Innkeeping on the Camino de Santiago

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Hospital — 1. m. Establecimiento destinado al diagnóstico y tratamiento de enfermos, donde se practican también la investigación y la enseñanza. 2. m. Casa que sirve para recoger pobres y peregrinos por tiempo limitado. (1. Establishment for diagnosis and treatment of the ill, as well as medical research and education. 2. Temporary shelter for poor people and pilgrims.)

Hospitalero, ra — m. y f. Persona encargada del cuidado de un hospital. (Person in charge of a hospital)

Hospital — 1242, “shelter for the needy,” from O.Fr. hospital “hostel,” from L.L. hospitale “guest-house, inn,” neut. of L. adj. hospitalis “of a guest or host,” from hospes (gen. hospitis); see host (1). Later “charitable institution to house and maintain the needy” (1418); sense of “institution for sick people” is first recorded 1549.

Host — “person who receives guests,” c.1290, from O.Fr. hoste “guest, host” (12c.), from L. hospitem (nom. hospes) “guest, host,” lit. “lord of strangers,” from PIE *ghostis- “stranger” (cf. O.C.S. gospodi “lord, master,” Goth. gasts, O.E. gæst “guest”).

Contents
Introduction

Pre-departure

Transition: Zero to Innkeeper

The Handoff

Differences from the Pilgrim Experience

Ambiance

The Rules

Why?

Mentors

If a Former Innkeeper Shows Up

Responsibility

Who’ll Show Up?

The Welcome

Who Can Stay, Who Can’t?

Getting Mobbed

Families

Stories

Dinners

Bedtime

Overflow

Influence

Work

Shopping (if you have a budget)

Shopping (if you don’t have a budget)

Crime

Bad Mouthing

Ownership, or Lack Thereof

Community Issues

Discretion

Spoilers

Lost Stuff

Keys

Reading the Guestbook

Birth of an Asshole Innkeeper

States of Mind and Body

Questions

Triggers

Avoiding Stress Carryover

Decompression/Recompression

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