[Gocamino] News, numbers and gossip from Santiago

[Johnnie Walker]

Hola
Greetings from Santiago which today is very much a windy city. A few days ago another record was broken when pilgrims numbers this year exceeded that of the Holy Year in 2004. This is the first time a regular year has outstripped a Holy Year. A sign of continuing growth in people walking the Camino.
Santiago is preparing for Christmas with an ice rink in the Palaza Qunintana for the first time. This isn't quite on the scale of New York but the local newspapers have of course been making the comparison!
The Cathedral is preparing for the spectacular ceremony when the Feast of the Translación is celebrated on 30 December to close this its 800th Anniversary. My Gallego friends firmly believe this feast is more important that then Feast of St James on 25th July - see the pictures.
For more information, pictures and stories about all this and more + a full analysis of the numbers for the year click: www.johnniewalker-santiago.blogspot.com

Best wishes
John