Again nada! WTH is going on, did we miss the memo?
There's rain coming after tomorrow, so perhaps the folks starting out in Somport are chickening out? You could not ask for better hiking weather than what we have here now.
We're trying to decide...
Wow, the man himself is still doing it, that's impressive.
I just checked the book, and there was one night late August that there were 14. Otherwise, numbers similar to yours.
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...
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...
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.
Since it was a cool damp night I did appreciate the extra body heat in the room!
We currently use both rooms, with 4 bunkbeds each, so total capacity is 16 Peregrinos, plus 2 hospitaleros.
We were instructed to fill up a room before using the next, unless there are special circumstances. Last night one of the guys moved to...
Hi @J Willhaus and @Phil W,
I'm finally at Arres, holding down the fort with my co-hospi Vidal, from Bilbao. Your detailed information and answers to my questions were invaluable to getting prepared for this. I walked the CF from Pamplona for 11...
Solution? No. A different perspective, perhaps. It seems that the Camino is often viewed as it is a specific period of time to do a pilgrim walk. This, perhaps, is not the case. It is possible a Camino does begin when the first trail step is...
It sounds like you have done all you can here (US), so considering the little time left before your trip, I'd plan on taking advantage of the lower cost of medical care in Europe. Note that while it is much cheaper, they may make you wait...
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