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<P>In the search for websites on various aspects of the Camino, I have recently come across three that are well worth visiting, the first as a general source of information when preparing for a walk on the camino, the second a guide to transportation to and from points along the Camino and finally an entertaining and attractive site about walking sticks:</P>
<P>Camino Santiago de Compostela. (<A href="http://www.carnegielibrary.org/subject/travel/europe/spain/camino.html">http://www.carnegielibrary.org/subject/travel/europe/spain/camino.html</A>) This informative website was developed by the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, the public library in the Pennsylvania city, and it is an excellent first source of information about the route as well as a place to begin a web search. It includes a good list of guidebooks and where they can be obtained. </P>
<P>Los Transportes en el Camino de Santiago (<A href="http://www.intercom.es/mediant/santiago/bus_tren.htm">http://www.intercom.es/mediant/santiago/bus_tren.htm</A>) is an excellent starting point for someone gathering information on land transportation to a trailhead and home from Santiago, or from some other point along the Camino Frances. Although the page is in Castellano, it is readily understood. </P>
<P>Le bourdon du pelerin. (<A href="http://www.nautile.net/bourdon">http://www.nautile.net/bourdon</A>) This is a wonderful set of pages, in English and French, by the artisan Charles-Henri Ravanne about the history and manufacture of walking sticks and their relationship to the pilgrimage. Mr. Ravanne manufactures walking sticks from fine woods and will deliver on order from his shop in Bellocq, France. North American pilgrims be advised, however, that the bourdon might be considered a weapon if one tried to carry it on an airplane! </P>
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