Pilgrim behaviour in albergues

[SYates]

... The downside is, that this would require some very un-Spanish behaviour of the hospitaleros - getting up early

Nothing to do with being Spanish or not, just consider the hours per day they do have to work - some when even the hospitaler@s have to sleep! BC SY

 

[Deleted member 29041]

some when even the hospitaler@s have to sleep!

Exactly my point. Getting up early is un-Spanish

Actually, I find that getting up at a time that corresponds to when you go to bed does make pretty good sense. So does the siesta

When in Rome ... I not only leave relatively late (by pilgrim standards), but also much prefer spending my siestas enjoying a menú del dia, while I watch the busy pilgrims hasten by. Makes for a much more relaxed Camino (and is usually a much better meal than a pilgrims menu). I just wish I could stay out as late in the evening as the natives - but the albergues usually shut the doors far too early.

 

[SYates]

@Nekodemus

You got me completely wrong! Do you have any idea how many hours a hospitaler@ works during main pilgrim season? I have, in the best of cases you can count yourself lucky if you get 6 hours in total in 24 hours, more often it is less. BC SY

 

[Thornley]

the albergues usually shut the doors far too early.

They could have a concierge Neko but you won't be paying your 5-10 euro mate.

 

[KinkyOne]

There is a relatively simple way to reduce the number of early risers, without locking people in. The albergues could start requiring a deposit of e.g. 10 € that would be paid back in the morning - but not until e.g. six or seven o'clock.

The downside is, that this would require some very un-Spanish behaviour of the hospitaleros - getting up early

But maybe they would get up earlier anyway and wait for the "end-curfew"?

 

[KinkyOne]

Exactly my point. Getting up early is un-Spanish

Actually, I find that getting up at a time that corresponds to when you go to bed does make pretty good sense. So does the siesta

When in Rome ... I not only leave relatively late (by pilgrim standards), but also much prefer spending my siestas enjoying a menú del dia, while I watch the busy pilgrims hasten by. Makes for a much more relaxed Camino (and is usually a much better meal than a pilgrims menu). I just wish I could stay out as late in the evening as the natives - but the albergues usually shut the doors far too early.

Exactly the same here. OK, no lunch in that scorching heat thought. One of the reasons I walk less walked Caminos. I have never ever started walking before 8am and getting to bed before midnight. Enjoying the quietness of the night and giggling to all that sounds from dormitory (when there was someone) just made my evening everytime. When I was alone, I wasn't actually, there were locals.

 

[Thornley]

Enjoying the quietness of the night

The secret of the slow, take your time , no hurry , take it all in Camino experience.
Well said KO

 

[KinkyOne]

The secret of the slow, take your time , no hurry , take it all in Camino experience.
Well said KO

Yo andar rapido y descansar tranquillo

 

[long trails]

There is a relatively simple way to reduce the number of early risers, without locking people in. The albergues could start requiring a deposit of e.g. 10 € that would be paid back in the morning - but not until e.g. six or seven o'clock.

The downside is, that this would require some very un-Spanish behaviour of the hospitaleros - getting up early

This is actually a great idea and is also common in many backpacker hostels around the world. The early risers who wake up everyone else will essentially be fined for leaving early. I would stay at such a place in a heart beat.

 

[HeidiL]

The downside is, that this would require some very un-Spanish behaviour of the hospitaleros - getting up early.

Hey, I got up at 4.30 every day in Grado to make breakfast for the pilgrims. They just need to get hold of enough mad volunteers...

 

[Deleted member 29041]

you can count yourself lucky if you get 6 hours in total in 24 hours

Not for me, then. I'd resemble a walking dead within a week

 

[WGroleau]

@NekodemusYou got me completely wrong! Do you have any idea how many hours a hospitaler@ works during main pilgrim season? I have, in the best of cases you can count yourself lucky if you get 6 hours in total in 24 hours, more often it is less. BC SY

Depends on how many of them there are. Here, at times we've had to stop offering dinner due to too few people, and other times, we've been busy but comfortable.

 

[JillGat]

Re. the bed race... It is not how early you start that gives you the advantage. It is how early you stop.

 

[WGroleau]

Re. the bed race... It is not how early you start that gives you the advantage. It is how early you stop.

True, but what they worry about is that to get there early, you have to start early (if it's twelve kilometers or whatever).

 

[Rebekah Scott]

A good way to avoid all these problems? Walk a different route. I understand the long-beloved Aragonese and the Via de la Plata are going begging these days. Beautiful scenery, well-established infrastructure, Romanesque architecture, great food, friendly international pilgrims, and hospitaleros who are happy to see you!
No guarantee that no one will snore, or wake up too early, but you may well be the only person there. What´s not to like?
Hard to believe that 100-km. paper Compostela souvenir is worth all the aggravation described above.