Crefenciales

Top are original books bottom are the new

This is a sort of passport for pilgrims. You have to present it in order to stay at the alburgues and all the alburgues and most merchants along the camino have a special stamp that they use to stamp your book.  Some of the stamps are very clever and all are unique so pilgrims try to collect as many as possible. However, once you are walking your final 100kms you must obtain at least two stamps each day.  They want to make sure that you actual walked the camino.  Our books were completely full by the time we reached Sarria, so we went to the ancient convent Mosterio de Madalena and they issued us another one. So now we are legal again.