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Someone mentioned walking 40 minutes from the housing for volunteers to the office every day. If you ask, Montse will give you a bus pass to use. There’s a bus stop right in front of the volunteer housing. I preferred walking to and from the PO because you get to walk the last bit of the Camino...
Joannam is the Latinized version of Jenny. I can't tell you how many people come back and say "You've misspelled my name" even after you point out that the computer prints their first name in Latin.
You'll have a FABULOUS time in the PO. It's like all of the emotions of the Camino coming at...
Last year, my brand new pair of Speedgoats was wearing in a significant way. I had less than half of the tread when I got to Leon, so I went to an outfitter store and bought a new pair. (I wanted good tread for Molinaseca since it was spring and lots of rain.) this year, I’m going to email them...
Their website has been down for a couple of weeks. I was hoping to use email or WhatsApp because my Spanish is pretty basic. Guess I’ll have to muddle through. 😅
I just received an email from Rosa cancelling our reservation there for this coming August. (Personal reasons, she said. I hope everything is ok.)
Any recommendations for a place to stay nearby?
I buy carbon offsets for all flights that I make. And I research the companies snd the projects that my offset dollars are invested in. There are some carbon offset companies that aren’t as “useful” as others, so checking reputations is important.
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