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Away from the main Camino routes like the Frances and Portugues you are likely to find meal times are much later than at home. Lunch from about 1pm to 3pm or even 4pm. Where dinner is available it probably will not be served until 9pm at the earliest. Often there is little available at night on the quieter routes as lunch is generally the main Spanish meal. The much-decried menu peregrino on the popular Camino routes is a compromise for us foreigners with strange eating habits - a limited range of dishes available at earlier hours.Less popular routes you will eat 'local' time maybe having your main meal at lunch time and just a snack later.
What has been said above: Wash clothes and straighten up your gear; be ready for the next day. Then enjoy the rest of your afternoon:I prefer to hike early, and plan to arrive at a destination for the night by 1400 or 1500. What do people do once you find an albergue for the night? When do you find other pilgrims eating evening meals? At home, I'd prefer to eat early and crash for the night, but look forward to conversations with others.
With so many albergues nowadays having a 10pm curfew you risk being locked out if you try for a regular Spanish restaurant dinner!If you try for Spanish dinner time, you’ll be missing some essential sleep.
Do almost the same, walk early (I only can walk in summer), stop early. After making my bed, showering and chatting, I prefer to stroll through city, town or hamlet, just sightseeing and relaxing. After that is done I prepare for dinner. Sometime alone, but most of the time with fellow pilgrims I met on the way.I prefer to hike early, and plan to arrive at a destination for the night by 1400 or 1500. What do people do once you find an albergue for the night? When do you find other pilgrims eating evening meals? At home, I'd prefer to eat early and crash for the night, but look forward to conversations with others.
I generally try to arrive by 1400 at the latest, generally earlier (a habit set when walking in the summer). General post-check-in routines often involve a shower and laundry. Possibly a nap and some shopping and visiting places of interest in the town or village. Some attend mass if one is offered in the vicinity. Some go out for drinks and/or snacks. Generally pilgrims eat earlier than the Spanish, but that isn't saying much. The evening meal for pilgrims is generally somewhere in the vicinity of 7 (the typical Spanish evening meal starts around 10, about the same time that many albergues lock their doors). It could be a communal meal in the albergue, or a meal cooked in the albergue by a group of pilgrims, or a menu peregrino at a local restaurant or bar. Some pilgrims will eat very lightly in the evening and have their main meal in mid-afternoon when many Spanish do, often a menu del dia in a Spanish bar or restaurant or in the albergue if one is provided there. They will then fit that into their afternoon activities. Many pilgrims will take the time before bed to set things up in their backpack for a speedy and quiet departure the next morning.I prefer to hike early, and plan to arrive at a destination for the night by 1400 or 1500. What do people do once you find an albergue for the night? When do you find other pilgrims eating evening meals? At home, I'd prefer to eat early and crash for the night, but look forward to conversations with others.
True enough, but worth trying the Spanish late evening dining a socializing experience on rest days if you are in private accommodations, and also… it’s a terrible look for pilgrims to sit about moaning that the Spanish are not fetching supper for the hard working pilgrims to eat by 6pm. I have heard that ugly complaint so often on Camino that I just want to tell such people to go home and walk joylessly around their back 40 until 5pm, tuck into their sensible dinners at 6… and to leave the world and its joys for those prepared to accept them as they appear in their own settings.If you try for Spanish dinner time, you’ll be missing some essential sleep.
My first Camino predated both the menu peregrino and the 10pm curfew. I tried to have my main meal at lunchtime when possible, a short postprandial snooze under a tree, then walk on until 5 or 6pm before stopping for the night. Many refugios wouldn't open their doors before 3pm or 4pm anyway. On the few occasions when I could keep my eyes open for long enough to eat an evening meal rather than just a bocadillo the very late dinners could be a real joy. Especially when being something of a novelty as a pilgrim occasionally meant being invited to join a family or group of friends at their table rather than eat alone.it’s a terrible look for pilgrims to sit about moaning that the Spanish are not fetching supper for the hard working pilgrims to eat by 6pm.
