Recent content by CaminoJoy123

Thanks so much, will check out the website! It’s always possible people may know of a way to easily locate alebergues with working stoves. And of course they may have just come from a terrific albergue or hostel with a functioning stove and they can post about it. Cameras are common in...

Good point. People may need to travel with a pot, a lid, utensils. You would need microwaveable containers if you were cooking microwave meals from scratch. Did you find those good kitchens randomly or did you search first? Was this in 2022? Did you try to operate the stoves just to see if...

Thank you. First of all I would pay extra to use a stove. So the accommodation should charge extra. That’s why I’m searching in advance right now. Second I would thoroughly clean up afterward with cameras or staff watching. Third this is true for many travelers with a dietary situation or even...

Don’t misunderstand. I love gronze and am using it to plan right now. We are talking about food and cooking. That’s your life. Surely people realize there are travelers with dietary issues who want to use stoves and need correct information quickly. In past years, gronze was great. The...

It’s no problem sharing a stove. That’s what everyone has done for decades!

Look. People with dietary restrictions are prepared to pay for a proper functioning kitchen with a stove. I want to pay to use a stove in my accommodation. In past caminos, I did that. Everyone did that. The question is the same: Where do we get a list of albergues or accommodations where the...

Look if you or anyone knows what’s going on, why not explain? But if you don’t know, that’s ok. And yes, there is a duty to actually provide the services and accommodations described. Visitors to Spain can make complaints in Spain at the local tourist office in every city for any licensed...

Actually yes there is an obligation to provide a functional kitchen if it’s stated in writing on Gronze that the facility has a kitchen. Otherwise it’s deceitful. In many countries the customer could sue. Look this is a massive change. There were functional kitchens with stoves and now there...

First of all, many pilgrims are Spanish. Not foreigners. And I have never witnessed any theft by pilgrims, Spanish or foreign. I’ve never seen any bad behavior in kitchens by pilgrims either. I’ve only seen pilgrims sharing kitchen facilities and then washing and cleaning after. How could...

Do people think hostels in France, Netherlands, Germany, etc., have no stoves? Not true. This is a problem in Spain. It is Spain that’s taken stoves out of the place where travelers pay to sleep, forcing them into restaurants. And it’s Spain where local restaurants often don’t serve supper...

Why weren’t the restaurant kitchens closed then? Why only close the kitchens in albergues? It sounds like the reason for closing albergue kitchens is not covid. It’s to force more pilgrims into restaurants in the evening. Where can we find a list of albergues with an actual stove? Also, not...

Am planning a Camino on the Frances for later in the summer and looking over information in the fabulous Gronze site. Guess what. After looking at the albergues around Pamplona, Longrono, Burgos and beyond, haven’t seen a single kitchen with a stove! Can travelers who have already been through...

I also used Keen. And it was waterproof. Not sure they make the ones I used anymore. Keen is now making a more lightweight sandal.

Have never heard of anyone losing anything while using the pack transport companies. The company would go out of business if items in their care started disappearing. However, didn’t really know of people who had a valuable laptop in pack transport. You know they are going to throw the packs...

I think I once attended that mass. By the way, can anyone explain, how do we start a new topic and make a new post? And is there a table of contents of topics?