Leaving next week

[Delphia Dirks]

Hi Ellen,   does this mean that you  have stayed mostly in hotels, or do you
also stay in the 'refugios'...can you tell me the ups and downs of each
(well, of course the hotels are more comfortable).....or do you split it up?

I read that this year it might be hard to get space in the refugio's --or
hotels-- because of the growing opularity of the pilgrimage.   Do you have
any knowledge/comment regarding that?   The recommendation then was to carry
a light tent.   That I think I will NOT do.  least on by back, best.

thanks for our comments below.

I'm not worried about food, and it seems that the water in the city/village
fountains is drinkable..  true?   Can one get sick once and be accomodatd to
it (with a bit of medicine)?   rather not be sick, but one can't guarantee
that it won't happen.... anywayer.

thanks agin...

delphia

> From: Elyn Aviva <TajminaaAOL.COM>
> Reply-To: Road to Santiago Pilgrimage <GOCAMINOapete.uri.edu>
> Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 08:45:22 EDT
> To: GOCAMINOapete.uri.edu
> Subject: Re: Leaving next week
>
> Answer to #1: We've stayed at the Hogar San Francisco, in a Franciscan
> monastery, just a block or so from the cathedral--about $70/2 people. We've
> also stayed at Pico Sacra (sp), even closer to the cathedral, for about
> $50/night. Both are on the street reached by facing the cathedral (Hotel
> Reyes Catholicos on your left) and walking down the street on the left that
> goes "between" the HRC and the cathedral. Pico Sacra is on your right, in
> that long line of little shops and cafes; Hogar San Francisco is at the end
> of the "block."
> Buen Camino--
>
> Elyn