Our Walk Along the Camino Frances

Pilgrim Frustrations and Pilgrim Hopes Challenges on the Camino Frances  To say we woke up this morning would suggest that we slept last night.  After the Albergue closed its doors at 10 PM, several people in our packed room sat up playing cards and making phone calls until after midnight, at which point others began reading on their iPads or watching movies on their laptops, which lit up the dorm.  At 3 AM, several people got up to take their medicine, and after dropping their pill bottles and turning on the lights to search for them, they then proceeded to check each container by shaking them.  At 3:30 AM, an argument ensued between a group of pilgrims tired of all the noise, light and activity and those who continued to be social. Then by 4 am about a dozen people, frustrated by the continuing situation, simply got up, packed, and headed out, at which point most of the room simply followed suit, only to have those who had been talking, watching and playing ...