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[Rosina]

Sorry!
The 2008 October Compostela=receiving pilgrims were 9,881.
Please point out any other glaring typos.
Thanks!
Rosina 


-----Original Message-----
From: Callie Householder <callie.householder at mac.com>
To: Rosina <blaroli at aol.com>
Sent: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 9:02 pm
Subject: Re: [Gocamino] (no subject)


Thanks! Just curious, are the numbers for oct really 98881? 
 
 
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On 04/02/2009, at 7:28 PM, Rosina <blaroli at aol.com> wrote: 
 
> 
> Hello you all, 
> 
> I didn’t get a chance to post the 2008 pilgrims data from Vienna bec> ause I got involved in a myriad things. Over the past few years Vien> na has become my favorite city in Europe (perhaps anywhere) and in t> he month of January it simply glitters. And, yes, among the hundred> s of Balls held there before Mardi Gras (the Tuesday before Ash Wedn> esday), there is now a Pilgrims’ Ball, right up there with the Museu> m Employees and the Informatica (computers) technicians Balls. Ther> e may be an economic downturn around the world, but you could not gu> ess it by the exciting and plush going ons in Vienna. 
> 
> By the way, the entire city is now wired up for wireless computing > and the Viennese run around with little computers and turn them on > to get into the internet wherever they are (waiting for the tram, at > a park, in the wine taverns (“Heurigen”) where one drinks the > wine made the day before, etc. Several people told me that 
they got> those little computers on line and that they are manufactured in th> e USA…. Yet, they don’t seem to be sold here…… The computer > brand and model is ASUS EEE PC and they cost about 350 dollars. Thos> e using them love them and threw away their Blackberrys. 
> 
> Any idea where I can get a hold of one here? Must I wait until I go > to Seville for Holy Week and order one there so that it can be sent > from the USA? It sounds a littler wild. 
> 
> Anyway, here goes a summary of the 200820stats. I’ll try to post mor> e detailed information over the weekend. 
> 
> 
> 
> Here I’ll place the 2007 relevant figures in parenthesis… OK? 
> 
> 
> 
> Compostela-earning pilgrims by month: 
> 
> January (350) 306; February (666) 703; March (1,680) 5328; April > (8,112) 5,655; May (12,898) 15,988; June (15,157) 15,860; July > (20,108) 20,989; August (27,140) 29,747; September (15,1898) 17,298; > October (9,434) 98,881; November (2,496) 2,301; December (796) > 1,085; TOTALS (114,026) 125,141. 
> 
> 
> 
> Pilgrims from Spain (55,326) 61,112 
> 
> Pilgrims from outside Spain (58,700) 64,029 
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> 
> Females (47,246) 52,205 
> 
> Males (66,780) 72,936 
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> 
> 
> Age: Under 12 (1,070) 1,093; 13 to 18 (10,338) 10,403; 19 to 35 > (37,689) 41,123; 36 to 65 (58,631) 65,364; 66 to 97 (6,298) 7,158. 
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> 
> 
> Means:=2
0B icycle (19,702) 21,143; Horseback (364) 290; On foot > (93,953) 103,669; wheelchair (7) 39. 
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> 
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> Motivation: Solely religious (43,581) 50,732; Religious/cultural > (60,944) 63,598; non-religious (9,501) 10,811. 
> 
> 
> 
> Pilgrims came from 133 different countries, with the largest numbers > proceeding from Germany, Italy and France, in that order. Continent-> wise: from Africa (318) 316; from North America –Canada, USA and Mex> ico- (4,642) 4,849; South America (2,569) 2,571; Asia (946) 1,533; E> urope (104,568) 114,688; Oceania (983) 1,184. 
> 
> I will post some of the numbers from specific countries in a > subsequent message, as well as the routes followed, the points of > origin and the pilgrims’ occupations. I promise. 
> 
> Hugs! 
> 
> Rosi 
> na 
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