If you are on facebook, you can see it here: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?...6&set=a.1418027445598.57644.1079987357&type=1
If you're not, or if you don't read Spanish, it says:
11 Aug. 2015
Today: There will be no communal dinner
Tomorrow: There will be no breakfast
We are sorry that we cannot offer you our traditional communal dinner or morning breakfast. The donations we received are so trivial and the number of people who sit down to eat is so large, that we don't have the funds to provide it. We only have enough to pay for the cleaning products.
Thanks for understanding, and buen camino from the hospitaleros
Under the facebook entry, the Refugio Ocacio and Arietta posted this commentary, which I have roughly translated:
This is an example of of what the Camino is like these days. People come to the camino to abuse the albergues and hospitaleros who dedicate their time to the Camino and to the pilgrims. More albergues should react like this one did so that the abuse stops.
These people spend their money in bars and on wine but when it comes to the time to donate, they don't leave anything. We support this notice and think that all of us should do the same thing.
I know that change is inevitable with the huge increase in pilgrim numbers, but this is a sad development. Buen camino, Laurie
If you're not, or if you don't read Spanish, it says:
11 Aug. 2015
Today: There will be no communal dinner
Tomorrow: There will be no breakfast
We are sorry that we cannot offer you our traditional communal dinner or morning breakfast. The donations we received are so trivial and the number of people who sit down to eat is so large, that we don't have the funds to provide it. We only have enough to pay for the cleaning products.
Thanks for understanding, and buen camino from the hospitaleros
Under the facebook entry, the Refugio Ocacio and Arietta posted this commentary, which I have roughly translated:
This is an example of of what the Camino is like these days. People come to the camino to abuse the albergues and hospitaleros who dedicate their time to the Camino and to the pilgrims. More albergues should react like this one did so that the abuse stops.
These people spend their money in bars and on wine but when it comes to the time to donate, they don't leave anything. We support this notice and think that all of us should do the same thing.
I know that change is inevitable with the huge increase in pilgrim numbers, but this is a sad development. Buen camino, Laurie