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  1. Ianinam

    Camino at the beginning of Spring 2024 from the UK with my dog.

    Be aware that Maya will not only not be allowed in (most) albergues and hotels, but neither in bars, restaurants, trains, busses, taxi's. Spanish people have a total different relationship with dogs than people from the UK.
  2. Ianinam

    Legal Changes Coming for Spanish Accommodations

    In Roncesvalles we scan every paspoort / ID-card and this info goes directly electronically to the Guardia Civil every day, so we are told. The data of the old-fashioned Italian ID-papers which cannot be scanned are entered by hand into the computer. The Valcarlos police drops in at the albergue...
  3. Ianinam

    2023: hospitalero shortage

    That is a very simple description of being a hospitalero and in fact quite offensive ... The cleaning work is done in the morning, when the pilgrims have left the building so nobody is there except you and your colleague(s). But in the afternoon: welcoming pilgrims, checking them in, helping...
  4. Ianinam

    Express Bourricot

    Although I am not a fan at all of backpack-transport for young and healthy people, there are always pilgrims who need it: people with shoulder- or backproblems and elderly people. In the albergue of Roncesvalles we regularly see people aged 75-80, and this transport makes it possible for them to...
  5. Ianinam

    Water Quality on the French Route: Can You Drink from the Tap/Sink?

    I suppose you mean from the tap above the sink? I would not like to drink from the sink itself...
  6. Ianinam

    Water Quality on the French Route: Can You Drink from the Tap/Sink?

    A tip: when you are running out of water while you are really thirsty: in every little village you will find a cemetery/graveyard where you will find a tap! Spanish people keep very good care of their deceased loved ones, inclusief watering the flowers of their graves.
  7. Ianinam

    Daily costings

    Ah, did't notice 'aus' .... Thank you trecile! But on topic @goldie from aus: if this is too expensive for you, you could skip the breakfast & picnic, buy your daily food in supermarkets and cook your own dinner. In many albergues you will find a kitchen.
  8. Ianinam

    Daily costings

    Are you sure you clicked the beds in the albergue? Actual prices are now: bed € 14,00 dinner € 12,00 breakfast € 5,00 picnic € 8,00 Which makes a total of € 39,00 per person for the full package. And as written before, skip the breakfast and picnic! Breakfast in Roncesvalles starts a 7am...
  9. Ianinam

    Taking a dog on Camino

    I haven't walked the Camino with a dog, but I know a few people who have done it and as a hospitalera in Roncesvalles I regularly see pilgrims with dogs. They are not allowed inside the albergue, so they always sleep in their own tent, like you will do in your camper. A few things come to my...
  10. Ianinam

    Any thoughts about bed bugs?

    Cleaning and sanitizing an albergue doesn't really help .... if one pilgrim brings bedbugs to one of our dormitories we have bedbugs, as 'simple' as that. Though ... it isn't simple at all: when we suspect a bed of bedbugs we start a thouroughly steaming and cleaning procedure, and we will check...
  11. Ianinam

    Washing clothes in Albergues

    No, it is not dry as It isn't a drying machine, it only gets a huge amount of water out of clothes that have been handwashed and they will dry quickly in the wind and sun. It only costs you a little donativo ..... The real thing, machine washing and drying will cost you 4 euro.
  12. Ianinam

    Washing clothes in Albergues

    In Roncesvalles we wash, dry and fold your clothes for 4 euro. We also have sinks for those who want to wash by hand. After the handwashing we put the clothes in a centrifuge (spindryer). And it is always my guilty pleasure to learn young men how to wash their undies and socks ... The washing...
  13. Ianinam

    Fires in Navarra

    The officiel announcement in Roncesvalles now is as follows: pilgrims can walk until Pamplona at their own risk: no help available as all emergency services are now in the area after Pamplona. Pilgrims will beinformed when they arrive in Pamplona. They have to stop there, and will be able to...
  14. Ianinam

    Your favorite Sello

    @David Tallan, this seems to me a very special stamp! It is not the stamp of the albergue, but it must be the stamp of the collegial Church. I suppose the signature is from Don Jesús Labiano, who was the prior in that time. He is still alive, a frail old man of 95 years old or so. Every now and...
  15. Ianinam

    What you done, for the Way, after finished the Way (Photo exhibit)

    Botaivica, no, this is not a thread about hospitaleros, but for me being a hospitalera at Roncesvalles (I just inscribed for my sixth time next year) IS my way of giving back to the Camino (i.e. to pilgrims who are walking the Camino). Making them feel welcome, helping them, cleaning in the...
  16. Ianinam

    Why No Public WCs along the Caminos?!?

    Spain and Portugal are countries with many unemployed people. These countries are quite poor, especially Portugal is. So their priority is not to build, maintain and keep clean toilets for pilgrims who have the money to travel over the world to walk through their country ...... Pilgrims are...
  17. Ianinam

    Dogs doing a Camino

    So if I understand it right: you are going to walk with a babystroller, you are going to bike on an ebike, and you are going to use a motorhome. That sounds indeed like the odd day of a true Pilgrim ...... Before you take off with your babystroller, your ebikes and your motorhome, please, read...
  18. Ianinam

    Dogs doing a Camino

    I think you will not find any albergue that accepts dogs. This is not possible due to the fact that some people are allergic for dogs, so a dog in a dormitory isn't a good idea. Furthermore: keep in mind that most people in the Mediterranean countries have a totally different relationship with...
  19. Ianinam

    Liquid camino in Holland

    Yes, this really is an incredible achievement! He swims day and night, with just some short stops in between for a short sleep and for a meal. During the nights the farmers with their tractors shine their lights over the water.
  20. Ianinam

    Are we losing our "Way"?

    I fully agree with this open letter of an anonymus hospitalero. In the short period of five years that I worked as a hospitalero at Roncesvalles I have noticed that a lot of 'pilgrims' behave totally different nowadays. When I started to do this work, most pilgrims were thankful for our help...

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