BuenQamino Spirit
Musings about adventure and becoming
Day 32: Palas de Rey to Ribadiso aka Pulpo Fresco
Upon leaving our ´hotel,´we located a bar to have coffee and zummo OJ. It wasn´t raining until about 10 minutes into our trail. Having a cold, this really put a damper on things (no pun intended). Luckily we had stopped at a pharmacy were I was able to get some herbal medicine. I was also able to get a refill on my prescriptions I had on me. Why is the US Healthcare system as corrupt as it is? For example, I got 30 Tramadol tablets for 5 euros without a prescription or insurance. Must be nice, Europe. Must be real nice. Unfortunately, no Z-pack without a prescription.
Day 18: Terradillos de los Templarios to Sahugun aka The Camino Ghost
We are currently staying in a monastery (Albergue de las Madres Benactidinas) where the stamp they use looks like it’s a HP dementor... Quite fitting for them. Where do I start with this place? It is €17 per person to stay in a creep double room, and they charged us €10 each to wash and dry our clothes and wouldn’t even wash everything in the bag provided, because they said we packed too much inside? Mind you, the nun busted into our room while I was showering just to tell us this. Later on, when it was time to grab our laundry, she angrily told me I nearly broke the dryer because our clothing had too much lint? I was shocked by the way she spoke to me, and could not formulate a response, and then she said, “wow poor girl, you don’t speak any Spanish at all, do you?”