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Rebekah Scott said:hmmm. If I give you a smile and free stuff, am I a good Christian?
Crabby capitalists and overworked waiters are everywhere. The Camino as a special world of peace, love, sweetness and generosity is, sadly, a figment of the mind. The days when it is nasty make you appreciate all the more the days when it meets your ideal!
It will get better. Try patronizing the less-pilgrimmed places where the locals go -- you may have to walk a few steps off the actual waymarked path, but the Spain over there is a lovely and decent place. And the prices are a lot lower.
Reb.
skilsaw said:Recent tourist accounts expound a Disney-like experience of peace and glad tidings.
Buen Camino.
David, Victoria, Canada.
Jochen Schmidtke said:Hello.
When I did my first Camino in 1994 Pilgrims where humble and experienced in foreign countries. They stood quiet on the bar and waited to be served. They behaved as guests in the country. Old ladies came up ant touched the pilgrims and murord something what I did not understand. Later I learned they said: "Bring my sorrows and my wishes to the saint."
But the sort of pilgrims have changed. They fill the bar with loud talking, push with their elbows the locals aside, they push to the front, and so on.
Too many pilgrims dont keep in mind: "The tourist demands, the pilgrim thanks."
Buen Camino
Ysabel said:Thank you for the reminder.
I start walking in 4 days, a woman, alone, and just not sure of why i'm doing this. My fears were getting the best of me.
Anniesantiago said:Well, I´ve met rude bar owners, been cheated by bar owners and taxi drivers and little old ladies at Farmacias...
Jochen Schmidtke said:Hello.
When I did my first Camino in 1994 Pilgrims where humble and experienced in foreign countries. They stood quiet on the bar and waited to be served. They behaved as guests in the country. Old ladies came up ant touched the pilgrims and murord something what I did not understand. Later I learned they said: "Bring my sorrows and my wishes to the saint."
But the sort of pilgrims have changed. They fill the bar with loud talking, push with their elbows the locals aside, they push to the front, and so on.
Too many pilgrims dont keep in mind: "The tourist demands, the pilgrim thanks."
Buen Camino
Ysabel said:Jochen Schmidtke said:Hello.
When I did my first Camino in 1994 Pilgrims where humble and experienced in foreign countries. They stood quiet on the bar and waited to be served. They behaved as guests in the country. Old ladies came up ant touched the pilgrims and murord something what I did not understand. Later I learned they said: "Bring my sorrows and my wishes to the saint."
But the sort of pilgrims have changed. They fill the bar with loud talking, push with their elbows the locals aside, they push to the front, and so on.
Too many pilgrims dont keep in mind: "The tourist demands, the pilgrim thanks."
Buen Camino
Thank you for the reminder.
I start walking in 4 days, a woman, alone, and just not sure of why i'm doing this. My fears were getting the best of me.
lilloby said:hi fellow pilgrims day 3 of my camino and so far its great but i am suprised by the rudeness of the spanish barowners,today i asked for some hot water and was charged 1 euro 25 cent ,it was almost thrown at me this was at a bar used by a lot of pilgrims and this evening i bought a pot of tea and he wanted to charge me for the milk .why are they so grumpy with pilgrims who are helping so much with the econamy are they just tired of us ,hope the humour improves along the way and the christian attuade will show itself .weather fantastic company wonderful so if the legs hold up i am plowing on buen camino lillian :arrow:
Volpoon said:......
What's the weather like now? I could get away for a fortnight from the end of next week. I am feeling drawn back there right now.
Ribeirasacra said:
Metropolly said:A smile became such valuable currency that I started to wonder why I don't do more of it at home in London (though now I'm back I remember: it's too often misunderstood!).
WolverineDG said:It sounds like you ended up in the same place I did for the 2nd night in Sarria. Meson Camino Frances? The husband/wife owners were very friendly & it was very obvious who wore the pants in that family...the wife. :lol: They served us a good meal, even modifying one of the dishes for the vegetarian, who told us she had stayed there 2 nights & each morning, the wife had brought her a cafe con leche to start off the day. Her room was only 10 euros.
Kelly
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