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I will bring back a cup and a saucer, but nothing more than that. I have been told more than once "that's my job! If you keep doing that, I will be out of work..."
Here's the post from @natefaith of Pilgrim House who is a very nice and polite person.
And here's the complete thread:
https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/bar-etiquette.85982/
There has been some discussion about getting one way tickets to have more flexibility. Unfortunately I had to cut my Camino short because I was getting shin splints. Because I had a flexible ticket, which of course is more expensive, I booked my...
Well, I have added to my left behind items today since my post #3 early morning. I realized too late that I left my sunglasses😎 on my bed in Pueblo de Sanabria this morning...so that makes three items in 8+ years! Maybe this thread has jinxed...
I left behind my favorite hat on a restaurant table and I walked too far to turn around and go back. Also lost a pair of sunglasses. All in all, I would say I have been pretty lucky after so many Caminos.
I lost my temper on my first Camino years ago. It was on the Meseta and I took my wooden walking stick - like those they sell all along The Way - and beat it on a boulder, as hard as I could! The danger thing REFUSED to break! I felt better...
(Off topic, but as an explanation: that year I had walked from home and had spent two months almost exclusively sleeping in my tent. Zubiri was my first albergue that year and it was a bit difficult to re-adapt to albergue life 😂. So, that was...
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