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At this albergue, we use pilgrim donations to buy groceries. Anything we purchase specifically for ourselves, we purchase out of our own pocket. We eat with the pilgrims and usually eat any leftovers (if there are some) for our lunch. Otherwise, for example we separately bought some body soap, potato chips, some tuna, a couple of beers for Phil, and a six pack of tonic for me and my back cramps.
We won't be here, but I am sure some equally accommodating will be!
Whatever the dickens a boondoogle is, let me pick up on soap. You won't have much time in Pamplona for many things, Janet and Phil. Such a pity. The pintxos on offer in the old town are worth a fortune!
So now, I don't need to look for mare bars!
Thanks, if people with to volunteer, I want them to know what it might be like. BTW, I did figure out how to clean the floor drain today and it didn't look terrible as I had envisioned. No way to pull up the floors, but the drain is accessible.
The tower thing is newer. There is an exhibit of art and it is kind of like a museum of sorts.
Thank you so much for
Thank you for the wonderful work you do for us pilgrims, I wish you son good resting days at the Camino. Hope to be in Arres early next week.
No, actually no bed bugs that I have heard of through my contacts. Each room has 4 bunk beds sets, I think. One may have 5. Sometimes the hospitalero only opens one dorm because it is twice as much work to clean the second one especially if they are alone. The 22 beds may include the hospitalero room? There is also one mattress that is stored up above the kitchen that can be brought down if needed. Anyway, I think Gronze is incorrect.
Best wishes. It's a lovely albergue.
We currently use both rooms, with 4 bunkbeds each, so total capacity is 16 Peregrinos, plus 2 hospitaleros.
I started to have symptoms of a cold right after dinner, and was worried about exposing the others in such tight quarters, but I didn't ask to move.
We usually kept the door locked unless we were going to use the second dorm. Honestly as the hospitaleros, you can do what you want. We didn't like to crowd people too much and there were 2 of us to share the work. There is very little room for backpacks so we often opened the second room when we got 5 or 6 pilgrims. We had one couple with a suitcase (shipped to the Casa Rural, then retrieved it.) WAY too big and the woman wanted to leave it open on the floor in the walkway. Phil had to insist she keep it closed stored under the bed or stored closed upright between the bunk and window so others could pass. Yes, the rooms are tight, but I loved that albergue!
Regarding bedbugs, we were told to clean the beds every 3 days or so. Apparently no major concern here at the moment. Compared to Granon, where they are really hard-core. They do a check of all walls *with a flashlight* every morning, wipe all mattresses(which are on the floor), and then do a *steamclean* of the walls from the floor to as high as they can reach! Incredible, but apparently the rule there.
Yes, I have worked at Grañón as well. My husband still does the headlamp check everywhere we volunteer now on walls, mattresses, bunk beds. Also wipes down and closely exams each mattress daily. Not every place has a steamer, but then again, not everyplace gets the traffic they get at Grañón.
My friend and I were there in early April, Jacalina from Brazil was there then, she was wonderful. A special place for sure. Thank you for volunteering. As I did not attend the church opportunity, I washed dishes, my way of giving back. I loved every mindful moment.
Yup, still there. I just looked at that 'loft' above the kitchen and saw a stack of 3 or 4 thin mattresses. Nobody said anything about them, and I doubt that we'll ever exceed our 16 max. BTW today we have none! First 7, then 5, now 0... Oh well, this is a very quiet Camino.
Yes, it's quiet, but you can go on an outing tomorrow morning if you like!
Wow, the man himself is still doing it, that's impressive.
We were there on April 4th, very early in the Camino Season.
Hi,,, i stayed there last year,, about this time in September,, and it was nearly full,,,, mostly French walkers who had come across the pass which is now closed!
That must be it. We had a group on Sunday that came from Somport, must have gotten through before it closed, or used an alternate.
Ah, yes, found you in the log. Must have been cozy.
They do sell coop wine in Puenta de la Reina de Jaca at the small grocery. Otherwise, it is a trip to Jaca. We also bought it at the Warehouse grocery store in the big jugs.
Nice, much greener than it is now. Still beautiful though.
"Warehouse grocery store", you mean Mercadona or something else, also in Jaca?
Not Mercadona or Dia. I will see if I can send the location to you. We shopped there a few times.
The group was a nice size and grew throughout the afternoon in ones and twos.
Is it hosvol, or fics? For you the point is, it could be better. Well done on trying to see the rainbow and not the puddle. I wish you tons of pilgrims this week!
This one is a Hosvol albergue. Arrés is an isolated albergue with no bus service on top of a very steep hill, so while a car isn't absolutely necessary it makes things much, much easier. The hospitaleros we replaced and the one who replaced us were all Spaniards with cars. I know they have had at least one or two French volunteers here also with cars and we spent the money to rent a car just to have this albergue experience. I don't think many out of country volunteers get posted here. I have also found that the Spanish hospitaleros at any albergues we have worked with rarely spoke English or any other pilgrim language. There are some exceptions of course, but it is Spain and these people are volunteers. No language requirement, but it does make it easier if you do have some other languages.
and sprinting down to the shower.
Good tip! It was indeed after a bottle change. Yes, it's gas.
No, I try to look up the brand for reset. I also remember the previous team discussed it and I may have looked it up. YouTube has saved me at more than one albergue.
There is a Reset button on the front, and a mfr online source said to push it 2~3 secs. We did, but it did not give any response (sound, indicator, any). We're loathe to try anything more drastic, as now we can at least limp along with it.
Having stayed in the albergue in Arrés recently I’m enjoying your tale. Thank you and good luck with the water heater.
The hot water worked fine for me.
Yes, I tried that trick opening multiple outlets downstairs, no luck. I guess the line down is too long/small to produce enough pressure drop upstairs to turn on the heater. But sometimes it works, surprisingly, not sure why. The only certain way is to crack the kitchen faucet just enough to turn it on. I'm a ME so this is supposed to be in my wheelhouse, but I think it's with the heater itself. If only I could force a reset, but can't find the relevant info for this model online.
I just discovered that someone already tried documenting the fix: there is a sticker on the front with some writing and an arrow pointing to the reset switch, but it's completely faded, unreadable...
Notebook?
I was wondering about this as I read! Is there a hand-off log book recording anything the next hospi might need to know?
Hi, the pilgrims staying at the albergue these nights how do they get there?
Mostly it was phone numbers and how to order groceries for delivery. How to take deposits to the bank. I don't remember anything about gas tanks or water heater, bit you could add that.
A mixed bag. Many started in Jaca, some Somport or Canfranc, but those numbers will probably be dwindling. Although some bussed up to Somport from points in Spain. We just got 2 young guys from Madrid who are starting here and planned to walk to Somport and beyond. They didn't know about the blockage.
OK, most of that is in the see through binder pages. I'll add the heater stuff to it.
So the direct answer to your question is no, although there is a 5 page document with basic stuff. E.g. here is the page with the most specific info:
