Hello Fellow Pilgrims,
We are walking for the first time in two weeks and getting all our logistic ducks in a row (all that we can think of, anyway) - we’ve done a little research and asked around on bed availability for albergues and received some useful reassurances on that front.
Our current plan is to bring a sleeping bag liner and a compressable blanket which - combined with our thermal nightwear - we hope will do the job. We also gather that there will be shops and restaurants on the route to stock up on provisions, or the option of communal meals in some albergues - which sounds like a wholesome and fun communal experience.
One consideration we have had is payment methods for the albergues, however - in today’s day and age we use phones and cards to pay for - more or less - everything, but we can’t help wondering whether cash would be needed for one or more albergue, if they shouldn’t be ‘linked in’ to the technological systems.
What have you found on your pilgrimages? What would be a good cash sum to take for fourteen days and nights from Leon to Santiago for purchases that cannot be made digitally?
We appreciate you,
Cheers and warmly
We are walking for the first time in two weeks and getting all our logistic ducks in a row (all that we can think of, anyway) - we’ve done a little research and asked around on bed availability for albergues and received some useful reassurances on that front.
Our current plan is to bring a sleeping bag liner and a compressable blanket which - combined with our thermal nightwear - we hope will do the job. We also gather that there will be shops and restaurants on the route to stock up on provisions, or the option of communal meals in some albergues - which sounds like a wholesome and fun communal experience.
One consideration we have had is payment methods for the albergues, however - in today’s day and age we use phones and cards to pay for - more or less - everything, but we can’t help wondering whether cash would be needed for one or more albergue, if they shouldn’t be ‘linked in’ to the technological systems.
What have you found on your pilgrimages? What would be a good cash sum to take for fourteen days and nights from Leon to Santiago for purchases that cannot be made digitally?
We appreciate you,
Cheers and warmly