I first heard her speak "ultra fluent" Spanish when we met halfway between our homes at a park to walk a few years ago. We passed a few Hispanic teens and she walked over to them and chatted; rattleing off the fastest Spanish I'd ever heard...
@peregrina2000, I am envious of you and many others who speak fluent Spanish and can enjoy chatting with the locals. At breakfast this morning I asked if they made "huevos" as they often don't. The man said "si, fritos" and went in the back and...
Once when I entered Sahagun early in the morning. I could smell the bakery as I walked along the street. When I got next to it the workers were loading the bread into a van. I commented to the van driver that I was pleased to see it. He spoke to...
Correct! I had difficulty finding it when I left in the early morning last July (it's kind of hiding around an ally) but a neighbor yelled up to the owner, she looked out her bedroom window and opened up for me. I carried the bread all the way to...
Today when I was having some embutidos snd bread since I arrived too late for lunch in any restaurant, I commented to the bartender that the bread was really good and wondered if it was from the king’s bread maker. He told me — “claro, estás...
Thanks for the reminder about Dave's spreadsheet @BlackRocker57. I forgot all about it but will now use in conjunction with other resources. Given what others have said about June (I thought it might be less populated with walkers/pilgrims) - I...
Hi Andrew
Thanks for starting this thread. The answers have been helpful to me.
I arrive in Le Puy in 26 May and have had a short lead in time. I only started booking a few days ago. And have also found some challenges.
I have sent quite a few...
So why are people not carrying what they may need, physically unprepared and finding themselves bedless?
You don’t need to look much further than the majority of threads on this forum, where the advice is all about how many grams each item in...
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