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This was my husband. So many thanks to all of my fellow pilgrims who stopped to help and to pray and to translate for me.
He was doing what he loved.
Thank you for the news article link.
Let me guess... Booking.com?
Nájera is full of hostels, albergues and pensiones. Even if you don't book and turn up at 6pm on the day you'll still find somewhere to sleep.
trying now.
the road goes ever on and on
down from the door where it began
The second line was an edit. I am using safari on a MacBook air, running 12.7.4.
kate
I don’t agree with the idea that those who can afford to give a big donation should not stay in donativos. The whole point is that some will give more, to support those who can give less. Many of the most loved albergues on lots of caminos are...
I think this is a misconception of the origin and purpose of the donativos. Places like Refugio Gaucelmo in Rabanal and the other long-lived donativos were not set up principally for the impoverished - they often filled major gaps in provision...
This is one of those topics that we keep chewing over, our opinions change, and we learn from each other.
A couple of older threads might be interesting for some of the newer members, and for some of us oldtimers, it’s interesting to see how...
I have enjoyed numerous similar, shared experiences staying in non-donativo albergues on the Camino.
Probably my favorite and most vivid memory of staying at a donativo was on the Norte in Guemes at Father Ernesto's amazing (private) donativo...
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Thank you very much for this insight! I must admit I was starting to wonder if the ‘donativo model’ was still valid as I was wondering if there is still a significant number of folks walking that were struggling financially. You have...
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