New albergues in Pamplona; signs in Lugo

[Rosina Lila]

Hello you all,
Until now the only non-private albergue in Pamplona has been the one run by
the Camino Friends Association of Navarra in the (lovely) 12th century San
Saturnino church. The albergue, unfortunately, can only accommodate 20 pilgrims.
During the summer pilgrims are sent off to the Ikastola Amaiur, which is a
college in the outskirts of the city, where up to 100 pilgrims may be housed.  (I
have visited this facility; it is actually commodious, clean and comfortable,
but it is a school in a residential  neighborhood and quite far from the
center of the city)
The municipality of Pamplona has announced that beginning in  Holy Week new
albergues will be available: One will be in the Institute of the Sisters of the
Holy Spirit, located at 2 de Mayo (May 2)  street, number 2, and will have
full facilities for 94 pilgrims; another, with spaces for 24 pilgrims, will be
in the Chalet Iraizos, next to Molino de Caparroso (Caparroso mill) and yet
another is being readied by the barefoot Carmelites of Saint Joseph at their
convent.
Also,
The province of Lugo has intensified the construction of Camino signs
throughout the Primitive Way; kilometer markers and yellow arrows will be available
throughout the entire route. (The fantastic Monxes de Sobrado Monastery is in
the Primitive Route and it alone makes the route memorable, but the whole route
is quite lovely, criscrossed by rivers and bgreenery and dotted with medieval
treasdures everywhere; reportedly this is the route that Saint Francis
followed. Primitive, in the context of the Santiago pilgrimage, means "the first".)
Warm regards,
Rosina
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