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Thank you Becky, and Francine, for hosting us last night. It was one of our camino highlights thus far!I just started my quincena at the Donativo in Logroño, and will try and update how it goes on this thread.
The Donativo has space for 60, but 26 spaces are in a bunk room that has been quarantined for bedbugs all summer, so the work load is less, but we have been full or nearly full every night so far. We’re cooking a communal meal for about 30 people every night, pasta or lentils or Rioja potatoes with chorizo so far, and fruit cobbler for desert. I was excited to find that the building has an elevator so we don’t have to carry groceries up the stairs like we did last year in Viana. Two nights ago, 19 of 22 guests were Italians which made for a very noisy dinner!
Tonight the parish is installing the new priest who is replacing Father Jose Ignacio Diaz; the local bishop will be part of the mass, and there is a reception here at the albergue (which is using our room where perigrinos sleep on mats and using our kitchen, so no communal meal tonight).
If you are on the Francés, stop in for tea, a hug, or a night!
I’ll keep my eyes out! I may have to stay in the albergue and monitor the door. But I’ll be at the reception afterwards!I’m in Logrono and will be at the pilgrims mass at Santiago el Real tonight. If you see an elderly obese man in pink shorts…
No, they quarantined after the first fumigation, which did not succeed in irradiating the bugs, fumigated a second time, and we just checked yesterday and still found a live bug. Apparently there was wall covering installed in the past that may be harboring or sequestering them.It takes all summer to quarantine for bedbugs? Most albergues don’t shut down for that long, do they? Just curious.
So nice to hear! Buen Camino for the rest of your walk!Thank you Becky, and Francine, for hosting us last night. It was one of our camino highlights thus far!
They are very hard to get rid of especially if they have someplace to crawl into. They can live in false ceilings or follow pipes up or down floors into other rooms, too. Good luck as you continue the fight. Strong work!No, they quarantined after the first fumigation, which did not succeed in irradiating the bugs, fumigated a second time, and we just checked yesterday and still found a live bug. Apparently there was wall covering installed in the past that may be harboring or sequestering them.
Well that was the longest pilgrims mass yet. 90 minutes. And the promised pilgrims blessing didn’t happen.I’ll keep my eyes out! I may have to stay in the albergue and monitor the door. But I’ll be at the reception afterwards!
Probably because they are welcoming the new priest. Not the usual.Well that was the longest pilgrims mass yet. 90 minutes. And the promised pilgrims blessing didn’t happen.
Sorry to have missed you.
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Yes it was led by a bishop so I knew it was special. Didn’t understand most of the speechesProbably because they are welcoming the new priest. Not the usual.
My memory is that the albergue is not adjacent to the cathedral, and if google maps has the locations right, it looks like the tunnel is several blocks long. Any information on its history?After dinner we offer a trip into the next door cathedral through a connecting tunnel;
The parochial albergue is attached to the cathedral Real (not the famous one on the plaza; this is the cathedral with the big Matamoros statue above the door), and the tunnel is perhaps 30’ long. Don’t know about history but I’ll ask around.My memory is that the albergue is not adjacent to the cathedral, and if google maps has the locations right, it looks like the tunnel is several blocks long. Any information on its history?
Are there two cathedrals in the same town? My understanding was that this isn't usually the case. The theory that I've been operating under was that a cathedral is the church that a bishop operates out of and that generally there is only one bishop in a town and he only operates out of one church. Other important churches aren't called cathedrals but basilicas. So, for example, the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona is a basilica and not a cathedral. Am I in error? Or is Logroño an exception to this general practice?The parochial albergue is attached to the cathedral Real (not the famous one on the plaza; this is the cathedral with the big Matamoros statue above the door), and the tunnel is perhaps 30’ long. Don’t know about history but I’ll ask around.
There are actually three, called “Co-Cathedrals”, a holdover from long ago. Father José Ignacio Díaz (who passed away this summer, a stalwart of the Camino) was the priest for this one, and the installation of his replacement just happened this Sunday. The new priest looks to be someone favorably inclined towards pilgrims and the Camino; they are holding lots of meetings in one of our dorm rooms (so we are spending lots of time shuffling mats around!) these days.Are there two cathedrals in the same town? My understanding was that this isn't usually the case. The theory that I've been operating under was that a cathedral is the church that a bishop operates out of and that generally there is only one bishop in a town and he only operates out of one church. Other important churches aren't called cathedrals but basilicas. So, for example, the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona is a basilica and not a cathedral. Am I in error? Or is Logroño an exception to this general practice?
Becky, you are a star!There are actually three, called “Co-Cathedrals”, a holdover from long ago. Father José Ignacio Díaz (who passed away this summer, a stalwart of the Camino) was the priest for this one, and the installation of his replacement just happened this Sunday. The new priest looks to be someone favorably inclined towards pilgrims and the Camino; they are holding lots of meetings in one of our dorm rooms (so we are spending lots of time shuffling mats around!) these days.
Meanwhile perigrinos come and go; we have had 1 or 2 empty places so far, and the September 1 wave is hitting us!
Get better! It's a bummer having it let alone when you are a hospitalera!Next update: I tested positive for COVID yesterday. We must have had an asymptomatic perigrino, and despite cleaning every surface including floors and mats with bleach, and washing hands endlessly, I couldn’t avoid the airborne germs. There are two locals, the winter staff, who are helping this weekend to do my work, and the possibility of fresh blood Monday if I’m still down. There is an extra room, usually used for seminarians, that I am quarantining in. COVID is still out there, but honestly I hadn’t seen or heard of any until I got sick.
Thanks for asking! Cough is already gone; fatigue is really the only symptom now. Today I was up for an hour at a time before exhaustion drove me back to bed. And a hospitalera from the next incoming team volunteered to show up early (she was already in country) and is helping out some. The Camino provides?@Becky 59 , how are you doing?
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