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[claudia castellani]

Hi Rosina!!!!!
That's was really nice!!! You made me laugh about the promise to do the
Camino for your son!!
One of the Spanish guys I made the Camino with, Diego, wanted to keep the
promise with the Apostle for obtaining a degree, but I guess he secretly
asked Santiago to help him finding a girlfriend. Unfortunately he had
serious problems with his leg and he had to stop in his town, Logrono! His
parents invited us for lunch and we emptied the table: I am sure they have
never met anyone so hungry in their lives!!!  ;-)
Best regards!!
Claudia




>From: Rosina Lila <BlaroliaAOL.COM>
>Reply-To: Road to Santiago Pilgrimage <GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU>
>To: GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU
>Subject: Re: statistics
>Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 11:14:16 EDT
>
>Hi Claudia,
>When I got my first credential in Roncesvalles I didn't know how to
>classify
>the reasons for my pilgrimage.  One of the people giving out the
>credentials
>asked me whether I  was making the pilgrimage as a "penance" or to keep a
>religious promise. When I told her that I wasn't, she then asked me whether
>  I was
>doing it just for information and education or whether I was interested in
>the religious aspects and history of the Camino; after I answered  "yes" to
>the
>latter she told me to select the Religious/cultural classification.
>Intrigued, I asked around and did find out that a significant number of
>pilgrims made the pilgrimage to keep a religious promise, or to expiate
>some
>regretted acts.  The rubric "solely for religious purposes" would appear to
>apply to
>them.
>About a month ago, the Coach of a Galician soccer team said to reporters
>that
>if his team defeated the formidable Real Madrid, which seemed very unlikely
>at the time since the Real Madrid has the best soccer players in the world
>(Ronaldo, Zigane, Figo, Bekham, Raul, Roberto Carlos et al) he would walk
>the
>Camino.
>As it turned out, the Galician team won and the coach is now working out to
>be in shape to keep his promise.
>In 2000, I met a a female attorney from Valencia who was walking the Camino
>to give thanks to the Apostle because her daughter had finally gotten
>married.
>I must confess that I was mightily tempted to make a similar promise in
>regards to my son. Fortuitously, I was spared the need to do so since my
>son became
>  engaged to be married before I got around to formalizing and finalizing
>the
>promise. I have remained, therefore, a Religious/Cultural pilgrim in all my
>pilgrimages.
>Warm regards,
>Rosina
>

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