It's Ribadiso to Volunteer Since we are not able to thru-hike this year, we were wondering about our options. However early in the year, I received an email from the  American Pilgrims on the Camino organization . They were seeking volunteers to support the municipal albergue in Ribadiso. We discussed it at length, and came to the conclusion, that offering moral support to pilgrims would be a challenging way to be on the Camino de Santiago. We filled out an application, and had an interesting conversation with APOC staff about what it means and requires to be a volunteer at the albergue in Ribadiso. Shortly thereafter we were notified of being accepted into the program. Next up we planned our time in Spain. We thought to spend 8 days prior to reporting to Ribadiso, and because of the caledar, to head back to the USA as soon as we finished our stint. After searching around for cities to visit, we chose Leon for 4 days and then A Coruna for 4 days. More about this in a later blog p...