[Gocamino] Pilgrims' Office; unclaimed little books; translations

[Thomas Gabriele]

Rosina...which of the guide books remain...if all three be  different, I 
will buy all three...

thanks
tom
Tcgabe at frontiernet.net
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> Hello you all,
> Owing to the continuing efforts to refine and redefine the computer
> facilities at the pilgrims' office, it does not appear that the pilgrims' 
> statistics
> will be posted anytime soon on  the pilgrims' section of the Cathedral's 
> web
> page.  They are working on it, however and perhaps they will be able to do 
> it in
> a few weeks.
> Meanwhile, they are very busy  putting together the extensive and  special
> edition of the Compostela magazine, that will be chockfull of pilgrims'
> information.   When I get my copy I'll post those items that might be of 
> particular
> interest.
>
> Some of you have already received the little guide books. Again, the books
> list every single town that is crossed, and the distance from town to town 
> and
> the total distance traveled from the point of departure (Somport, 
> Roncesvalles
> or Sarria). Some of the towns may be only a small cluster of houses,
> nevertheless, they are all listed.  Next to the names of the towns appear 
> three
> columns:  one headed "Prov" which shows an abbreviation of the Province, 
> another
> headed "A" for Albergue and another headed "CS" for Comida (food.....bars, 
> grocery
> stores, restaurants) and Servicios (bathrooms and such).  Under the "A" 
> and
> "CS" columns there may be a "SI" (yes) next to the name of the town. 
> Under the
> "A" column, if the "SI" is in RED it means that there is a public albergue 
> in
> the town (and probably a private one as well since most localities with
> public albergues seem to also have private ones)  if the "SI" is in GREEN 
> it means
> that there is (are) only private albergue(s).
> At the end of the booklets there are suggested walking stages  and their
> distance in kilometers, and, lastly,a graph diagrams in the last pages 
> show the
> altitude of various places in meters.
> The legends in the first couple of pages are practical recommendations.  I
> can translate them, if you wish.
>
> Now, I haven't heard from some of the people who had asked me to get 
> things
> for them in Santiago, consequently,  I have the following left:
> Five Pilgrims' Office posters (with all their cards);. while the  posters
> only cost 1 Euro,  ($1.40), a mailing tube to send them and postage would 
> cost
> about four dollars.
> One official "Meta del Camino"  CDRom, in all languages.  That cost 20 
> Euros
> ($28. dlls) and sending it would cost about three bucks.
> One "La Flecha y la  Vieira"  (The arrow and the shell) book that depicts 
> the
> Camino in watercolors (it''s lovely); that cost 36 Euros ($50.40 Dlls) and
> sending it would cost about four or five dollars.
> Three of the little guide books. Two cost 5 Euros ($7. dlls) and one 5.20
> ($7.28); mailing them costs about three dollars. .
>
> I'd like to be finished with all this, so, on a first-come first-served 
> I'll
> send them to
> anyone of you who may want them.  Please let me know.
>
> Warm regards,
>
> Rosina
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