[Gocamino] A North American albergue on the Caminos

[Renato Alvarado Vidal]

	Dear friends, I slept in Ligonde albergue in May 2004, it's a small  
and humble house and the hospitaleros are marvelous friendly people;  
it's one of the few places along the Camino where you receive the  
gift of a dinner.
	By the way, I should not call Ligonde a "town" :-)

	Machi

El 25/05/2007, a las 20:37, Paul Skip Newfield III escribió:

>
>
> In 1999, there was a group from the USA (Campus Crusade for Christ, I
> think) that acquired a property in Ligonde (Galicia) in the town  
> itself,
> right on the camino.  They named it ~Fuente de Peregrinos~, and they
> offered coffee and water to passing pilgrims.  At that time, the  
> group had
> only recently acquired the property and the needed repairs were  
> only just
> beginning.  I think that it was supposed to have perhaps 10 beds,  
> but it
> was unclear if those beds were to be for pilgrims or for the visiting
> hosts/hospitaleros.  I managed to purchase one of their T-shirts,  
> and I
> was told that I was the first peregrino to do.  (I later learned  
> that the
> T-shirts were supposed to be for the host/hospitaleros, and that  
> they were
> not for sale to the public.)
>
> I don't know how the ~Fuente de Perigrinos~ has fared out these  
> last eight
> years.  Perhaps someone who has journied that way more recently (or  
> who is
> soon to do so) can inform us.
>
> Paul Newfield
>
> BTW...  Shortly before entering Ligonde is one of my favorite  
> monuments on
> the camino, an old stone Cavalry Cross, set off the road about 15/20
> meters.
>
>
>
>>
>>   Hola XM,
>>
>>   Your idea reflects the deep desire of so many pilgrims to give  
>> back in
>> some way for the wonderful hospitality that we all benefit from along
>> the Camino.  One way I have found to do this is by volunteering in
>> alberques and refugios, both on the Camino Frances and the Via de la
>> Plata.
>>
>>   To me this has some advantages over establishing a specific North
>> American refugio.  It enable volunteers to interact with  
>> townspeople and
>> peregrinos in many locations as opposed to just one.  Additionally,
>> establishing and maintaining a refugio would likely take considerable
>> resources (time, money, organization, knowledge of the local  
>> country and
>> customs, etc.), as well as an established group of volunteers to get
>> things going.  Volunteering at already established refugios is  
>> something
>> I can do right now.
>>
>>   Also, some thought would need to go into deciding where to set  
>> up a new
>> refugio.  The Camino Frances seems to be pretty well supplied, so  
>> one of
>> the lesser travelled routes with longer etapas between refugios would
>> seem to be a better choice.  Meanwhile, there are many options for
>> voluteering.  The support is always much appreciated and the  
>> experience
>> very rewarding.
>>
>>   Martha in Sacramento
>>
>>
>> Elcaminomejala at aol.com wrote:
>>
>> Hi friends. As we all know there's a British, Dutch, Brazilian,  
>> Spanish of
>> course, and ...., presence, on the Caminos, in the way of  
>> albergues. Has
>> anyone ever thought of a North American albergue, in an old convent
>> somewhere on
>> the Caminos? It would definitely do a lot of good to brush up our  
>> image,
>> among
>> other things. What do u all think? Best, xm
>>
>>
>>
>> _http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDOTJHbwRj4_
>> (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDOTJHbwRj4)
>>
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