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your kindness to these pilgrims is commendable.Hello, we are Anita and Gabriel, from the Luz de Frómista hostel. The circumstances of the virus have made the Camino de Santiago and the lives of pilgrims change drastically in the last hours. Hostels are closing, Burgos is already closed, airports, possibilities to return to the countries of origin of the pilgrims, etc.
In our hostel we already have several pilgrims who arrived yesterday. They have discovered that they cannot continue and are looking for a way to return to their countries, and until they solve this problem, they have asked us, if they can stay more days, indefinitely, in our hostel. We love to see that they adapt our hostel into their home.
We want to offer our hostel in these moments of almost total insecurity. Our concept of shelter is that no one is left on the street and that pilgrims feel like being in their own house.
Our hostel is open to those who want to come and have a place with almost everything they need, including, of course, heating at night, a good kitchen only for pilgrims, plenty of space, etc.
If someone wants to contact, or we can help you in some way, you can do it through our website, or by email or mobile phone number that appears on it (635140169). We speak English, French, German and Dutch.
www.albergueluzdefromista.com
City of Ponferrada is closed down. No word yet on the albergues.Hello, we are Anita and Gabriel, from the Luz de Frómista hostel. The circumstances of the virus have made the Camino de Santiago and the lives of pilgrims change drastically in the last hours. Hostels are closing, Burgos is already closed, airports, possibilities to return to the countries of origin of the pilgrims, etc.
In our hostel we already have several pilgrims who arrived yesterday. They have discovered that they cannot continue and are looking for a way to return to their countries, and until they solve this problem, they have asked us, if they can stay more days, indefinitely, in our hostel. We love to see that they adapt our hostel into their home.
We want to offer our hostel in these moments of almost total insecurity. Our concept of shelter is that no one is left on the street and that pilgrims feel like being in their own house.
Our hostel is open to those who want to come and have a place with almost everything they need, including, of course, heating at night, a good kitchen only for pilgrims, plenty of space, etc.
If someone wants to contact, or we can help you in some way, you can do it through our website, or by email or mobile phone number that appears on it (635140169). We speak English, French, German and Dutch.
www.albergueluzdefromista.com
Thank you!! Incredibly kind and unselfish! Now I know where to stay when I come to Fromista on my next Camino, whenever that may be.Hello, we are Anita and Gabriel, from the Luz de Frómista hostel. The circumstances of the virus have made the Camino de Santiago and the lives of pilgrims change drastically in the last hours. Hostels are closing, Burgos is already closed, airports, possibilities to return to the countries of origin of the pilgrims, etc.
In our hostel we already have several pilgrims who arrived yesterday. They have discovered that they cannot continue and are looking for a way to return to their countries, and until they solve this problem, they have asked us, if they can stay more days, indefinitely, in our hostel. We love to see that they adapt our hostel into their home.
We want to offer our hostel in these moments of almost total insecurity. Our concept of shelter is that no one is left on the street and that pilgrims feel like being in their own house.
Our hostel is open to those who want to come and have a place with almost everything they need, including, of course, heating at night, a good kitchen only for pilgrims, plenty of space, etc.
If someone wants to contact, or we can help you in some way, you can do it through our website, or by email or mobile phone number that appears on it (635140169). We speak English, French, German and Dutch.
www.albergueluzdefromista.com
I love you guys!!!! Thanks for open hearts, open albergue, a home away from home in time of need especially when fear prevails and other doors are closed.Hello, we are Anita and Gabriel, from the Luz de Frómista hostel. The circumstances of the virus have made the Camino de Santiago and the lives of pilgrims change drastically in the last hours. Hostels are closing, Burgos is already closed, airports, possibilities to return to the countries of origin of the pilgrims, etc.
In our hostel we already have several pilgrims who arrived yesterday. They have discovered that they cannot continue and are looking for a way to return to their countries, and until they solve this problem, they have asked us, if they can stay more days, indefinitely, in our hostel. We love to see that they adapt our hostel into their home.
We want to offer our hostel in these moments of almost total insecurity. Our concept of shelter is that no one is left on the street and that pilgrims feel like being in their own house.
Our hostel is open to those who want to come and have a place with almost everything they need, including, of course, heating at night, a good kitchen only for pilgrims, plenty of space, etc.
If someone wants to contact, or we can help you in some way, you can do it through our website, or by email or mobile phone number that appears on it (635140169). We speak English, French, German and Dutch.
www.albergueluzdefromista.com
Glad to see people helping each other!!I love you guys!!!! Thanks for open hearts, open albergue, a home away from home in time of need especially when fear prevails and other doors are closed.
Thank you!!!!Thank you Anita and Gabriel,
As announced on our Facebook page, The Albergue Villares de Órbigo (2,5 km after Hospital de Órbigo) is also open and will remain so unless I am ordered to close.
A group of Spanish and German pilgrims are here tonight and may also stay tomorrow as they decide their next move.
Pm me if you are in the area and need help.
Stay safe and healthy.
