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Nathan, welcome, and join the human race - well part of it anyway! Depending on your budget, you can book private accommodation. Otherwise, just live in hope, and when you get to your albergue, have a quiet word with the hospitalero/a who is registering you. With luck, you will manage just fine. Could happen, with the fact of walking around 7 hours a day, that you will be so tired you sleep the sleep of the just.Hi -
I'll be walking the Camino Francés (and going on to Finisterre after that) from Sept. 7th to Oct. 17th, and I have a concern... I haven't slept through the night in years. I'm hoping to always get a bottom bunk, and to sleep near a bathroom, so that I minimally disturb other sleepers in the night. Short of always getting to an albergue as early as possible, does anyone have any other insights/suggestions? Thanks.
- Nathen
My advice:
DONT get a place near the bathroom - NO WAY. Because everyone else will disturb you when they go. Best spot is furthest away from the bathroom ... that way nobody walks past you to go to the toilet.
You cant always be sure of a bottom bunk either.
If you are young(er) and strong(er), some places will allocate a top bunk to you, on the basis that someone older or infirm may have greater needs than you. I've had times when my feet have been painful and climbing up was hard .. so I also went bottom bunk, but when a much much older person came in, who clearly was in worse shape than I .. I swapped.
Hi -
I'll be walking the Camino Francés (and going on to Finisterre after that) from Sept. 7th to Oct. 17th, and I have a concern... I haven't slept through the night in years. I'm hoping to always get a bottom bunk, and to sleep near a bathroom, so that I minimally disturb other sleepers in the night. Short of always getting to an albergue as early as possible, does anyone have any other insights/suggestions? Thanks.
- Nathen
I left every morning about 5 AM in the dark before everyone woke up. I fell in love with the stars and the quiet, my time to feel the awesomeness of the spirit. I fell into it because I only sleep about 6 hrs and I really liked leaving at first verses laying their in the dark waiting and like I said I did miss some things but that alone time under the stars made my camino. I got so when I checked into I would get the bunk closest to the door. I would sometimes leave my backpack, minus my valuables and important paperwork which I slept with outside the room. IHi -
I'll be walking the Camino Francés (and going on to Finisterre after that) from Sept. 7th to Oct. 17th, and I have a concern... I haven't slept through the night in years. I'm hoping to always get a bottom bunk, and to sleep near a bathroom, so that I minimally disturb other sleepers in the night. Short of always getting to an albergue as early as possible, does anyone have any other insights/suggestions? Thanks.
- Nathen
One word: hotel. (The snorers will/could/most definitely will drive you insane.) I did the albergue thing for awhile but had to make the switch. Bit more expensive but you still meet everyone on the road and in the town squares. (And the bottom bunk is usually reserved for the elderly, the injured, etc. If you're fit, they give you the top bunk, most of the time.)Hi -
I'll be walking the Camino Francés (and going on to Finisterre after that) from Sept. 7th to Oct. 17th, and I have a concern... I haven't slept through the night in years. I'm hoping to always get a bottom bunk, and to sleep near a bathroom, so that I minimally disturb other sleepers in the night. Short of always getting to an albergue as early as possible, does anyone have any other insights/suggestions? Thanks.
- Nathen
Thanks SO much for your reply "vwzoo" - it deeply resonated with me. May I be blessed to have an experience like yours.I left every morning about 5 AM in the dark before everyone woke up. I fell in love with the stars and the quiet, my time to feel the awesomeness of the spirit. I fell into it because I only sleep about 6 hrs and I really liked leaving at first verses laying their in the dark waiting and like I said I did miss some things but that alone time under the stars made my camino. I got so when I checked into I would get the bunk closest to the door. I would sometimes leave my backpack, minus my valuables and important paperwork which I slept with outside the room. I
always asked when I checked in if it was OK to leave that early. I slept in my clothes for the day and quietly slid out of my sleeping liner and gathered my stuff assembling my back pack outside the room. The only light I used was from my phone screen to inspect I had all of my stuff from my bunk when I left. The Stars, the moon of the dark, the quiet voice of God as I felt the energy of all of those pilgrims who walked before me was what made my experience so so special. Also I planned snacks, breakfast sort of things I could eat as I walked in the mornings before things opened.
Thanks, John. I'm financially unable to choose the hotel option for all of my Camino, AND I may well treat myself to one from time to time to enjoy some privacy!One word: hotel. (The snorers will/could/most definitely will drive you insane.) I did the albergue thing for awhile but had to make the switch. Bit more expensive but you still meet everyone on the road and in the town squares. (And the bottom bunk is usually reserved for the elderly, the injured, etc. If you're fit, they give you the top bunk, most of the time.)
Thanks, RJM.Just do what you gotta do. Gotta pee at four am? Go ahead. Just be as quiet as possible. Believe me, nobody in the albergue cares.
It's the part that I worry about too, Bilbo - AND, I think it's an opportunity for us to trust that all will be well, as it has been for MANY hikers/pilgrims before us!this is the part of the camino i worry about (starting next wednesday i hope),not the walking but the shared accommodation ,still pondering if i should take a tent (1.5kg) ,got an emergency bivvy maybe i will stick with that
It’s virtually all easier now.Well started Thursday so we are in Pamplona, you do soon get used to the situation and having an amazing time, snoring going on but as said you are so tired you sleep through,
Also I didn't expect the pyranees to be so tough but also so breathtaking,
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