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[QUOTE="jeffnd, post: 306439, member: 16486"] During a 40k day, thanks to some arrows that pointed to an albergue and not to the Camino, I ended up going the wrong way down a highway out of Fromista, during a driving rain storm. A police car pulled up along side of me. Although they didn't speak English, they were nice enough to give me a ride back to town and point me in the right direction. Later that afternoon, once the rain had stopped and the clouds parted, I decided I would stop at the albergue in Villarmentero de Campos. (That's the one with the teepees) The woman there said the albergue wasn't open yet, and by not open she meant for the season, not just the day. She informed me that the next albergue was about 5 k away, but it too was closed. The closest open albergue was in Carrion, about 10 k away. The woman offered me a coke and some snack cakes, which I enjoyed on the patio, listening to her sing along with Bob Marley songs while she cleaned and readied to open in a few weeks. I arrived at Carrion around 8pm. There is an albergue right as you come into town. I walked up to the door but no one was around. Finally someone came outside and told me the albergue was closed. Well, then maybe you shouldn't have a giant sign lit up advertising an albergue! I walked into town and with the help of another police officer, I found the other albergue. There, I ran into many pilgrims who I had met before, including a gentleman who I had met the first day. They gave me some leftovers from the meal they had, but someone said they didn't know if there was any available beds. A nun came out to do one last check before sending everyone to bed. I asked her if there were any beds open or if I would have to find another place. She said, smiling, "There will always be a place for you here!" I thought about those words. She didn't say, "There is a bed for you tonight," or something like that. No, she told me that there will ALWAYS be a place for me. For ME! And it just wasn't politeness. I believe her. I believe I could have been a destitute bum without 2 pennies to rub together and she would have found me a bed. And she did. [/QUOTE]
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