David Gitlitz reports that he and his students were housed and fed for free for three days in 1974 at the Parador, according to "tradition and Fernando and Isabel's charter". They were put in a dormitory-like room with bunk beds and "encouraged not to lounge with the paying guests". He continues to say in his book that "with the rebirth of the mass pilgrimage, these traditions are no longer possible to uphold".
For anyone joining this thread: these days, the Pilgrims Office offers tickets for one meal to the first ten pilgrims arriving each day to collect their Compostela.
I'm keen to hear of the experience of others. And I hope we can agree to abstain from mere opinions on who should eat there under the present arrangements and who shouldn't.
I walked the CP my first camino May 2018.
I was in line with one other person who had just walked his 14th. I first heard of the meal ticket when the volunteer at the PO offered it to me. I was surprised, and grateful, it was a very kind gift for my heart. As with many pilgrims we walk with a somewhat heavy heart.
I believe the lunch was at one. It was in the restaurant to the left of the main hotel entryway. It is on the way to the stairs that you go down and turn right, to get to the PO. We sat at a table set up for 10 people. The restaurant had patrons arrive that appeared to be business types and others. It was a very lovely meal. Soup, bread, wine, water, a main dish,desert, coffee. I don't remember exactly. It appeared it was the menu of the day. It was interesting to hear other people share their camino adventures.
I walked this June with my husband. We stayed at the same place I had stayed last year, Hortas PR. I wanted to eat with him at the same restaurant also. We did not do it by ticket. We paid for the menu of the day. It seemed to be the same type of meal I had experienced before and in the same restaurant we had been served as pilgrims. It was full of people. Families who seemed to be on vacation.
We also ate lunch one day at the Hospedaria as I had done last year. Didn't get to stay there it was booked. While there I believe I saw T2andreo, Ivar and the person who had given me my compostelo this year. They had a table of many. That's just an aside.
So to answer, I first heard about it when given my ticket, and it was in one of the restaurants regular customers dine.
David Gitlitz reports that he and his students were housed and fed for free for three days in 1974 at the Parador, according to "tradition and Fernando and Isabel's charter". They were put in a dormitory-like room with bunk beds and "encouraged not to lounge with the paying guests". He continues to say in his book that "with the rebirth of the mass pilgrimage, these traditions are no longer possible to uphold".
David Gitlitz reports that he and his students were housed and fed for free for three days in 1974 at the Parador, according to "tradition and Fernando and Isabel's charter". They were put in a dormitory-like room with bunk beds and "encouraged not to lounge with the paying guests". He continues to say in his book that "with the rebirth of the mass pilgrimage, these traditions are no longer possible to uphold".
For anyone joining this thread: these days, the Pilgrims Office offers tickets for one meal to the first ten pilgrims arriving each day to collect their Compostela.
I'm keen to hear of the experience of others. And I hope we can agree to abstain from mere opinions on who should eat there under the present arrangements and who shouldn't.
For anyone joining this thread: these days, the Pilgrims Office offers tickets for one meal to the first ten pilgrims arriving each day to collect their Compostela.
I'm keen to hear of the experience of others. And I hope we can agree to abstain from mere opinions on who should eat there under the present arrangements and who shouldn't.
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David Gitlitz reports that he and his students were housed and fed for free for three days in 1974 at the Parador, according to "tradition and Fernando and Isabel's charter". They were put in a dormitory-like room with bunk beds and "encouraged not to lounge with the paying guests". He continues to say in his book that "with the rebirth of the mass pilgrimage, these traditions are no longer possible to uphold".
For anyone joining this thread: these days, the Pilgrims Office offers tickets for one meal to the first ten pilgrims arriving each day to collect their Compostela.
I'm keen to hear of the experience of others. And I hope we can agree to abstain from mere opinions on who should eat there under the present arrangements and who shouldn't.
David Gitlitz reports that he and his students were housed and fed for free for three days in 1974 at the Parador, according to "tradition and Fernando and Isabel's charter". They were put in a dormitory-like room with bunk beds and "encouraged not to lounge with the paying guests". He continues to say in his book that "with the rebirth of the mass pilgrimage, these traditions are no longer possible to uphold".
For anyone joining this thread: these days, the Pilgrims Office offers tickets for one meal to the first ten pilgrims arriving each day to collect their Compostela.
I'm keen to hear of the experience of others. And I hope we can agree to abstain from mere opinions on who should eat there under the present arrangements and who shouldn't.
David Gitlitz reports that he and his students were housed and fed for free for three days in 1974 at the Parador, according to "tradition and Fernando and Isabel's charter". They were put in a dormitory-like room with bunk beds and "encouraged not to lounge with the paying guests". He continues to say in his book that "with the rebirth of the mass pilgrimage, these traditions are no longer possible to uphold".
For anyone joining this thread: these days, the Pilgrims Office offers tickets for one meal to the first ten pilgrims arriving each day to collect their Compostela.
I'm keen to hear of the experience of others. And I hope we can agree to abstain from mere opinions on who should eat there under the present arrangements and who shouldn't.
. I would love to know the primary source for that.
. In the drawing below, number 76 denotes the antiqua peregrineria/former pilgrims' quarters and number 78 denotes the refectorio de los romeros/pilgrims' refectory. The hospital part for sick people was elsewhere in the vast building. One of the plaques makes this claim: The pilgrims were often set upon by bandits, attacked by wild animals or became imbroiled in bloody brawls with other walkers. The Hospital provided cures for their wounds.
