Trying to Remember an Albergue Association

[koilife]

There is an albergue association of some sort that is similar in name to the "Red de Albergue" association, but has a fancy red logo. I'm trying to remember the name of it. Can anyone help?

(If you've stayed in one of these, you might remember an annoying problem of washing machines only taking 2 euro coins.)

 

[mspath]

There is an albergue association of some sort that is similar in name to the "Red de Albergue" association, but has a fancy red logo. I'm trying to remember the name of it. Can anyone help?

(If you've stayed in one of these, you might remember an annoying problem of washing machines only taking 2 euro coins.)

Is it this Red de Albergues Camino de Santiago ?

MM

 

[Silverton]

See www.redalberguessantiago.com (It would be a rare machine that can take a variety of coins, surely, although possibly the hospitalero might have been able to provide change?)

 

[David]

Red Espanola - http://www.reaj.com/en/ ????

 

[koilife]

Is it this Red de Albergues Camino de Santiago ?

MM

Nope. It is an association like Red de Albergues, but had a red logo (instead of the blue/yellow one of the Red de Albergues).

 

[koilife]

Red Espanola - http://www.reaj.com/en/ ????

Nope. Not that either.

The logo has a very distinctive look --- red with white printing that might be inspired by an elaborate celtic knot or pattern of a walking maze (like those in meditation gardens).

 

[koilife]

See www.redalberguessantiago.com (It would be a rare machine that can take a variety of coins, surely, although possibly the hospitalero might have been able to provide change?)

It's not Red de Albergues.

Most washing machines took 1 euro coins, but this only took 2 euro coins. It was identical washers at each of the albergues that I stayed at under this association, and the hospitaleros didn't make change, nor was there a change machine. The local stores wouldn't make change, so I was forced to buy something small and insist on 2 euro coins for change.

 

[koilife]

So I think I found it by reverse lookup from stamps on my credencial. I think they are all part of the Xunta Galicia, which makes them municipals (or possibly privatized municipals???).

http://camino.xacobeo.es/red-de-albergues with a logo that looks like

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I was thrown off by the naming similarity to Red de Albergues Camino de Santiago with a logo that looks like .

In my experience, there was a vast difference between the albergues affiliated with the two organizations in terms of overall hospitality, amenities, ambiance, etc.

 

[koilife]

Thanks, BTW, to those who were so quick to answer --- Margaret, David, Silverton.