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- 2012, 2013, 2014.
Why was post on albergue warning removed??
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It's a pity we don't have some kind of 'Timebank' idea around the Camino, where people could volunteer their varied skills to put things right when an albergue or other aspect of the Camino is struggling in some way. I know there would be issues with the ownership etc, but so many people want to be generous with their time and experience. Humility while a pilgrim and also service to those who make the pilgrimage thereafter. Enjoy your hospitalero experience, docpam!docpam said:Re The warning about the hostel
The posting was negative and did not contribute to the ethos of a pilgrim which is humility.
Personally it made me rethink what I was going to do. I am traveling thousands of kms to volunteer as a hospitalero in the Basque area, later this year. I just hope I meet pilgrims with the correct attitude.
docpam said:I just hope I meet pilgrims with the correct attitude.
Oh dear. You're one of those people Wayfarer was talking about who like to whip themselves all along their Camino. :lol:annelise said:And I would still advise not to miss it - for a different camino experience, weird as this may sound!
When my wife and I stayed at la Virgen de Guadalupe in Cirueña, we were treated in a cordial and helpful way. The owner, Pedro, was helpful, cooked his obviously standard dinner and breakfast, and accompanied us to the local church for a moment of spiritual retreat.annelise said:I only wish to say that I most heartily agree with the arguments set out in most of these posts.[...] It concerned the attitude displayed towards pilgrims from the host (owner) of this private albergue.
Pieces said:I love perfect people, must be so nice...
Personally I've given up on perfect. Not that I don't try and be nice, generous and overbearing, just in acceptance that I sometimes get it wrong...
Sometimes I have a bad day, sometimes I'm tired, or upset or just plain old fed up. Sometimes I even take offence (also when no offence was meant) and react to this is an unconstructive way. Sometimes on the Camino, where we should all be blissfully happy, in tune with the universe, God and our fellow travellers, I get tired, frustrated, thin-skinned & impatient. Some days I will have been walking in extreme pain for hours, or it will be hot or raining or I just wanna go home cause I dont see the point.
I am not perfect, some days all this may rub off on people along my way, even when I try for it not too. I hope the hospitaleros I will encounter will be generous enough to be kind to me should this happen, as I will try to be generous to them when the shoe is on the other foot and all the peregrinos they have encountered that day were not of the perfect kind, entirely in tune with the universe.
But being one of the imperfect ones I realise that this will not always be the case...
Glad to hear it. Keep flogg...sorry, slogging along! Buen Camino!wayfarer said:In Leon and having a rest day. Delighted to report that I am having a wonderful Camino. (or sorry to report depending on your point of view)
Congratulations! Glad you enjoyed it. I'll be especially interested in the Santiago-Muxia stretch as I've never walked that.wayfarer said:Finally made it to Muxia via Santiago and Finisterra. what a trip. Have kept notes and hopefuly will write a blog when I get home. Pure magic.
You'd be mad not to! I've done it twice in the last 12 months plus a Camino Ingles. Just beware if you have an addictive personality!wayfarer said:I must be mad but I think I might do it all again in a few years. Travelled with the same people off and on for the journey. Met most of them in Santiago at the end. Like a band of brothers. For me that was the spirit of the camino.
Los Albergues: Albergue Virgen de Guadalupe
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Dirección: Calle Barrio Alto, 1
Localidad: Cirueña
Teléfono de contacto: 638 92 40 69
Email: virgendeguadalupe1@gmail.com
Página web: http://www.virgendeguadalupe1.blogspot.com
Propiedad del albergue: Privada
Institución o administración encargada de los costes de mantenimiento: Privada
Persona encargada de atender el albergue: Petrus
Albergue Ciriñuela
Hostal Albergue Virgen de las Candelas: Abierto todo el Año. CAT: *** Localidad Tel. Dirección Ciudad Provincia CP
Ciriñuela 9413443290 Calle Real n. 90 Ciriñuela La Rioja 26258
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15-14 € 14 € 15 €
Whilst appreciating the need not to malign any particular establishment, this should not preclude objective comment being posted in the general interest and indeed my own comments are made in ignorance of the original posting.
Out of season in April Ciruena was somewhat of a speculative ghost town development with no alternative accommodation unless proceeding another 6km to Santo Domingo de la Calzada, and whilst I too found the albergue a different experience, my colleagues fully enjoyed the hospitality around the communal dinner table and the apparently permanent lentil stew and yogurt dessert on offer.
My personal complaint was that the 13 Euro price quoted was fixed irrespective of whether you wanted to take the dinner (and breakfast) or not. In declining both, I then found myself effectively having to pay twice when getting something to eat at the local bar.