sillydoll
Veteran Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- 2002 CF: 2004 from Paris: 2006 VF: 2007 CF: 2009 Aragones, Ingles, Finisterre: 2011 X 2 on CF: 2013 'Caracoles': 2014 CF and Ingles 'Caracoles":2015 Logrono-Burgos (Hospitalero San Anton): 2016 La Douay to Aosta/San Gimignano to Rome:
Perhaps we need to be pro-active about eitquette on the camino? If our members can add to this list of Camino Etiiquette, I will forward it on to the Camino Associations and post it on the other Forums.
•Learn the language before you go – especially the ‘polite’ words of greeting, please and thank you. You will be a guest in a foreign land so don’t expect them to know your language.
•YOU are the foreigner so do not criticize the people, their way of life, their towns, their food, their religion etc. “If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home.” James A. Michener
•A bed in a church or municipal refuge is a privilege not a right and should be treated as such. Give a generous donation; be gracious and helpful to the hospitalero and other pilgrims.
•Keep your space tidy – do not leave plaster papers, plastic bottles, tissues and such on or under your bed.
•Ditto for the kitchen – wash all utensils after use and leave it clean and tidy for the next person.
•Help to keep the refuge clean and welcoming for the next influx of pilgrims.
•Use water sparingly and mop out the shower after using it.
•If you prefer an early start – DO NOT wake up your fellow pilgrims by switching on the light or rustling plastic packets. Carry your stuff out of the room and get ready somewhere else.
•Do not walk into a café/bar and use the facilities without buying something.
•Do NOT litter! Carry your empty bottles, sweet papers etc until you can throw them in a bin.
•If you need to “go in the bushes” bury the result, put the tissue paper in a plastic bag and place in the next rubbish bin.
•Do not handle fresh produce in a shop, get the shop-keepers attention and simply point at the item, handling produce causes bruising and damaged items
•Do NOT pick the farmers crop! Fruit hanging on tree on a verge might be the owner’s next bottle of jam or preserve.
•Leave the wild flowers alone, do not pick them. They look better in the field than in your hat.
•When you're walking in the woods and you see a backpack lying on the side of the road with no owner in sight, keep your eyes straight forward
•Learn the language before you go – especially the ‘polite’ words of greeting, please and thank you. You will be a guest in a foreign land so don’t expect them to know your language.
•YOU are the foreigner so do not criticize the people, their way of life, their towns, their food, their religion etc. “If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home.” James A. Michener
•A bed in a church or municipal refuge is a privilege not a right and should be treated as such. Give a generous donation; be gracious and helpful to the hospitalero and other pilgrims.
•Keep your space tidy – do not leave plaster papers, plastic bottles, tissues and such on or under your bed.
•Ditto for the kitchen – wash all utensils after use and leave it clean and tidy for the next person.
•Help to keep the refuge clean and welcoming for the next influx of pilgrims.
•Use water sparingly and mop out the shower after using it.
•If you prefer an early start – DO NOT wake up your fellow pilgrims by switching on the light or rustling plastic packets. Carry your stuff out of the room and get ready somewhere else.
•Do not walk into a café/bar and use the facilities without buying something.
•Do NOT litter! Carry your empty bottles, sweet papers etc until you can throw them in a bin.
•If you need to “go in the bushes” bury the result, put the tissue paper in a plastic bag and place in the next rubbish bin.
•Do not handle fresh produce in a shop, get the shop-keepers attention and simply point at the item, handling produce causes bruising and damaged items
•Do NOT pick the farmers crop! Fruit hanging on tree on a verge might be the owner’s next bottle of jam or preserve.
•Leave the wild flowers alone, do not pick them. They look better in the field than in your hat.
•When you're walking in the woods and you see a backpack lying on the side of the road with no owner in sight, keep your eyes straight forward