There's really no "normal" on the Camino, except to an extent if you're walking in a very solitary manner for this or that reason.I prefer to hike early, and plan to arrive at a destination for the night by 1400 or 1500. What do people do once you find an albergue for the night? When do you find other pilgrims eating evening meals? At home, I'd prefer to eat early and crash for the night, but look forward to conversations with others.
Yeah, if you're aiming for dinner out of the Albergue, make sure to get to your table at the earliest point of kitchen opening time, and scoff it down double quick !!With so many albergues nowadays having a 10pm curfew you risk being locked out if you try for a regular Spanish restaurant dinner!
I think the early meal thing is hard because pilgrims are actually hungry long before 8, 9, or 10. They may not have had the big afternoon Menu del Dia. Grocery stores are always closed for siesta so by the time the store opens again, I am personally starving at 5 pm. Children in Spain often have Merienda about this time (afternoon snack) so I count myself in that age group at age 61. Still I usually wait until 8 pm if dining out due to restaurant hours.True enough, but worth trying the Spanish late evening dining a socializing experience on rest days if you are in private accommodations, and also… it’s a terrible look for pilgrims to sit about moaning that the Spanish are not fetching supper for the hard working pilgrims to eat by 6pm. I have heard that ugly complaint so often on Camino that I just want to tell such people to go home and walk joylessly around their back 40 until 5pm, tuck into their sensible dinners at 6… and to leave the world and its joys for those prepared to accept them as they appear in their own settings.
Away from the main Camino routes like the Frances and Portugues you are likely to find meal times are much later than at home. Lunch from about 1pm to 3pm or even 4pm. Where dinner is available it probably will not be served until 9pm at the earliest.
Perhaps the only 'normal' is that we are practically all walking west (apart from those brave sous who retrace their steps after arriving in SdC. Apart from that, we are all individuals with our own itineraries and purposes. It'a a wonderful place to be.There's really no "normal" on the Camino, except to an extent if you're walking in a very solitary manner for this or that reason.
You'll work this out on your own and with the others that you will meet along the Way.
Did you go into Leon,or go to LA Robla directly?This is kind of what I expected from past experience but I found it not to be the case on my most recent Camino(s) this fall. I walked the Norte, Vadiniense, San Salvador and Primitivo and had dinner most nights either at 7:30 or 8. There were a few places, maybe 3 or 4 where 8:30 was the norm but for the most part dinner was at surprisingly Camino convenient times.
I have found that on some routes, this is still a very good method... eat the large almuerza, move on... then the smaller cena later in the evening... or skip it if you remember to keep a small snack in your pocket for later in the evening and have had that generous and calorific mid-day meal. I've found parts of the Primitivo very well suited to this method, the Salvador as well, and the Portuguese in the shoulder seasons...My first Camino predated both the menu peregrino and the 10pm curfew. I tried to have my main meal at lunchtime when possible, a short postprandial snooze under a tree, then walk on until 5 or 6pm before stopping for the night. Many refugios wouldn't open their doors before 3pm or 4pm anyway. On the few occasions when I could keep my eyes open for long enough to eat an evening meal rather than just a bocadillo the very late dinners could be a real joy. Especially when being something of a novelty as a pilgrim occasionally meant being invited to join a family or group of friends at their table rather than eat alone.
Experience from 2 Caminos: You'll use your time to shower, do laundry and get it in the sun to dry, review/edit your photos, write your daily journal (eg. Whatsapp, Facebook, personal blog), do foot care, look around town, visit local church, pick up snacks for the next day, read (books on your phone, local history), etc. The evening meal is usually not available before 19:00. By the time you eat and visit with other pilgrims you'll be ready to sleep!I prefer to hike early, and plan to arrive at a destination for the night by 1400 or 1500. What do people do once you find an albergue for the night? When do you find other pilgrims eating evening meals? At home, I'd prefer to eat early and crash for the night, but look forward to conversations with others.
I tried those in Portugal, can't remember if they were roasted."eat a dish you've never encountered before!" -- except for roast pig's ears!
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