tresviso. A Guardia Civil post on the Vasco. Railway stations on the Norte & the Ingles. Toyota showroom on the way into Burgos ( my amiga needed an opportunity)…
The opportunities are endless
A tampon for my credential? Perhaps a pharmacy?Beyond albergues and accomodation, where else have you managed to get a sello/stamp/tampon for your credential?
A tampon for my credential? Perhaps a pharmacy?
Having been walking in France this summer that one slipped in... French for ink stamp.A tampon for my credential? Perhaps a pharmacy?
That was new to me, too, and I had the same thought. Although I am familiar with carimbo in Portuguese.A tampon for my credential? Perhaps a pharmacy?
I should have checked. It seems to be French for a lot of things, a stamp being just one of the many meanings.French for ink stamp.
David, is your stamp the one used for your avatar?I've put my own stamp into other people's credencials.
Yes, with the word "Ultreia!" above and my email address below.David, is your stamp the one used for your avatar?
Is he still there, I wonder? I remember him with fondness from my first camino in 2015. He stopped us to give us biscuits, I was quite humbled by him..After Leon in the little town of San Miguel there's an older gentleman who has a table set up next to the path with candy, water etc and he has a self service sello as well as business cards. Using his address from the business card I've sent him postcards from Santiago.
His table was still there with biscuits, candy and water when I walked by this past September. He wasn't outside, though. I stamped my credentials with his sello and grabbed one of his business cards again.Is he still there, I wonder? I remember him with fondness from my first camino in 2015. He stopped us to give us biscuits, I was quite humbled by him..
Haha... Tampon... French for Rubber Stamp. But yes - I am going to feel very awkward on the VF asking people for Tampons.A tampon for my credential? Perhaps a pharmacy?
I generally make sure I have my credential open and point to another stamp while asking. But after the first time or two it does become easier...Haha... Tampon... French for Rubber Stamp. But yes - I am going to feel very awkward on the VF asking people for Tampons.
After a discussion on the Camino Portuguese went slightly off piste, but it was an interesting side trail...
Beyond albergues and accomodation, where else have you
Also, the Guardia Civil has a generic stamp, which seems to be the one they foist upon you (upper right). But if you know Spanish, you can explain to them that you would like their “office specific” stamp (lower left). But, like the Post Office, the GCs in towns often have limited public hours and you will encounter the dreaded CERRAAAAAADO sign.After a discussion on the Camino Portuguese went slightly off piste, but it was an interesting side trail...
Beyond albergues and accomodation, where else have you managed to get a sello/stamp/tampon for your credential?
We received a stamp from some nuns who were out in front of their convent. We also got a wax stamp from a gent along the way who was making them and incorporating small flowers (both evoke good memories). Both of these were within a few hundred yards of one another.After a discussion on the Camino Portuguese went slightly off piste, but it was an interesting side trail...
Beyond albergues and accomodation, where else have you managed to get a sello/stamp/tampon for your credential?
OWhen I last walked the CF, I collected a stamp at the panaderia leaving Irache, and walked around to the office at Irache to collect a stamp there. It makes a lovely pair reflecting a significant moment in the Mass service.
Awesome! Would look great on a T-shirt!In 2017 somewhere between Saint Jean Pied de Port and Burgos, a young lad had a lemonade stand just outside the entrance to his home and he had a cello. Greatlemonade too!
Oh, such a very cute sello!In 2017 somewhere between Saint Jean Pied de Port and Burgos, a young lad had a lemonade stand just outside the entrance to his home and he had a cello. Greatlemonade too!
I think this is a great idea! Would never of thought of getting an actual postal stamp, along with a sello! Also considering the inked stamps tend to fade after a while, the Camino stamps would still look great!View attachment 138394POST OFFICES, but with a twist. Buy a postage stamp. Spain has several CAMINO THEMED ones. Paste it in your credential and get it postmarked with with city/town name and date. I would have gotten many more if small towm POs didn’t have such limited hours, sometimes just a couple of hours.
