I agree the Camino is not for everyone. I agree we need to be supportive when someone decides that the Camino is not for them. I was able to demonstrate this earlier this year, when walking on Camino with my daughter and she was afraid of...
I think there is a world of difference between "The Camino is not for everyone" (a statement I have agreed with above) and "the Camino is not for you".
Not really. If someone wants to make themselves miserable by dwelling on a perceived (or actual) slight and then discussing it at length on social media - that's their choice. But it's only cultivating resentment - which negatively affects them...
a pilgrimage goes somewhere specific. A pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago goes to Santiago de Compostela, maybe over time, but with that in mind. If you're showing someone around for a few days, it is harmless and nice, you may be on the...
In my humble opinion, the contrast between tourism in Barcelona and the rest of Spain is quite pronounced. Barcelona finds itself inundated with all types of tourists, while Santiago follows a different path with more restricted tourism. For...
I totally agree with this. Our disagreement comes from the interpretation of the questions asked. You took the question to be saying — Do places along the Camino routinely rip off pilgrims? To that we both answer NO.
I took the question to be...
Says me. And the people who oversee volunteer-run albergues. We do not provide free drop-off and custodial care for the luggage transfer services, and we serve old-school pilgrims who carry their own packs. People who want to stay with us should...
I oversee three albergues for FICS.
We did not use paper sheets before Covid-19. We provided a fitted cotton-polyester sheet and pillow case for each bed, and washed them every day. It was a whole lot of work for the hospitaleros.
In Covid...
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