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It is difficult to sleep with a snorer. Snoring is part of sleep for many. Most of us will snore sometimes. Some have a serious problem. A lot think they do not snore and they do sometimes. When you share a room with strangers some will snore. Is...
Maybe people should need to submit to a month-long sleep evaluation in order to get a credencial and use albergues. The Cathedral would set the standards, administer the program, and recover the cost from, well, someone. Alternatively, if...
Bingo!...works for me. I also never hear the early riser bag rufflers and am surprised when I finally wake up and take my ear plugs out, how noisy the room actually is by then with everyone rushing around, packing up.
As a sometimes snorer, and one who has had his toe pulled on occasion, and who has investigated alleviation practices without permanent success, I would state as follows.
If you are going to stay in a hostel realize as a fact that snorers come...
Started Camino Frances on April 17, taking it easy and just entering the Meseta. Finding it very difficult to get lodging. Everybody is talking about it, which actually seems to be making it worse…as then everybody books days in advance. Today an...
My first thought was "dog" so I put peregrinos perro into Google News and this came up immediately:
https://lacronicadesalamanca.com/576933-el-perro-de-uno-de-los-peregrinos-espanto-a-la-vaca/
Unfortunately, these rare and serious attacks of...
OP's concern/fear is not unreasonable. I can't think of any form of lodgings in good old USA not having railings in upper bunkbed. Yup. There are some things USA do better. Rare but happens.
Hah
Never say never
KariannNor is right
I’d never sleep on the top bunk
Rails or no rails and those ladders are a no no, as Camino Chrissy said “ouch”
Last year, I fell out of the bed
A big bed
And it wasn’t even MY side of the bed
and I was...
Which doesn't make it any less scary. In fact, one's mind is generally far scarier than reality. And there's no escaping it.
@KariannNor , on my last camino I once asked younger people to swap to top bunks for the benefit of two older pilgrims...
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