If you want decent Camino intel, check out the APOC Facebook group, as well as the "
Camino de Santiago" Facebook group.....you'll get current info without much of the attitude here...for instance, there is at least one Canadian pilgrim giving us regular updates on the APOC Facebook group...she'd be a good person to talk to.
As for bedbugs, learn how to identify the signs and inspect your bed thoroughly before putting your sleeping bag on it. Bedbugs are not small like chiggers...they are the size of an apple seed if you see one. I treated my clothing with permethrin before walking and was extra careful about where I stayed.
While serving as a hospitalera last October in Santo Domingo de la Calzada, we had a bunch of pilgrims coming from Logrono who had been bit by bedbugs a couple days prior. Some did not know they had been bit by bedbugs!
And p.s. we have bed bugs all over the US...if you ever want to have some fun, go to bedbugregistry.com
It will make your skin crawl!!!
Welcome and buen camino!!!