A few weeks ago after completing the Camino Portuguese I was scheduled to fly back to the US on Iberia from Madrid. Our departure was delayed numerous times, and I eventually arrived at my destination 10 hours after the originally scheduled...
Saturday 19 October 2024
It's about 5 pm and so far we have three pilgrims today: from Spain, France, and Montenegro. It's been a quiet day, so this will be a shorter report.
Yesterday, folks were mostly back by 10 pm ... ish. The Chinese...
I was lucky to be assigned to the albergue in Salamanca last spring over Easter. It was busy due to the Easter celebrations. I must admit this seemed a bit of a holiday … no meals, a cleaner 5 days. What luxury. Gave time to deep clean the...
Tuesday 15 October.
It's about 4:00 pm and we've been open around an hour. So far we have 4 pilgrims, all Spanish men, all on the VDLP (one in reverse), one bicigrino.
This morning, after we said goodbye to the pilgrims and got the place in...
Tom Friesen was the fellow who provided my HosVol training. He also gave me (and Shannon) an orientation to the albergue and town. I expect I'll be using my free time mostly sightseeing, doing chores, and hopefully reconnecting with some friends...
Pilgrims are asked to leave their backpack in a large yellow plastic bag in the cabinets downstairs. I'm not sure how much the plastic bags help in the battle against bedbugs. They can carry what they need upstairs in large plastic pails. A...
Enjoy your hospi stay David! Our Caminos wouldn't be nearly as wonderful without the time, energy, generosity of spirit and good humour of hospitaleros such as you.
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