Cynthia Gwynn
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… it has the capability to operate contactless (tap). I’d suggest you check with your card-issuer to find out if it’s enabled.
Yes, Chip is fine. They will put it in the machine as we do. But-they also have tap technology. Most of our cards are now issued with it. Mostly, we do not use the PIN as they do in Europe. If you have tap technology it is easier to use…but your card will work with the chip. ALWAYS, pay the bill in EUROS! when the server comes with the machine tell him/her preemptively ,that you want to play in euros. Your will get a better conversion rate from your credit card company. See if you can use a card that has no conversion fees as well.You mention tap technology. My credit card is a chip. Will that still work?
The menú del día is not usually offered for dinner in Spain, but a similar type of meal called the menú peregrino is offered in many bars/restaurants on the Camino.You can also spend less on dinner if you aren't as hungry and order Racions instead of the Menu del Dia.
You can do it for even much less than that shopping in a supermarket. I have had filling decent lunches and dinners for about 10. If you cook with others in the albergue and I am sure more and more kitchens are opening you can have amazing dinners for less than 5 euros each. I have done this many times. The more people the less money and have had my most memorable delicious meals this way and memorable connections also. A few years ago, in winter, even though I walked alone there was a group of about 10-12 pilgrims walking separately but staying in the same albergue at night. There were 2 young chefs from Italy and one from Spain and wowwwwwww did they love to cook for us and double woooowwwwww were our dinners. Most nights they asked about 3 or 4 euros from each of us. That included dinner and some really cheap wine of course.Most restaurants take visa or Mastercard on the CF. Most have tap technology. With the rise in Omircron2 it is safer. It depends on your budget?
If you want the menu del dia which most of us do (not pilgrim menu)figure about 14-18 Euros a day. Includes wine or coffee.
breakfast about €5, coffee €1.5
Sandwich €5-7
Coke €2
I would budget a minimum of €30 for sit down food per day…more for fine dining!
If shop only in Supermarkets, skimp… cook your own food, don’t eat out, you can do it for €20.
When I walked - the donativos that I stayed at DID still do the dinners. BUT... most donativos had closed due to COVID. Hoping more are open this summer when I go back.There is no mention above of those donativo albergues which cook for pilgrims. I believe that there are still a few on the Frances, although I cannot say whether they have been doing so during the pandemic, or whether they will be doing so this year. If so, you will pay what you can for your evening meal and breakfast. I have always made a point of paying twenty euros for my bed (or mat) and meals. The donativos must have enough money to buy food to cook and to keep the building functioning. Another inexpensive option which has been mentioned is buying food in a grocery store. This does not always need to involve cooking in the albergue. Sometimes you can put together an inexpensive meal of a packaged salad and a main course which can be served as is or heated in a microwave (available at many albergues). If you must eat very cheaply, the grocery stores will be your best resource, depending on whether there is a kitchen which you can use in the albergue. Communal cooking can be great for some, but as a vegetarian I often prepare my own meals and try not to monopolise cooking facilities. As a hospitalera, I would wish that pilgrims clean the kitchen after themselves.
We received word that most all of the donativos that are staffed by Federation volunteers are planning to be open this year and there were 13 Federation staffed albergues on all of the various caminos that were open at least part of last year (normally many more). Some do offer a communal meal. Granon always has and continued that tradition when they reopened late last fall. They also provide breakfast. At other albergues where I have served, both Zamora Municipal and St. Michael in Estella serve breakfast and meals were often cooked together in the evenings by pilgrims. As of last week, someone has reported that the kitchen is closed at Zamora, but hospitaleros are still serving breakfast. At Caldazilla de los Herminillos the kitchen was closed last fall and only a microwave was available. No breakfast or meal.When I walked - the donativos that I stayed at DID still do the dinners. BUT... most donativos had closed due to COVID. Hoping more are open this summer when I go back.
What place would that be?I've been to this place, but I can't say I liked it. pretty good food, but nothing more.
It's a secretWhat place would that be?
Having just come back from vacation in Spain and Portugal I have noticed most restaurants even tiny ones, have started to use On-Line Menus to avoid the possible spread of Covid via contact with an infected menu.Most restaurants take visa or Mastercard on the CF. Most have tap technology. With the rise in Omircron2 it is safer. It depends on your budget?
If you want the menu del dia which most of us do (not pilgrim menu)figure about 14-18 Euros a day. Includes wine or coffee.
breakfast about €5, coffee €1.5
Sandwich €5-7
Coke €2
I would budget a minimum of €30 for sit down food per day…more for fine dining!
If shop only in Supermarkets, skimp… cook your own food, don’t eat out, you can do it for €20.
This is tricky for me. I was always very hungry when I finished walking, so a 3-course menu del día was very tempting. Then I became so full and sleepy, and also dinner at restaurants start late, so in this situation I would buy groceries for light dinner and breakfast. If I managed to time my “lunch” correctly and had a bocadillo just before I finished walking, then I would have proper meal for dinner.If you are looking to get actual meals for lunch AND dinner - you might want to budget a bit more. Most people tend to have the full meal at dinner. I sometimes did it at lunch instead. Some people did it at both.
Yes. This. I recently setup gpay on my phone and I can't believe I resisted for so long. It is very convenient - no need to fish through your wallet for a card and no need to sign! It saves a few seconds per transaction but really it feels like minutes hahaFor payment where credit cards are accepted you can use Apple Pay or Google Pay.
I find it easier to pull out my phone than a credit card.
I have been on the camino 3 times. The last time I hiked the caminoi was sick of bocadillos and was determined to avoid them (except for the one I bought at Orisson for day 2. Also, I just could not eat all of the food on the pilgrims menu. So for lunch and dinner I mostly ate just wonderful tapas (also cheaper at night for me.Most restaurants take visa or Mastercard on the CF. Most have tap technology. With the rise in Omircron2 it is safer. It depends on your budget?
If you want the menu del dia which most of us do (not pilgrim menu)figure about 14-18 Euros a day. Includes wine or coffee.
breakfast about €5, coffee €1.5
Sandwich €5-7
Coke €2
I would budget a minimum of €30 for sit down food per day…more for fine dining!
If shop only in Supermarkets, skimp… cook your own food, don’t eat out, you can do it for €20.
I rarely eat bocadillos while on the Camino. I'm more inclined to have an ensalada mixta for lunch.have been on the camino 3 times. The last time I hiked the caminoi was sick of bocadillos and was determined to avoid them (except for the one I bought at Orisson for day 2. Also, I just could not eat all of the food on the pilgrims menu. So for lunch and dinner I mostly ate just wonderful tapas (also cheaper at night for m
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