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I´m planning on walking on a week time the full length of it from the Pyrenees, and it would be my first Camino. I understand that sharing communal dinners at the Albergues is one of the treats and generally a good postive vibe.
I´m wondering whats the atmosphere out there right now? Is there bonding to be made despite the masks? Or perhaps the pandemic made this a more introspective experience which might also be a good turnout?
Sometimes albergues offer communal meals (though I understand that right now, not many do). However, you don't need to rely on albergues to provide communal meals. You can create your own at any bar or restaurant with the Pilgrims that you meet on the trail.
Actually, during normal times most albergues don't offer a communal dinner.We have found that it is a mixed bag for the albergues to offer dinner. Some still do and some do not.
So far we have only had one collective dinner. This may be due to the absence of municipal albergues. There is not much in the way of communal meals. People are mostly eating in restaurants at separate tables. The albergues are mostly functionning like restaurants. Eating is more expensive on a daily basis than what was said to be the case on many of the forums and videos we saw before coming. I hope it is only an aberration of the pandemic.I´m planning on walking on a week time the full length of it from the Pyrenees, and it would be my first Camino. I understand that sharing communal dinners at the Albergues is one of the treats and generally a good postive vibe.
I´m wondering whats the atmosphere out there right now? Is there bonding to be made despite the masks? Or perhaps the pandemic made this a more introspective experience which might also be a good turnout?
Municipal albergues don't normally offer communal dinners. They are more common in parochial and some donativo and private albergues.So far we have only had one collective dinner. This may be due to the absence of municipal albergues.
I would go by their table and politely ask if I could join them. I was never turned down by other pilgrims.
Perhaps the poster was thinking of the people who informally gather to cook together and eat together in the muni/xunta albergues… and not of the communal meals that some hospitaleros offer(ed) as part of the stay. I recall that the private albergue in Calzadilla de la Cazuela offered a communal dinner, as did La Morena in Ledigos, and the Irache in Foncebadon… And I think that La Fuenta in Hontantas had 2 designated seatings similar to the set-up at Roncesvalles…Municipal albergues don't normally offer communal dinners. They are more common in parochial and some donativo and private albergues.
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