Seabeejefe
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- Camino Frances Leon to Santiago (2016)
Camino Frances St Jean to Santiago (2018)
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They treat you like you are nothing more than a Pilgrim instead of a tourist... Utterly contemptuous.
I was upset with them when I did not get a chocolate on my pillow at bedtime. They treat you like you are nothing more than a Pilgrim instead of a tourist... Utterly contemptuous.
Thank you Tinca. And I'm sorry you caught the rude edge of the senora!VN sorry you caught this gentleman on one of his sulks.
And there I thought it was me. But obviously the guy is chronically unhappy, so it just makes me feel compassion.It was just weird.
Walk a few km farther and stay at La Finca, one of the best albergues on the Camino!
Isn't it an awesome albergue?! I knew that the restaurant must be good by the number of cars in the parking lot around 2pm.I really really recommend La Finca. No bunk beds, each bed in its own little alcove, free washing machines, and they employ a chef so good that the Spanish drive for miles to eat there. Oh, and my Italian amigo I walked with in 2017 loved it so much he married the hospitalera! Just a few km past Fromista.
No reason to stay in Fromista, and like Tincatinka, I find the bars there very unfriendly. On a side note, I have heard a few local Spanish people gossip about Fromista, I won't go into it too much here why but many think it is an odd/crazy/slightly scary place. I have never found it scary at all though. Just not my cup of tea.
Davey
Isn't it an awesome albergue?! I knew that the restaurant must be good by the number of cars in the parking lot around 2pm.
Who was the hospitalera that your friend married? The one that I met last summer was a woman from California.
I don't remember her name, but we talked for quite a while. She's from my mother's hometown. I belive that she had a serious injury at one time, and walked her first Camino a bit disabled?Yeah that is her! My friend left a very high level job with interpol to marry her and move to the states. I only found out when I popped in last year walking back to France.
Edit: oh by the way, she was about to become a partner in the business when I last saw her. Not bad considering she was only originally a pilgrim who stayed the night it opened, then stayed!
Davey
I don't remember her name, but we talked for quite a while. She's from my mother's hometown. I belive that she had a serious injury at one time, and walked her first Camino a bit disabled?
Tell her Terri from Oregon says hi. I was there late July or early August last year. Maybe she'll remember me if you tell her that my family is from Chico.Yes, motorcycle accident. She was in a wheelchair a long time. Thought she was going to lose her leg for a while. Walking the Camino was a big turning point for her! I cannot remember her first name at the moment either! She married Dario from Italy. I'm friends with them on facebook, but I don't go there often, will have to see how they are doing!
Davey
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