[Gocamino] Rosina

[Johnnie Walker]

Splendid news Rosina. I'm glad it was the Wagner festivals which kept you busy and not illness.
 
All is well here in Santiago and both Mari and Susana have returned to work - the babies are both beautiful and doing very well indeed. They will all be glad to see you.
 
Things continue apace in the Pilgrims' Office with the cadre of staff employed for the last year leaving at the end of their contract and a new team coming into place on 1st October. Such are the vagaries of funding.
 
The new office and the system for receiving pilgrims has worked very well indeed and although some pilgrims lament the passing of the great staircase behind the old green door at Number 1 Rua do Vilar the beautiful courtyard just two doors down more than compensates. So too does the new office with waiting times down to only 20 mins or so at its height. Quite different from the hours pilgrims had to wait last year.
 
The courtyard houses toilets for pilgrims, a fountain, an overflow office for when times are busy and a very helpful left luggage where pilgrims can leave their luggage for only 1€ per day.
 
The new albergue started by the Charitable Foundation associated with the Pilgrims' Office which opened last year has proved to be immensely popular. It is just a few yards off of the Camino Frances and is it the best value in town. I wrote about it last year here:
 
http://johnniewalker-santiago.blogspot.com/2010/08/id-go-today.html
 
The new(ish) website at http://www.peregrinossantiago.es/ is under continuous development. Already there is quite a bit of information on it including a running total of the numbers of pilgrims received each day as well as a database of statistics. The coming months will see more information being added in a number of languages.
 
There is a huge festival and market in the city this weekend and of course everyone is limbering up for the national feast of Our Lady of Pilar, the national Patroness on 12 October. Another cause for celebration.
 
Best wishes to all.
 
John         

 
www.johnniewalker-santiago.blogspot.com
 

 

> To: GoCamino at oakapple.net; saintjames at yahoo.com
> From: blaroli at aol.com
> Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2011 17:26:39 -0400
> Subject: Re: [Gocamino] Rosina
> 
> 
> Whiile I thank you for your concern, there is absolutely no need for it. I was sick for a short while but I am quite well now, Although busier than usual; and then, of course, the Richard Wagner festival in Bayreuth played havoc with my plans: going to it I wasn't able to resist some of the other mini Wagner festivals that are held all over Germany, and there went both the summer and my work schedule.
> Anyway, I am planning to go to Santiago this year, either for Thanksgiving or right after Christmas to visit Mari, who runs the Pilgrims' office, and her new baby David, and Susana, the secretary of the Archconfraternity, and her new baby girl Claudia. I can't wait. I will also try catch up with Camino-related new developments.
> Meantime, I've made time to read, and thoroughly enjoy, Sil's new book "YOUR CAMINO"; I can't imagine a more practically helpful publication for any pilgrim; Sil has covered virtually every eventuality and need of the pilgrimage, and her advice is rendered as though she were a kindly and wise mentor for anyone who ever planned to make the dream of the Camino become a personal, and permanent reality. Well done, Sil!
> As soon as I have some time, I will convey some of the most noteworthy items of information sent to me over the past few months.
> Hugs!
> Rosina 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Johnnie Walker <johnniewalker-santiago at hotmail.com>
> To: gocamino <gocamino at oakapple.net>
> Sent: Sat, Oct 1, 2011 1:52 pm
> Subject: [Gocamino] Rosina
> 
> 
> 
> ola
> 
> as anyone any news of Rosina? We haven't heard from her in a long time. I heard 
> he had been ill and wrote to her but received no reply. If anyone is in contact 
> ith her and she has been ill could they assure her of our prayers and best 
> ishes.
> 
> ohn 
> 
> ww.johnniewalker-santiago.blogspot.com
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