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<DIV>In a message dated 05/04/04 12:46:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time, BlaroliaAOL.COM writes:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 face="Palatino Linotype" size=2 PTSIZE="10" FAMILY="SERIF">As the statistics repeatedly show, about 95% of Camino pilgrims undertake the pilgrimage, the goal of which lies in the Cathedral of Santiago, for religious reasons</FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#0080c0>Everyone knows that this statistic is unreliable because the Church won't give the Compostela to you unless you tell them what they want to hear. Also, noone keeps accurate statistics on those who do only portions of the Camino and do not reach Santiago. You can believe what you want, but most of the pilgrims I met were not there solely for religious reasons. HM, NYC</FONT></STRONG></DIV></BODY></HTML>