April 12, 2016
It is interesting how each day presents a different group of pilgrims with a different personality. Today the pilgrims were very mellow. The group was a bit older and so a bit more restrained. Still a great group of…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…