LIVE from the Camino Gigi on the Camino

I started to read Gigi's blog from the beginning (so am still looking forward to reading about Arroyo San Bol) but I thought this paragraph should be repeated here as a reminder to all pilgrims that this Camino is a special gift to us all and we should leave only memories....

Gigi writes : "After cleaning the bathrooms and in the morning, I was in a bit of shock. It was really terrible how the pilgrims left messes behind when they left the refugio-it was actually embarrassing to me. People left trash everywhere, left the kitchen a mess, left beds disgustingly dirty, left showers filthy….and they aren´t in a five star hotel with someone paid to clean up after them, they are in a place that costs at most 6 euros a night! I gained a whole new appreciation for the work it takes to keep these refugios up and running, and I also learned that the work is done by volunteers or very lowly paid workers, who rarely get the appreciation they deserve."

This is a must read blog. It gets better and better.

Marking this one as a must read!! Love her style! Thanks again Sil!

I too read Gigi's blog and have throroughly enjoyed her observations.

Next year in April/May, I will be blogging from the Camino...this waiting to begin my adventure feels a bit like the months one waits between discovering one is pregnanet and finally giving birth. I spend my free hours reading insatiably about other people's experiences and biding my time.

And I assure you, I will not be one of those messy, inconsiderate individuals Gigi wrote about!

Life is good...

"Ginn"
In Sunny Santa Fe
http://www.pulverpages.com

We met Gigi in a private albergue in Arzua our last day before Santiago. My daughter was updating our blog and she was hers. She shared some of her pictures from her time in Panama with us and we enjoyed talking.
She appeared to have gone through alot on the Camino and I could tell by the brace on her ankle and her plan to continue, she wasn't giving up.
Her plans over the next few month's sounded like a globehopper's dream. I just remember she was going to England to live in a Buddist monestary to learn about the culture before heading to Nepal. there were five or six other countires in there too.

Rambler