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    Grañon, Grañon, oh my dear Grañon again.

    Well friends, I can happy and proudly said that I'll start my sixth time volunteering in St. John the Babtist albergue in Gañon from next October the16th, to October the 31th. If you decided to stay and rest a day there, you'll be welcome. If simply want to use the facilities, have a cup of...
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    Update from Somport please

    I'm in Jaca today. Tomorrow we'll take the mornig bus to Somport and start our walk to Villanua, then to Jaca. It's perfectly safe and doable, just be aware that from Villanua to Jaca could find heavy machinery working to make the new higway. Take care. Buen Camino.
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    Why do pilgrims fly to Pamplona.

    If you were a local living in Spain would you call it the Spanish way? Maybe you'll call it the way from France, or the french people's way. In Spanish, el Camino Francés, the French Way, is what have sense .
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    Selling fully stamped credentials for €30

    Do you think any Spaniard would pay thirty euros for a credential? Why? Are you one of those who think that in Spain a compostola counts in anybodys currícula? Thats is a mith. Probably the potential employer would have the laugth of his/her life if somebody try to gain laboral merits whith that.
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    Selling fully stamped credentials for €30

    Years ago I was volunteering like hospitalero at Samos monastery's albergue. Two buses full of tourists arrived and till they were massively herded to the churh, two of the guides come to me carrying maybe a hundred blank credentials asking for the "sello". I told them I couldn't stamp those...
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    Video of second robbery attempt on pilgrims in Ponferadda

    Three minors had been arrested for robbery with violence. They had been identified for the victims and an eyewitness who recorded a video of one of the agressions. Probably more possible suspects will be arrested in next few hours, because one of the victims (a spanish pilgrim) stated he was...
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    A bit of the Ebro

    Those bombs were not german. The planes who drop it were Republican. Zaragoza was a Nationalist city during the war.
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    What makes a pilgrim?

    I'd answered, but my post have been deleted due " my agresive, vulgar and inapropiate lenguage". Saying in a more politically correct way: Like Flog suspect in his threat, I´m referring to those cyclits, who are using the infrastructure of the Camino for their competitive sense of sport. Many...
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    What makes a pilgrim?

    There are lots of shelters for people in need. There are lots of places where nobody ask other than for their money. There are lots of people who only wants a cheap vacation. There are a lot of private facilities for touristic use. There are a lot of people stranded in what we Spaniards call...
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    Respectful donativo amounts in 2024

    Some years ago the whole Camino Experience was a thing of generosity, share, human being, etc. A Pilgrimage where the rich joins the poor, the beliver share diner with the atheist, the young help the elder, where sometimes you must ask a local for a place to sleep, or something to eat. That...
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    Alert Sexual Harassment May 13th (2023)

    No, of course this is not what any of of you said except your comment about that failure of law, the need of updating the police knowledge, how to interprete the laws of Spain, what its considerated sexual violence, etc. "That pervert, estared at her while stroking their parts, but never...
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    Alert Sexual Harassment May 13th (2023)

    Thanks to that law of "Solo si es si" more than a thousand of sexual ofenders have seen their sencences reduced, some of the have been setting free. Dont ask me what I feel about this, I want not to infringe the Forum´s rules about politic criticisms. The spanish police is very profesional, be...
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    Hospitalero in the Meseta

    Looks like now the heating and the hot water works by gas. My best wishes to you for your stay in Arres. I served there five years ago, and it was wonderful. Ildefonso
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    Hospitalero in the Meseta

    Well friends, there I go again. This time I´ll be serving from 1st to 15th of March in the lovely Municipal Albergue ( Donativo) of Villadangos del Paramo, 20 kilometers after Leon. Never been there before but my Hospitalero mates of HOSVOL said it´s a good place to serve, and GRONCE...
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    Any update Hospital de Peregrinos San Juan Bautista?

    San Juan Bautista in Grañon is open 24/7. Since its opening 27 years ago it had been always that way, except when suffered a bed bug infestation many years ago and due COVID restriction measures.
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    Stop in Markina or Etxebarria?

    Casa Rural Intxsauspe in Markina have nice private rooms, and a very good vibe. Tasty dinner and breaksfast. My wife and myself slept there two months ago, and planing to return for vacation, next fall. Can find the addres, tfn number etc in Gronze website
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    Bed Bugs

    One of the few good things about the pandemic is that many of the albergues whom didn´t opened theirs doors collaterally killed the bedbugs, if they had any. Others whom keep opened, due the anti covid measures deeply deinfected and fumigated theisr facilities more frequently. In addition of...
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    Ivar, help needed 02 May Bus or train.

    My fault. You are rigth. I´d check it and in Galicia and other communities have changed the national replacement day by theirs regional replacament day. I´d forgotten that legal possibility. Looks like you know my country better than myself.
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    Ivar, help needed 02 May Bus or train.

    Hi. Sorry to tell you are wrong. The 1st of May is a national holliday, and its Sunday. In these circunstances, the national holliday is moved to Monday, except in Madrid where the 2nd of May is a regional holiday. In that community the 1st of May´s holiday is moved to the 3th of may. A very...
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    LIVE from the Camino @Palmah on the Camino Francés

    That was not the fault of anybody, you dind´t know I live in Zaragoza, nor I knew you were passing by. My time like hospi was, as always, invigorating and exhausting, because the double task of cleaning, exhaustively desinfect the facilities etc. Fortunetely I have had a bunch of good...

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