Hospitalera Day 10

I have a total of 18 hospitalera days at Gaucelmo, so I won’t be upset if you get a little bored. Each day is much the same, but the pilgrims each day are so diverse and interesting. We did have a little excitement last night when the smoke alarm in the dormitory went off just before ten pm (pilgrim midnight). For no reason. Disturbing for all.

The storks were active this morning as we did our rubbish run. They make quite a lot of noise at times.

Today we were invited to share lunch in the monastery, it was lovely. During lunch we were asked to be silent while one of the monks read the bible and then some music was played. Afterwards we had a short chat before hurrying back to open the gate.

We have 12 pilgrims today. Four are from the UK. 🇬🇧 They were so happy to speak English and to enjoy the English tea. Plus, Mike from the UK bought some wine so we could all toast his birthday (which was two weeks ago but he didn’t have anyone to celebrate with at the time.)Read more