Pardon the walk down memory lane, but I stayed in the albergue in Morgade on an early
Camino Frances in 2001 or 2002. At that time, there was just the room with 6 (?) beds and a little room downstairs where we were served dinner and breakfast. The owner, a woman from the north who had married her gallego sweetheart and moved to his Morgade farm, was in charge. She treated us royally. I hadn't been back to this place in years and years. Last year, when I walked the end of the
Camino Frances, I passed and saw a huge change -- outdoor cafe, new hotel rural, lots and lots of business. I asked the guy who was at the cash register about the woman who had started it all, and he went to the kitchen and brought her out! Though they were very busy, the woman insisted on sitting and chatting with me over a cold drink (which she would not take money for). It's now a family affair, several generations, and she is still very much involved. They have not lost their kindness and their intent to provide high quality service. So nice to see on the Camino, where total burnouts cause many owners to fall into cynicism and lose their love of the Camino. I echo Snigelanna's high praise! Buen camino, Laurie