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[QUOTE="nycwalking, post: 1209894, member: 3258"] In 2002, I was a hospitalera at San Nicolas del Flüe albergue in Ponferrada. I volunteered with a Spanish guy. At night we two hospies would escort pilgrims to the graveyard next to albergue. We all stood under the tree while my fellow hospie would chant the quemada as he stirred the cauldron with the blue flames rising against the inky black sky of night. Once chant was over the priest, pilgrims, and we hospies would imbibe: Fun. In 2004, I volunteered at Rabanal del Camino with two others, one from USA, other Britain. Because there were three of us each hospie had two mornings a week to sleep in, take a walk, or whatever. On Tuesday, we’d catch a bus to Astorga for market day to shop for albergue necessities. Also, most often hospitaleros don’t meet one another until day before or day of their shifts. You have to run a albergue with a stranger. The work is hard and long. The days begin a bit before dawn to serve breakfast then usher out pilgrims. Once last one leaves around 8am cleaning begins, including bathrooms. Day ends around 10 or 11pm after the last pilgrim is abed. Once the albergue opens hospitaleros check-in pilgrims, listen to their concerns, direct them to nearby sights, churches, mercados, and more. Every now and then hospies mediate pilgrim problems at times requiring a rearrangement of sleeping quarters. I loved it. Once time and circumstances again allow, I wish to both walk and volunteer again. There’s something quite fulfilling staying in one spot on camino for several weeks. By the end of my hospitalera stint I felt a bit like a local. [/QUOTE]
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