Albergue Parroquial San Juan Bautista in Granon- a question

[Nelle]

According to Brierly, the Albergue Parroquial San Juan Bautista in Granon is reserved for pilgrims coming from further away than Santo Domingo de la Calzada. I haven't seen that mentioned anywhere else. Is that a real restriction? Thanks.

 

[alexwalker]

Not correct. Nobody is turned away from that albergue.

 

[J Willhaus]

Well, we never enforced that when we were there as hospitaleros.

Not correct. Nobody is turned away from that albergue.

Not true, Phil did escort someone out who was drunk and threatening other pilgrims. We also do not accept pilgrims with pets. There is sort of a place for donkeys, but it didn't seem very secure to me.

 

[Nelle]

Thanks for the quick response! I am not planning to bring a donkey, so I think I'll be OK

 

[J Willhaus]

Thanks for the quick response! I am not planning to bring a donkey, so I think I'll be OK

Actually there is no sello (stamp) at the albergue. You need to get a stamp in town somewhere at one of the bars. The "stamp is in your heart" we like to say from the experience. Usually you sign yourself into this albergue so you may not be asked where you slept the night before.

 

[alexwalker]

Well, we never enforced that when we were there as hospitaleros.

Not true, Phil did escort someone out who was drunk and threatening other pilgrims. We also do not accept pilgrims with pets. There is sort of a place for donkeys, but it didn't seem very secure to me.

Of course you are correct. I meant ordinary peregrinos, not vinogrinos and perrogrinos/donkeygrinos. It is a great place, with kindness and fun, not least bc of the very friendly hospitaler@s and instruments available. Since I play guitar, there has always been playing and singing the times I stayed there. And some times there is a piano player in the building too.

 

[J Willhaus]

Yes, but the piano was very badly out of tune or at least is was last summer. Yes music is a part of the charm of the albergue.

 

[shefollowsshells]

Actually there is no sello (stamp) at the albergue. You need to get a stamp in town somewhere at one of the bars. The "stamp is in your heart" we like to say from the experience. Usually you sign yourself into this albergue so you may not be asked where you slept the night before.

I did not notice this when I stayed here…

 

[lt56ny]

Actually there is no sello (stamp) at the albergue. You need to get a stamp in town somewhere at one of the bars. The "stamp is in your heart" we like to say from the experience. Usually you sign yourself into this albergue so you may not be asked where you slept the night before.

I may be confused but I am wondering what you meant by signing yourself into this albergue so youmay not be asked where you slept the night before. I have a strange recollection of one albergue asking me this in the past but I am certainly not sure of this. Otherwise I have never been asked where I came from except in friendly conversation when I was checking in. It was never a requirement to answer that question to stay the night.

 

[J Willhaus]

Whenever we sign people into an albergue as hospitaleros we look at the credential and put in where the person came from the day before as a part of the registration (name, country of origin, passport or DNI number, gender, where they stayed the night prior). If we cannot determine by the credential, we ask. At Granon there is a book on the front table and you sign yourself in rather than the hospitalero doing it (or at least that is how it was done when we served there.) The orientation to the albergue is posted in many different languages on the bulletin board by this table and the donativo box is there as well.

 

[shefollowsshells]

I may be confused but I am wondering what you meant by signing yourself into this albergue so youmay not be asked where you slept the night before. I have a strange recollection of one albergue asking me this in the past but I am certainly not sure of this. Otherwise I have never been asked where I came from except in friendly conversation when I was checking in. It was never a requirement to answer that question to stay the night.

In Burgos we were asked this right before town at the parochial aubergue. I have to say in my several thousand kilometers of camino I think this was the only time, but don’t quote me. I might have been asked thinking it was chit chat, and didn’t notice…

 

[J Willhaus]

Normally we can look at the credential and figure it out and don't have to ask, but sometimes if there are a lot of stamps collected in the last day, it is less obvious.

 

[lt56ny]

In Burgos we were asked this right before town at the parochial aubergue. I have to say in my several thousand kilometers of camino I think this was the only time, but don’t quote me. I might have been asked thinking it was chit chat, and didn’t notice…

So maybe you too are anxiously awaiting an explanation from @JWillhous.

 

[Susan Peacock]

Just walked from Santa Domingo to Granon yesterday. They ask where are started but accepted everyone.