Dear LTfit, this is incredible! I just saw that you're the Dutch lady of Hospital de Orbigo...Thank you Anita and Gabriel,
As announced on our Facebook page, The Albergue Villares de Órbigo (2,5 km after Hospital de Órbigo) is also open and will remain so unless I am ordered to close.
A group of Spanish and German pilgrims are here tonight and may also stay tomorrow as they decide their next move.
Pm me if you are in the area and need help.
Stay safe and healthy.
Alex, thanks !, I think we are going to have a very good time chatting at the hostel ...Thank you!! Incredibly kind and unselfish! Now I know where to stay when I come to Fromista on my next Camino, whenever that may be.
Indeed! You are ticked off in my guidebook!Alex, thanks !, I think we are going to have a very good time chatting at the hostel ...
Gabriel and Anita
Dear LTfit, this is incredible! I just saw that you're the Dutch lady of Hospital de Orbigo...
Less than a week ago someone told me VERY good things about you, I knew that you sold everything you had to open your hostel. Anita - Dutch like you - was in Holland and I couldn't tell her until she came a few days ago.
We are united to you by something more than Holland, we also sold everything we had to open our hostel. And now I see that you also love the Camino and the pilgrims, specially in this difficoult moments…
I hope to see you soon!
Gabriel
Excellent! Thanks for the gift of an open door!Peaceable Kingdom in Moratinos is open, too. We currently have the Australians and the Japanese!
historically(ww2) u dutch have demonstrated tremendous courage resilience and bravery facing death for your fellow man. Much respect!Dear LTfit, this is incredible! I just saw that you're the Dutch lady of Hospital de Orbigo...
Less than a week ago someone told me VERY good things about you, I knew that you sold everything you had to open your hostel. Anita - Dutch like you - was in Holland and I couldn't tell her until she came a few days ago.
We are united to you by something more than Holland, we also sold everything we had to open our hostel. And now I see that you also love the Camino and the pilgrims, specially in this difficoult moments…
I hope to see you soon!
Gabriel
Good morning to all from one of the last albergues open and alive on the Camino de Santiago
Today the situation is as follows:
From tomorrow you cannot go outside in Spain, only to the few supermarkets that are open, to gas stations, to banks, to health centers and to work for those who still have it.
Transport and planes will work at 50%, so in theory you can leave Spain if you have a ticket. The fines for going out can be 600,000 euros. Six hundred thousand.
At the hostel yesterday we had two Canadians, Martin and his wife, who have been three days and left Burgos by taxi from Frómista tonight at 4, and from Burgos to Lisbon to catch a plane to Canada. Yesterday morning four German pilgrims left, two of them spent two days and an Italian pilgrim to Bilbao, and from there to France. At this moment there are two German pilgrims, mother and daughter, who have been three days and who leave in a few minutes, when they finish having breakfast, this evening family members have come by car to collect them, they have slept 4 hours, after 1,700 kilometers and they leave towards near Frankfurt. There are also three German pilgrims who arrived yesterday and we have convinced them to return to Germany, they wanted to continue; yesterday afternoon a young pilgrim from Denmark arrived, from Leon, he was here a few days ago. He does not know when he will be able to return home, he stays indefinitely, there is also an Italian pilgrim indefinitely. There is also a Swiss pilgrim, we think she will leave tomorrow, but if she cannot do it, she is very happy to be able to stay. Perhaps someone will still arrive today, but it is highly unlikely.
This is the atmosphere of the albergue, goodbyes after several days, sorrow of having to leave the Camino in this way, feelings of friendship with them, hopes of returning to the Camino again ... and the feeling that Spain will never again be like before. I'm not even sure if the Camino survives, and if the Camino survives it will be something touristy, with the fewest references to its Christian history, or the fewest necessary.
But we must not lose hope, none, perhaps the name we have chosen, LUZ, is more than just a pretty name or an intuition ...
You beat me to it, Paladina. Same offer in Dublin. Well, similar. No bunk beds.Any pilgrims travelling via Ireland on their way back to the US are welcome to stay here until they can be repatriated. You can enjoy an ersatz Camino in the discomfort of my own home - basic living conditions, bunk beds, high winds, heavy rain, glutinous mud etc. - and imagine you're in an authentic albergue in the middle of nowhere. I'm stuck at home for the foreseeable future, with my university having closed down and my camino plans most unlikely to proceed. Pm me if you're looking for an ark!
LTfit, here really the same.Much the same experience here. Last night I had 2 Irish walking backwards from Astorga as all was closed there. Today they will return to León then travel to Santander and fly home.
A French pilgrim who walked from Porto to Santiago and backwards along the Francés had hoped to walk home to Paris, instead she will continue to León today and also fly home.
A Uruguayan and Chilean are going to attempt to continue to at least Ponferrada although they have been advised to stop in Astorga and make plans to return home. We have heard that the Guardia Civil has been stopping pilgrims so they most likely will not make it to Ponferrada.
During the past two days we have had a wonderful time with our pilgrims. The situation brings us all together.
