{"id":1747,"date":"2013-05-08T10:39:26","date_gmt":"2013-05-08T00:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/sidney\/?p=1747"},"modified":"2013-05-08T10:49:17","modified_gmt":"2013-05-08T00:49:17","slug":"biblioteca-pilgrim-cultural-event-at-the-cervantes-institute-sydney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/sidney\/2013\/05\/08\/biblioteca-pilgrim-cultural-event-at-the-cervantes-institute-sydney\/","title":{"rendered":"[Biblioteca] Pilgrim cultural event at the Cervantes Institute, Sydney"},"content":{"rendered":"

By\u00a0Jenny Heesh<\/strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The Cervantes Institute in Sydney hosted a cultural and film afternoon for Sydney pilgrims, families and friends on Saturday, 27 April and was attended by 45 people. The event was jointly organized by Sandra Collier, Sydney Co-Coordinator of the Pilgrims in Sydney and Maria Margari\u00f1os Casal, Librarian at the Institute.<\/p>\n

The afternoon began with a meeting in the Institute\u2019s Library where an impressive collection of Camino de Santiago books were on display, followed by a welcome speech from Maria.\u00a0 Maria gave an outline of the aims of the Institute and the resources available, of which there are many, including language courses, cultural activities and access to the Institute\u2019s library.<\/p>\n

Sandra then gave a briefing on the afternoon and on general \u00a0Pilgrim\u00a0 in Sydneymatters. In April there are six first time pilgrims walking in Spain; three repeat pilgrims, one walking on the Camino Frances, one walking from Granada (reading Ailsa Piper\u2019s \u2018Sinning Across Spain\u2019 each day), and 82 year-old David, who is also walking north. Also three of our group will soon be volunteers on the camino.<\/p>\n

A film on the Camino was then shown in the Institute\u2019s Auditorium, including scenes of albergues that were familiar to many in the group.\u00a0 Everyone enjoyed the film in a most interactive way there were exclamations of \u201cI was there!\u201d \u201cI stayed there!\u201d \u201cI met that hospitalio!\u201d \u00cf have that stamp\u201d were greeted with much laughter from the audience.<\/p>\n

Afternoon tea provided everyone with an opportunity to discuss the film and to catch up on all things, \u2018Camino \u2018everything from the unusually cold Spring in Northern Spain to the best hiking sandals, now that the Northern Hemisphere Summer is shortly to be upon us!<\/p>\n

A large selection of information booklets on the various Camino routes were available for everyone to take home and Maria was able to answer questions and discuss in greater detail the various resources of the Institute, Spanish course and help with bus and train timetables for Pilgrims.<\/p>\n

The afternoon concluded at 5.30pm.<\/p>\n

Our thanks to Sandra and Maria \u00a0and the Institute for a particularly enjoyable event.<\/p>\n

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Contributor:\u00a0 Jenny Heesh<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jenny has walked the Camino Frances and is an active member of \u201cPilgrims in Sydney\u201d.<\/p>\n

Note:<\/strong>\u00a0 Sydney Pilgrims for 2013 Meetings<\/p>\n

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Australian Friends of the Camino home page \u00a0www.afotc.org<\/a><\/p>\n

The Confraternity of Saint James home page www.csj.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

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