<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Franklin Gothic Medium" LANG="0">Hi Deanna,<BR>
The commentator that is walking the Galicia Caminos just started out on the Via de la Plata. His full report should be available in a week or so.<BR>
He finished the Portuguese Way last week and the translation of his report thereon should appear on the www.caminoasantiago.com website today or tomorrow. I did not walk the Via DE la Plata but traversed it by car, and it seemed to me that there were long stretches (as much as 50 kms) without facilities for pilgrims. Last August they were in the process of building quite a few albergues, and the Friends Associations both in Granada and Sevilla were planning pilgrim assistance centers throughout the Via, but as I understood it, they would not be ready until next year. </FONT></HTML>