Our friends in Albuquerque, Moira and Henry, did the Camino to Santiago by car a number of years ago. This would have been sufficient for them to receive an Indulgence, assuming they went to the cathedral, said a prayer, and received confession and communion. No walking required. (Not to be confused with a Compostela, a certificate one gets only after walking 100k or more. And I don’t think useful for getting into heaven.)
Moira bought a pretty scallop shell pendant then and, before we left on Camino this year, she gave it to me! I’ve enjoyed so much having it on this trip. I originally planned to have it on the back of my backpack, where people generally attach their Camino shells. But, since we used a bag transfer service, that didn’t make sense so I put it on my waist pack which I did walk with every day. Thank you, Moira.
That was very nice of Moira. I got interested in what the meaning of the shell was and looked it up. I guess there are a number of things that the shell represents and you probably discussed it sometime in one of your blogs, but I’ve totally forgotten. Apparently, it was originally used to scoop water for drinking in the medieval days.
We’ve seen some people use their shells to drink wine from at the wine fountain that we blogged about earlier.
Moira says you’re welcome and that the scallop shell went to the person who deserves it.