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April 5, 2016

Today was a very interesting day. After all of the pilgrims were gone and we had cleaned up the albergue I went out for a Coffee and then a nice walk. It was drizzling a bit but still not too bad. When I returned I…

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April 4, 2016

Today we only had 9 pilgrims. A small but interesting group. We had a lady from Dublin, Ireland, an evangelical Lutheran priest from Sweeden, A guy from Germany and 6 Spaniards. The priest was a crack up. He spoke…

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April 3, 2016

Today was a great day. It was sunny day and there was no cleaning to do as the albergue has a cleaning person come in both weekend days. We have 17 pilgrims tonight from Spain, Germany, Italy, USA and Canada. The…

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April 2, 2016

First day as an official Hospitalero was really great. We only had 11 pilgrims in the house but they were great. We had 2 Americans from New Mexico, 6 Koreans, 1 Canadian and 2 Spaniards. The albergue was alive and…

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Nàjera

Thursday, March 31, 2016 Yesterday I arrived in Nàjera. After checking in to the hostal I stayed at I decided to walk over and see where the albergue was. As luck would have it just as I got to the albergue one of the…

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Official first day as a Hospitalero

April 1, 2016 On this day for many years my grandmother called me to fool me somehow. I was so gullible that she usually got me. Happy April Fools Day to everyone. Today I officially started my stint as a Hospitalero.…