View attachment 138394POST OFFICES, but with a twist. Buy a postage stamp. Spain has several CAMINO THEMED ones. Paste it in your credential and get it postmarked with with city/town name and date. I would have gotten many more if small towm POs didn’t have such limited hours, sometimes just a couple of hours.
View attachment 138394POST OFFICES, but with a twist. Buy a postage stamp. Spain has several CAMINO THEMED ones. Paste it in your credential and get it postmarked with with city/town name and date. I would have gotten many more if small towm POs didn’t have such limited hours, sometimes just a couple of hours.
For difficulty level, you definitely win!!British Embassy in Madrid. Security was hard work, as was explaining why the official stamp should be applied to an unofficial document. Thankfully the local Spanish staff came to the rescue.
Nice! I imagine a university sello would be quite attractive!University of Pamplona.
I use one of the plastic envelopes that Ivar sells! Keeps your credential nice and safe! I keep it in my day bag or in my zipped cargo pocket! I tend to get a lot of my sellos when am out exploring so you’re right about missing out on some unique stamps!After I check into an albergue and get settled my credentials remain deep in my pack in an interior compartment and I don't have them as I'm out and about a town or wherever for dinner or roaming around. I don't want to possibly lose them or damage them, but in doing so I've missed out on collecting some really cool sellos from unique places as I'm not going to go back to the albergue, get the credentials and go back to get the sello.
I've thought about getting a set of credentials just for that and leaving the main one in the pack. The second set taking the punishment or possible loss. lol
It may have been the same guys I saw in September, they were selling more souvenir stuff rather than food and drink! There was a steady queue of pilgrims waiting to get their credential stamped with the wax sello!Guardia Civil in Portomarin outside the church.
A cool wax stamp from some guys who had set up a table, with fruit and drinks close to Santiago I think?
Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume, the sanctuary of Sainte-Baume is my most prized, also the Notre Dame Cathedral.A cheesemakers dairy at Tresviso. A Guardia Civil post on the Vasco. Railway stations on the Norte & the Ingles. Toyota showroom on the way into Burgos ( my amiga needed an opportunity)…
The opportunities are endless
I stopped at the same lemonade stand! August 2017 between Pamplona and Logroño. On the right as I was climbing on pavement. Seemed like a fancy neighborhood. I don’t remember the cello though.In 2017 somewhere between Saint Jean Pied de Port and Burgos, a young lad had a lemonade stand just outside the entrance to his home and he had a cello. Greatlemonade too!
According to your picture of the sello, "somewhere" was Obanos.In 2017 somewhere between Saint Jean Pied de Port and Burgos, a young lad had a lemonade stand just outside the entrance to his home and he had a cello. Greatlemonade too!
Yes, it was - but it took about an hour to get. I am English and trying to explain in English to the English staff was getting me nowhere. I resorted to Spanish with the local Spanish staff, and it worked.For difficulty level, you definitely win!!
I would have loved to have heard that conversation!! Was the stamp worth it?
I have had dealings with the UK embassy in more than one country. I am not entirely sure they like people.Yes, it was - but it took about an hour to get. I am English and trying to explain in English to the English staff was getting me nowhere. I resorted to Spanish with the local Spanish staff, and it worked.
They really don’t like people turning up without an appointment.
I think we stopped there too. Was it in Obanos? But that was 2018. They said they were saving up to go to Disneyland. Obviously it takes a lot of lemonade to get to Disneyland. It was pretty good lemonade too.I stopped at the same lemonade stand! August 2017 between Pamplona and Logroño. On the right as I was climbing on pavement. Seemed like a fancy neighborhood. I don’t remember the cello though.
He was when I walked through in October 2022 and got a stamp from him.Is he still there, I wonder? I remember him with fondness from my first camino in 2015. He stopped us to give us biscuits, I was quite humbled by him..
I won’t ask how you discovered that one. I am embarrassed as it is with my discovery of the McDonalds.Federal Police in Santiago
I've put my own stamp into other people's credencials.
El Ramon de David y TalanDavid, is your stamp the one used for your avatar?
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