I continue to help wherever I can. I just received a call from a Spanish pilgrim calling for a Brit stranded between León and Villares asking if he can stay here to rest and plan his return home. His feet are in bad shape so he was using Correos to carry his pack. Now that they have stopped service, he can only walk short distances. If he calls I will suggest that he return to León rather than walking here but will welcome him if necessary.
Let me know if I can be of any service.
Take care all.
Yes, I saw their offer of help on another thread.The owners of the Private Donativo Albergue "La Casa de las Sonrisas" in Grañon, report that their place will be open for anyone in need of shelter, they will take the mandatory mesures of desinfection and help pilgrims to find a way to return to their countries.
My daughter (Charlotte) and I stayed with you in October 2018. We arrived with terrible bedbug bites. You both were so kind, helpful and compassionate and helped us continue on our way. So I am not surprised to see that you are offering your lovely albergue and hospitality at this time. Charlotte and I would have stayed with you again this May, but have now postponed our trip. Many thanks to you both for your kindness <3Hello, we are Anita and Gabriel, from the Luz de Frómista hostel. The circumstances of the virus have made the Camino de Santiago and the lives of pilgrims change drastically in the last hours. Hostels are closing, Burgos is already closed, airports, possibilities to return to the countries of origin of the pilgrims, etc.
In our hostel we already have several pilgrims who arrived yesterday. They have discovered that they cannot continue and are looking for a way to return to their countries, and until they solve this problem, they have asked us, if they can stay more days, indefinitely, in our hostel. We love to see that they adapt our hostel into their home.
We want to offer our hostel in these moments of almost total insecurity. Our concept of shelter is that no one is left on the street and that pilgrims feel like being in their own house.
Our hostel is open to those who want to come and have a place with almost everything they need, including, of course, heating at night, a good kitchen only for pilgrims, plenty of space, etc.
If someone wants to contact, or we can help you in some way, you can do it through our website, or by email or mobile phone number that appears on it (635140169). We speak English, French, German and Dutch.
www.albergueluzdefromista.com
Much the same experience here. Last night I had 2 Irish walking backwards from Astorga as all was closed there. Today they will return to León then travel to Santander and fly home.
A French pilgrim who walked from Porto to Santiago and backwards along the Francés had hoped to walk home to Paris, instead she will continue to León today and also fly home.
A Uruguayan and Chilean are going to attempt to continue to at least Ponferrada although they have been advised to stop in Astorga and make plans to return home. We have heard that the Guardia Civil has been stopping pilgrims so they most likely will not make it to Ponferrada.
During the past two days we have had a wonderful time with our pilgrims. The situation brings us all together.
I continue to help wherever I can. I just received a call from a Spanish pilgrim calling for a Brit stranded between León and Villares asking if he can stay here to rest and plan his return home. His feet are in bad shape so he was using Correos to carry his pack. Now that they have stopped service, he can only walk short distances. If he calls I will suggest that he return to León rather than walking here but will welcome him if necessary.
Let me know if I can be of any service.
Take care all.
Hello! Of course we remember you! You were in the first room, in a bunk on the left, I think I remember that a low bed and a high bed, Charlotte was with me when I controlled the mattresses and beds. You were two charming and calm people, easy to help, collaborative and with confidence in us, we appreciated that. It's a shame you can't come now, this virus -or whatever- upsets the whole world. But we are glad that you are one of the pilgrims in love with the Camino and that we will see you in a few months, for sure!My daughter (Charlotte) and I stayed with you in October 2018. We arrived with terrible bedbug bites. You both were so kind, helpful and compassionate and helped us continue on our way. So I am not surprised to see that you are offering your lovely albergue and hospitality at this time. Charlotte and I would have stayed with you again this May, but have now postponed our trip. Many thanks to you both for your kindness <3
Lee, if he gets to Astorga he can get help at the Siervas de Maria. They are not open albergue-wise, but they're helping pilgrims figure out what to do next.
MARCH 16, END OF THE DAY
Today three new pilgrims have arrived, yes, really! Three.
Francis and Christoffer were still there, and the Civil Guard brought us a Swiss who left Geneva walking january 6th, and very sad he did not understand why he could not get to Santiago, and two from Croatia, also angry about the same thing. Tomorrow everyone will definitely go to Madrid and by plane to their homes. Anita and the printer have been able to help everyone get their airline tickets. Tomorrow it is totally impossible for anyone to arrive here, so this will be the last thing written about the life of the last pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago in one of the last albergues opened at this historic moment.
It has been beautiful while it has lasted, but it has been shorter than we imagined.
Thank you all for always being there.
Gabriel and Anita
Of course!!! if you want to come here tomorrow...NO PROBLEM!!!, go to the nearest Camino from your home, with your backpack, and you can be totally sure that the Guardia Civil will bring you to our door directly, without asking you were do you want to go...Thank you for your great work. I live on the other side of Palencia, we must meet up sometime soon!
Yes, I find them very moving. They've brought tears to my eyes more than once. Thank you and God bless all of you for your unending generosity and care.Wow. Is anyone else moved by all the offers of kindness appearing on this thread? Not surprising, this is one of the lessons I learned on my Camino.
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