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Zubiri was full early yesterday (by 2:30, according to some pilgrims who came to Pamplona today), but Zubiri opened up a municipal building just past the town for some pilgrims to sleep on the floor! I haven’t seen that done before.
We all know these first few days are a choke point, but I am...
Thank you for your trail report. I am hospitalera in Pamplona and one of our pilgrims was deciding whether to travel to SJPP to start or to start from here in Pamplona. You clinched her decision.
BTW, consider stopping here at Betania, a new Donativo in Pamplona. We haven’t been full yet...
In Pamplona where I am serving as hospitalera, we have seen the crowd from last weekend that started in SJPP and Roncesvalles work their way through the Zubiri bottleneck, and start to spread out. BTW, there was a dusting of snow in Roncesvalles last night!
I’m back in Pamplona serving at the new donativo Betania. Love the brand new kitchen, it makes cooking a joy! Hasn’t been full yet here. The overseeing priest, Fr. Cuco (as he wants to be called) is super friendly. Stop in if you’re in Pamplona!
I just started today volunteering at Betania, a wonderful small Donativo at the far end of Pamplona old town. It just opened last summer; all bunk beds (no mats!), usually 14 beds but in a pinch can expand to 18, and with plans to expand in the future, depending on income and grants. Father...
The one point I would disagree with you on, my friend, is the race for a bottom bunk. Tonight at the municipal in Viana, I got the last bottom bunk at 2 pm; the upper bunks are still not full (7:30 pm). One place I tried in Estella yesterday had no lower bunks by 1:30 pm but all their upper...
So Alex went for food and forgot to bring me with him! That’s ok, I did laundry and he didn’t (different priorities for different perigrinos; hey, it’s his camino, lol!) But he’s right, there are still plenty of beds available (although I think most of the bottom bunks in town are taken), and...
I saw a fellow with a glass of wine in the back garden and asked where he procured it; subsequent questions revealed I had a multiple-Camino history and spoke English, and yes I was on Ivar’s Forum…the rest is history! (Not sure how Alex and @Kiwi-family found each other before I got there)
I started from Pamplona this morning for a quick week walking before starting service as a hospitalera next week back in Pamplona. The trail up to Alto de Perdón has only a few big puddles left after last week’s rain, with good stepping stones to get over them all.
We had intended to stop in...
I will be walking from Pamplona next week; can anyone confirm what days/hours the church at Eunate is currently open? My last walk on that stretch in 2021 I recall it was closed 1 or 2 days of the week. Or a website or phone number to check? Many thanks!
I have found in the last few years that weekends tend to be more crowded, as local Spaniards spend a few days knocking off short segments of the Camino, and tourists travel to popular weekend spots. So there were big stretches of the Frances between Pamplona and Sarria that didn't need...
I am part of a songwriter’s workshop that has been walking on the Francés for the last week, writing new original songs as we go. We will be performing the best of our new songs this Saturday in a free concert in Villafranca; the concert flyer is attached. I would love to see any and all who can...
Thanks for asking! Cough is already gone; fatigue is really the only symptom now. Today I was up for an hour at a time before exhaustion drove me back to bed. And a hospitalera from the next incoming team volunteered to show up early (she was already in country) and is helping out some. The...
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