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[QUOTE="David Tallan, post: 621238, member: 31995"] I can think of a couple of times, one on the Camino and one off, neither while walking the Camino, though. I first arrived in Spain in early July in the late 80s (1988, I think). The first place I stayed was in Pamplona during Los Sanfermines. This was before I ever heard of the Camino. Being the time of year that it was, there were no accommodations to be had so I slept on a park bench. I remember finding it quite cold, despite the time of year. I didn't get the best sleep, but I got a better sleep than many others who didn't get much sleep at all. In the early 80s, I slept outdoors on the top of Masada in Israel. I hadn't meant to sleep there. I had a place in the youth hostel at the foot of the mountain. But there was a group that was also staying there that was loud and rambunctious late into the night so some of us gave up on the idea of sleeping in the hostel and decided to climb Masada, sleep on the top, see the sunrise from up there, and then skedaddle before folks showed up to open up for the day. It all would have worked out perfectly. The youth hostel was on the eastern side of the mountain. We climbed up the snake path on that side, so named because it snakes up the mountain in a fashion many peregrinos will be familiar with; we slept at the top; we saw a nice sunrise. Then I foolishly decided that I had experienced the snake path so I would go down via the Roman ramp on the western side of the mountain. Unfortunately, there is no road or path from the west side to the east side where most of my stuff was still in the youth hostel that I had to get to before it closed in the morning (much as albergues do). That was a scary journey. And the cloudburst didn't help.... [/QUOTE]
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