We had 35 pilgrims last night, the most we’ve had so far.  Our capacity is 40 so we were almost full. 

It still seems pretty early in the season and we’re wondering if last night was an anomaly or are the numbers of pilgrims on the path increasing this quickly.(Fingers crossed for anomaly – there are only the two of us working here.)

One of my duties is keeping the stats: our peregrinos’ nationality, city of residence, where they started their Camino, and their mode of transportation, i.e. by foot, bicycle or donkey. (Note: we would really, really love to host a donkey in our paddock. Please get the word out. I’d also like to order up some Croatian peregrinos. Gracias.)

Refugio Gaucelmo is only available to those who arrive in Rabanal under their own power and we don’t take reservations. This has lead to a few cross people showing up at our door but I walk them over to Albergue Pilar down the street and excitedly tell them that, unlike Gaucelmo, Pilar has free wee-fee plus a bar. This usually does the trick.

Since I’ve just done the tallying, here are our peregrinos so far since the first of May:

Germany – 21 🇩🇪 

Australia- 17  🇦🇺 

Italy – 17 🇮🇹 

Spain – 13 🇪🇸 

France – 13 🇫🇷 

U.K. – 12  🇬🇧 

Brazil – 10 🇧🇷 

Sweden – 9 🇸🇪 

USA – 9  🇺🇸 

Denmark – 8 🇩🇰 

S Korea – 7 🇰🇷 

Poland – 5 🇵🇱 

Canada – 4 🇨🇦 

Belgium – 4 🇧🇪 

Switzerland – 4  🇨🇭 

Ireland  – 4   🇮🇪 

Holland – 3 🇳🇱 

Czech Republic – 3   🇨🇿 

Slovakia – 3 🇸🇰 

Japan – 2 🇯🇵 

Israel – 1 🇮🇱 

Slovenia – 1 🇸🇮 

Portugal – 1 🇵🇹 

Chile – 1 🇨🇱 

Argentina – 1 🇦🇷 

Russia – 1 🇷🇺 

Ecuador – 1 🇪🇨 

Singapore – 1 🇸🇬 

Iceland – 1  🇮🇸 

S. Africa – 1  🇿🇦 

Latvia – 1 🇱🇻 

I am so loving hosting these peregrinos from all over the world. So very different from each other but so very alike. 

PS I am so very grateful to be here.