Camino Workshops 2010

Cape Town:

The 2010 Cape Town Camino Workshop will be held on Saturday morning, 6th March at the St. Oswalds Church in Milnerton. The workshop will start at 10:00 and finish at approx 13:00.

It is essential to reserve your place so that we have some idea on how many sets of notes to print. There will be a cover charge of R10 per person to for tea, cookies and notes.

Reservations can be made with:
Andrée Lombard on 021 552 2525 or email her at andreelombard@absamail.co.za
Elmara Willis on 021 554 1786 or email her at elmara@telkomsa.net

Directions to the hall of St Oswalds church, cnr of Park avenue and Jansens road, Milnerton. Turn into Jansens from Koeberg rd, south of Centre Point. Near Jansens hall and tennis courts.

Durban:

The 2010 Camino workshop will be held on 27th February at the BERGTHIEL MUSEUM in Westville from 08:00 to 11:45.

A Hospitalero training course approved by the Spanish Federation of Hospitaleros will be held at Silvia Nilsen’s house on the 27th & 28th February, and on 6th & 7th March commencing at 13:00.

For more information you can contact Silvia Nilsen on 031 267 2059 or 083 474 8086 or email on Nilsens@mweb.co.za.

Gauteng:

The 2010 Camino workshop will be held at the botanical gardens on the 13th and 14th March. A Hospitalero training course, approved by the Spanish Federation of Hospitaleros is being planned fore the same weekend. If you are interested and needing directions you can contact Sean Stephan at Sean.Stephan@fnb.co.za or 082 4184488 and Marita Nortje: at mapano50@hotmail.com or 072 507 5188

Garden Route:

Knysna:

The 2010 Camino workshop in Knysna will be held on 4 February. For more details, please contact Denise Craine on 082 884 8555 or email her at knysnabookexch@telkomsa.net.

George:

The 2010 Camino Workshop for George, Oudshoorn and Mossel Bay area will be held by Philda Benkenstein on the 4 February. There will be a morning session at 10:00 and an evening session at 18:30 for 19:00. There will be an introductory lesson on Spanish for the pilgrims and an opportunity to sign up for more lessons... It is essential that you RSVP so that we can prepare enough bocadillos & tortillas españolas!

Cost: R15- per person.
Venue: 36 Stander Street, Bergsig, George

Reservations can be made with Philda Benkenstein on 044 874 7999 or 0822269466 or email her at benkenstein@mweb.co.za

Our first "Camino 2010" desk Calendar

A preview of our first "Camino 2010" desk Calendar, produced by the "Confraternity of St. James of South Africa" has JUST ARRIVED!

This is The Best Christmas Present for friends, family, fellow pilgrims, colleagues and neighbours.

Please place your orders now so that we can get your calendars to you before Christmas. We have only ordered a certain amount to be printed, so to prevent disappointment and having to wait for a reprint, let us have your order forms and payments ASAP. Click here to download the order form.



Specifications:
Measurements: (landscape orientation) – height = 15cm and width = 21cm (A5)
Paper: printed on off-white (bone coloured) high quality paper
Colour: full colour photographs throughout
Photographs: All of the pictures in this calendar were taken by members of the Confraternity of St. James of South Africa during their own pilgrimages to Santiago and reflect their experiences and sights along the Camino. The thirteen photographs in this calendar were selected as the winning entries of our first “Camino 2010” desk calendar competition.
Base/stand: thick cardboard triangle
Binding: metal spiral at the top
Sale price: R56.00 (inclusive of postage, to destinations inside South Africa)
Shipping to all destinations in: 1st week December 2009

Kind Regards
Fran Parsons

News Update

Dear Members,

Thank you for the wonderful response and support we had with our first Photographic Competition. All entries received were truly fantastic and of a very high standard. The competition was judged by an independent panel of judges in Cape Town on Saturday 24th October 2009.

Congratulations to our winners:

1st prize went to Joy Anderson from Glenmore Beach, KZN who won the 12Mp Canon
A2100 IS Digital Camera valued at R3, 500.00

2nd prize went to Elmara Willis from Table View who won a Magnum bottle of
Shiraz from Groot Constantia (c 1685) Wine Estate

The runners up:

3rd – Jan Randewijk from Kuils River
4th – Joy Anderson from Glenmore Beach
5th – Grant Bacon from Cape Town
6th – Ria Erasmus from Rivonia
7th – Gep Maritz from Somerset West
8th – Pascale Neuschäfer from Rondebosch
9th – Pat Foure from Strand
10th – Sylvia Nilsen from Durban
11th – Elamara Willis from Table View
12th – Elmara Willis from Table View
13th – Brenda Swart from Vleaberg

Right now the 13 digital photographs (cover & 12 months) are being assembled and will be taken to the printers by the end of this week. Our 2010 Camino Desk Calendar should be ready for distribution by late November ‘09. Christmas is just around the corner – we are convinced that our 2010 Camino Calendar will be a winner and will make wonderful gifts for family and friends - so please place your orders now so that we have some idea of how many to print.

Regards

Fran parsons
Vice Chairman

Camino Frances

Click here to download the List of Albergues

SPANISH LESSONS

Durban (Berea)
Beginners, Intermediate & Advance classes offered by qualified Spanish speaking tutor on the berea in Durban.
Spanish 101 - contact Waldir at 0820423706 or spanishlessons101@gmail.com

Cape Town (Gardens)
Going on the Camino? Come and learn Spanish from scratch. This 8-week language course is tailored for those pilgrims preparing for their Camino experience. Each participant receives a manual full of useful lesson topics for the road ahead. The emphasis of the course is on speaking through role plays and fun improvisations. Contact Claire Verstraete, 082 924 9459 or cjtvers@gmail.com Cost: R1100.

A new service

A new service for pilgrims will soon be opening in Santiago. Ivar Revke - the webmaster of the popular forum Pilgrimage-to-Santiago.com, is setting up a Camino Travel Centre in the old city of Santiago. He will offer a welcome service to pilgrims arriving in Santiago, trips to Finisterre to see the sunset, storage facilities for pilgrims to send excess baggage to Santiago from the camino routes and many other services.

Camino Travel Center
Rua de San Pedro 33,
15703 Santiago de Compostela,
La Coruña, Spain

Website: www.CaminoTravelCenter.com

Phone us using any of these numbers:
Spain: +34 981 589 289
UK:+44 20 7193 8301
Australia: +61 2 8003 5247
USA: +1 408 627 7640

Skype name: Camino.Travel.Center

Camino Workshop in Gauteng

Venue: Walter Sisulu Botanical Gardens
When: 15th March 2009, 9.00 to 11.00 plus walk through gardens.
Further info: Marita Nortje' mapano50@hotmail.com