Passports and Stamps

[Greg Collins]

Point of clarification; it's 200 km for cyclists and 100km for walkers
(don't know about horseback)

Regards

Greg
----- Original Message -----
From: "Maryjane Dunn" <mjdunnaTXUCOM.NET>
To: <GOCAMINOapete.uri.edu>
Sent: 30 March 2001 17:38
Subject: Re: Passports and Stamps


> Perhaps a clarification for our newer members...
>
> The "stamps" are not postage-type stamps, but are rubber-stamped seals
which
> are used by the pilgrim office in Compostela to verify that the person in
> question has actually walked, biked, or "horsed" the Route before they
issue
> the "Compostelana"--a lovely (it actually used to be lovelier, bigger and
on
> better quality paper) Latin document that says, essentially, "This person
> was a pilgrim to Compostela".
>
> For the Pilgrim Office the importance is in proving that the person has
> traveled a minimum of the last 100 km on foot (bike or horseback) to
obtain
> the document. Along the route the stamps are important proof that you are
a
> "real" pilgrim (please, let's not start that discussion again!) and
entitled
> to lodging at the refugios along the way, and to buy the special-price
> pilgrim's meal that is available in many restaurants.
>
> Maryjane
>
> > I'm new to this.  Do people really walk for the "stamps" or do
> > they walk for
> > the experience?  Do "stamps" make the journey or can the journey
> > be complete
> > without the "stamps"?
> >
> > George M. DeVoe, Jr.