Well, I kinda have a grudge against the municipal albergue in Hontanas for giving me bedbugs, and the railway albergue in Fromista was horrible (dirty, no control over lights and being harassed by men in the bar next door) but other than that, I really think it depends on the hospitalero/a and...
The railroad albergue in Fromista - really really dirty, expensive, and we had no control over the lights, they jut randomly went on and off. And when we went to the bar next door we got hit on my drunk old men. Not fun.
After that, Espiritu Santu in Carrion was pure bliss! So tranquil and...
I walked a winter camino, (end November to end December) so I changed my underwear in the shower in the afternoons and slept in my thermal shirt and leggings at night. That way I only had to put on my other shirt, fleece jacket and pants when I got up. Very easy! As for ettiquette, I can't...
I walked that stretch in December last year and some of the albergues were very cold. Ave Fenix and the municipal in Villafranca were not heated (very much), the municipal in Vega de valcarce had a heater which we put into one room to at least be warm there (it also had an open air kitchen...
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I walked the camino in November/december last year, finishing in Santiago on the 29th. Over the christmas period itself I found that many things were open, and you shouldn't have trouble finding a place to sleep and eat. However, we stayed in Santiago over New Year's and it was terrible...
I was 17 when I walked in winter last year. Fresh out of school, life, everything... the camino was great. It was so comforting knowing that you had a bed and food waiting for you at the end of the day. No existential thoughts or feelings. Just peace. And very painful tendonitis. But ah well...
I walked the camino in November-December last year with a friend my age. I was only 17 at the time and nothing ever happened to make me feel uncomfortable in the least! (Ok, there was one time with this guy in a bar who was obviously drunk. But we just left and that was that.) Seriously, we...
My sleeping bag weighed quite a lot, I think about 1.2kg. It was pretty warm, rated to -5 degrees. I was very, very glad that I had it, because I walked in December and in Villafranca del Bierzo the albergue was unheated and that day had been -3 degrees! The night was even colder.
One thing I...
Tee hee...
Climbing up to O'Cebreiro with 30cm of snow on the path makes you feel like an everest explorer! Seriously, it took us (there were four of us - Charlie and Thomas from Australia and Germany walked with us for a couple of days) 4 and a half hours to get from Vega de Valcarce to...
In Ponferrada ow, finally a heated alergue! Had a bit of a rough arrival, as Ariel is feeling very sick today (stomach cramps and headaches) and was staggering through the city from the bus station to find the albergue. Then when we got there, we knock on the door and are shooed out by some...
Thanks for the fast replies everyone!
We've decided to take a bus to Ponferrada tomorrow (after exploring Astorga today - beautiful place!) and then maybe wait there a day or two to see what all the people say about attempting O Cebreiro. Apparently the Cruz de Ferro has a metre and a half of...
Greetings from Astorga!
Yes, still Astorga. There has been a massive amount of snow in the last 24 hours. We went out this morning and walked to the next village where we were promptly cornered by a Spanish couple sweeping snow from the footpath, who (from what we could make out) were telling...
Greetings from a snowy Astorga!
This morning (in Villar de Mazarife) it started snowing almost as soon as I got up, and the night before it was absolutely freezing. We reckoned minus two or three. It snowed for most of today, luckily though it was dry powdery snow and not the terrible wet stuff...
Yay! I made it snow on the forum.
Well, actually I didn't. But it's lovely! Hopefully we will get more snow at Cebreiro or somewhere. It's turned warm on the meseta all of a sudden - 12 degrees on some of the little farmacia signs...? Grr.
Thanks heaps!! Will be very useful for us, as we will be in Burgos tomorrow. What's the weather like, snow anywhere on the meseta?
Jo, Ariel and Rachel, the three young Australian girls who have a reputation on the camino by now! It's actually really funny: whenever we meet anyone they already...
Just thought I'd shout it out...
IT SNOWED! Yay! We were up in the mountains between Estella and Los Arcos and it started snowing, just a little at first, and then it turned into a full-on storm with really cold winds and we got soaked. We took the alternative route through Luquin (sp?) by...
Update: Zubiri's albergues are closed. Had to walk all the way to Larrasoana today - and the 27 km up and downhill in the rain are now killing me.
Anyone know if Trinadad de Arre outside Pamplona is open? In Roncesvalles the sign only said that the municipal albergue was closed. I'm guessing...
This is very useful, thankyou. Do you know if or when the albergues in Pamplona will reopen? I am starting from Roncesvalles in two days and should probably check out the situation in P on the way there. Anyway, good to be warned! Glad to hear the weather has been nice, how warm/cold is it...
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