Small refugio in Spain

Sorry no pictures, I'm without my laptop for a couple of weeks while I am working in an albergue outside of Santiago.

   Great hospitaleros own a private refugio in Castille y Leon, and are teaching me the ropes of hospitality to pilgrims.  How do you serve 15-30 pilgrims a day, while balancing your own needs.

   Seeing how their "house rules" enable them to take time for themselves, and take care of themselves, so they are fresh and able to create the atmosphere of a fiesta is good learning for me!

   Helped clean about 20 beds today, on top of mopping, helping serve food and do dishes, and checking in pilgrims as a "hospitalero."  I'm a little proud, too, of how well I could manage a small decimal of both German and Spanish, while also making the English speakers happy!  My goal is to learn five new things each day.

   One thing I appreciate about these guys is their attention to detail - small details.  For example, when setting the table, they are exact in the placement of dishes, making sure that the plates are in line with the edge of the mesa - which reminds me of a t/v show I watched once.  In it, they showed preparations for formal state dinners at Windsor Palace.  We work with what we have, but having little is no reason to be careless.