Local police know us well!

We've had the local police show up twice in one day. The Guardia Civil is a national force and one of their missions is to patrol the Camino and keep people safe. Yesterday they were here twice. Once to get the passport that a New Zealand pilgrim accidentally lost here and take it to him. The other time was to take a police report. A pilgrim was missing more than 1,600 euros in cash (nearly $2,000).

The missing money might have been stolen while the pilgrim was in the shower. He left his bag unattended two different days when he showered. Or it could have accidently dropped out of his pack as the money was in a bank envelope. Either way the family of four was now without all their spending money for the Camino. Pretty devastating!

The police are super kind and very professional. They took careful notes and will go back to all the points the pilgrim had been. He'd been using a credit card so he hadn't actually seen the envelope since he took a larger note from it 2 days ago so it could have been lost or stolen at almost any time.

Sometimes thieves pretend to be pilgrims to prey on others. If this is the case, then I hope the person or persons will quickly be caught.Read more