February 2004 pilgrims

[Robert Spenger]

Hi John,

Outstanding perhaps, but I find it scary. One of the citizens of
Portomarin told me in detail about what they had to do to handle the
crowds (2,000/day) in the summer of 1999. Both albergues full up, of
course (~150 total beds), a local school of some sort, a military
installation, and tents set up in the local park, where camping is
normally forbidden. I have no idea what was available for toilets,
showers, and laundry, nor how the local shops and restaurants managed
to provide an adequate food supply. For a town of only about 10,000,
the logistics must have been staggering. Since the smaller villages
after there must all have had about the same numbers, it would be an
even tougher problem.

regards,

Bob

On Mar 23, 2004, at 12:58 PM, John Volz wrote:

> Just a reminder there is a web page with statistics for many years on
>
> http://www.archicompostela.org/Peregrinos/Estadisticas/
> peregestageneral.htm
>
>
> The 1420 Pilgrims for February is more than the total for '93 and '99
> (the
> last two holy years)
> together.  There may be some really outstanding statistics this year!
>
>
>
> John Volz
>