Hospitalero

April 11, 2016

I am actually starting the countdown to beginning the walking portion of my Camino. Just 5 days until I set out for Oviedo to meet Paul from Canada and to have dinner with Ramon from the Via de la Plata. While I am…

Hospitalero

April 10, 2016

Ok, so in all honesty the days are beginning to blur just a bit. Blur in a good way I guess as this is not tedious but enjoyable. So I have been here for 12 days in this albergue. 2 for training which could easily have…

Hospitalero

April 8, 2016

Today was a really fun day. 31 Pilgrims in the house. Pilgrims from all over the world. Had one pilgrim from Brazil who told me at dinner that he spent 20 years driving rally cars throughly Brazil. Once he could not do…

Hospitalero

April 9, 2016

Today is Saturday. What makes it special is that in this albergue we have a cleaning crew that comes in on Saturday's and Sunday's. So today Maria took me on an adventure. We went to the Monisterio de San Millán de la…

Hospitalero

April 7, 2016

Well, what a day! Today we had 37 pilgrims which is only about a 1/3 of capacity but for us it was a ton. The most we have had before today is 21. After seeing what the albergue looks like with 37 pilgrims I simply…

Hospitalero

April 6, 2016

Another day in the life of a Hospitalero. We had 19 pilgrims today. 2 Italians, a father and daughter. They spoke no English and Italian Spanish. They were super nice and very animated and fun. We had 3 Koreans 2 of…