Friday  18 March updated 21 March

I wake up with a bit of a head ache from last night. Marius hands me our first emergency, no water in the men's shower. It's too early to call Jesus so no showering. People are moving slow today so at 8:30 we start pulling things out to clean hoping they'd get a hint. But then two Belgium people drop by to check out the albergue. He is working on a dissertation about the Camino. Then two former hospitaleros drop by. No cleaning getting done. Finally Everyone leaves except Marius, he is moving so slow. But a least we can start cleaning. I start cleaning the men's room and discover that the shower head was turned off, crisis averted. Marius finally leaves and we can go on overdrive to clean

After we finally finished cleaning, I sat down and read some of the comments pilgrims were making. One really stood out and was written by Martin of Austria. He wrote "Thank you guys very much for this great experience and your warm welcome. The community you made for an evening is what gives me strength on the Camino and even after. I will definitely remember that my whole life! Vielan herzlichen Dank! This is what makes what we do great.

We go to the bar for a cafe con leche and a pastry. When we get back the pilgrims start coming. We get one couple ( an American married to a Scot) with a 3-4 month old baby. At first we are thinking this will not be good. But actually the little girl, who is cute as as can be was very quiet.  We also get a father and son (Noel & Nico) who both have A.D.D. and are walking to raise money for young people mental health. Noel talks a lot but is a really decent guy.  So here are our 17 pilgrims:

Noel & his 9 year old son Nico from the UK
Cathy from the USA and her Little baby Wo-Anu and fear husband Graeme from UK (Scotland)
Kim, Ryoo, Choz, and Kim from Korea
Araceli, Pablo, Manuel, and Elisa from Spain
Peter, Holland
Leonardo, Roberto, from Italy
Annie, from Canada

Manuel and his wife Elisa are doing the Camino in a rather unorthodox way. He has his car. They started in Pamplona and walked a full stage with full packs, of about 30 Ks. They check into an albergue, then he catches a bus to go and get his car. Then then they do it again the next day. Elisa is super friendly and nice.

I make a red sauce spaghetti with chicken and we have a salad for dinner. Everyone is happy.