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Not only did Nely open her home, she made dinner for pilgrims, gave them breakfast, picked them up from the airport, took them to pilgrim mass, took them on a tour of the city, gave them snacks to take on the way, incurred the costs of hot water...
Sad news, Nely closes her albergue in Almería, La Estrella del Camino.
Here's her message:
Donativo doesn't work: recent pilgrims were leaving not more than €2 . And that includes breakfast! In February, she started asking €20 per person, and...
Kind words :-) I'm glad you enjoyed the Lana. Yes, it was the last one. It was a lovely Camino to do and Cuenca was a gem. I've been reading lots of stuff about the Catalan Camino, including your own notes.The details for the Lana have been saved...
I wrote about my experience at this restaurant after my camino in 2017. It still amuses me to read this.
"I had just rolled into Rionegro. The only accommodation is the very fine albergue, and when I went in, there was a group of pilgrims...
Trecile, it does serve a purpose, it promotes human connection, community, the give and take, humour - which most humans delight in - ... it is still late winter and I posted to help keep the forum alive, and I think the responses have been quite...
I have serious doubts about that.
Because it is here, now, and it fosters criticism and negativity, which is known to shorten our life spans.
That is my short vent and it definitely has not reduced my blood pressure.
Other than allow people to vent, threads like this really serve no good purpose. Those of us who don't know better than to litter the trail with trash and TP, to click-clack along the Camino without rubber tips on their poles, or to deface...
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