confusing Calzadilla with Mansilla albergue

JoyceTL

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• Jan 12, 2014

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Hi all: I'm writing up my notes on my Camino and am wondering if I've confused two alberges somehow: Calzadilla de los Hermanillos and Mansilla de las Mulas. The one I'm trying to remember the name of (and which town it was in!) had a small kitchen on the right as soon as you came in through the door, a long table for communal eating, and then cubicles of bunk beds in the back 2/3s of the building. Does that ring a bell with any of you? Thanks for any help. Joyce

 

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• Jan 12, 2014

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JoyceTL said:

Hi all: I'm writing up my notes on my Camino and am wondering if I've confused two alberges somehow: Calzadilla de los Hermanillos and Mansilla de las Mulas. The one I'm trying to remember the name of (and which town it was in!) had a small kitchen on the right as soon as you came in through the door, a long table for communal eating, and then cubicles of bunk beds in the back 2/3s of the building. Does that ring a bell with any of you? Thanks for any help. Joyce

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The albergue at Calzadilla de los Hermanillos fits that general description. The kitchen and laundry were near the entry, and there was a common room with a single table, and wood stove to heat up the room. It wouldn't fit the albergue I stayed at in Mansilla, but there was at least one other albergue there.

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LTfit

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• Jan 12, 2014

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I agree that it definately sounds like Calzadilla . If the village also has ruines of the Calzada Romana (in front of the church) and a very tiny store then it is definately it.

 

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• Jan 12, 2014

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Mansilla had the office on the immediate right as you enter. The dormitories were upstairs and therw was a courtyard patio. Hope that helps.

 

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• Jan 12, 2014

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With your general description provided, I would have said "Calzadilla de los Hermanillos" was the only albergue that I have stayed in that fit. Would it help if I noted that the washroom/shower facilities were parallel to and shared a common wall with the kitchen/entryway?

In other words, looking back to the entrance from the common table then the passage to the restroom/shower area was on your right.

Hope that helps a bit more.

 

JoyceTL

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• Jan 17, 2014

• #6

Thanks, everyone. You've helped clarify my scribbled journal notes. Joyce