Free "Buen Camino" audio book for students of Spanish

[Stinky Pilgrim]

This may be of interest to those who have studied one or two years of Spanish...or for those determined souls who have minimal Spanish but don't mind slogging through a Spanish book with the assistance of Saint Google for those more obscure words and phrases.

In the past, I have used this book as part of a pre-Camino class for my basic and intermediate Spanish classes.
It is a "graded reader," which means the level of Spanish gradually increases as you make your way through the book.
It tells the story of "Jenna," a young woman from the USA who wins a scholarship to travel to Spain and do the Camino.
The author, Mercedes Meier, has generously made audio files of the book available for free (chapters not in chronological order, so hunt around for the correct chapter number).
If you want to read along, you can purchase the book on Amazon.

 

[trecile]

¡Muchisimas Gracias!

 

[CndR]

Wow, I love this! Just ordered book and audible download so I can read and listen at the same time. I want to practice my Spanish before my Camino in August and what better way than to read about the adventure. Thank you so much.

 

[JACOBS Noël]

This may be of interest to those who have studied one or two years of Spanish...or for those determined souls who have minimal Spanish but don't mind slogging through a Spanish book with the assistance of Saint Google for those more obscure words and phrases.

In the past, I have used this book as part of a pre-Camino class for my basic and intermediate Spanish classes.
It is a "graded reader," which means the level of Spanish gradually increases as you make your way through the book.
It tells the story of "Jenna," a young woman from the USA who wins a scholarship to travel to Spain and do the Camino.
The author, Mercedes Meier, has generously made audio files of the book available for free (chapters not in chronological order, so hunt around for the correct chapter number).
If you want to read along, you can purchase the book on Amazon.

Hey Stinky Pilgrim, very interesting those audio files of the book with a camino story.
Don't know how to make a (free) download of the audio to my PC, help me please?

 

[Stinky Pilgrim]

Hey Stinky Pilgrim, very interesting those audio files of the book with a camino story.
Don't know how to make a (free) download of the audio to my PC, help me please?

Hola, Jacobs Noël: Sadly, there is no download available, as far as I can tell. You must stream the files to listen to them. If I am mistaken about this, someone please correct me.

That said, if you buy the book, they might let you download the files, as explained here. Also, CndR purchased the book and appears to have gotten the downloads with it.

 

[Dinnie]

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[Arthur Gil de Lamadrid]

This is perfect! Thanks so much.

 

[CndR]

Hola, Jacobs Noël: Sadly, there is no download available, as far as I can tell. You must stream the files to listen to them. If I am mistaken about this, someone please correct me.

That said, if you buy the book, they might let you download the files, as explained here. Also, CndR purchased the book and appears to have gotten the downloads with it.

Hey guys ... Just to clarify, I purchase the book from Amazon Prime, then I purchased the audible files from the app Audible. I have a subscription with Audible, so I just used the credit. Sorry if my post was misleading.
I have not received the book yet, but already have access to the Audible version and I am enjoying the story.

 

[RosemaryMcG]

I read and listened to Buen Camino when I did CF. It was 3 separate books but perhaps now it has been consolidated. It's about a young american girl who wins a high school competition for her Spanish and decides to walk the CF on her own. She meets up with people, has some scary moments, and there is a bit of a love story as well. I would say it's low intermediate spanish at most. I actually read it again when I returned for practice. It's a simple read and I enjoyed Mercedes voice and spanish accent.

 

[J Willhaus]

I actually ordered the whole set of books. They gradually get more complex, but evenually the girl gets almost to Santiago by the end of the series. I think it would be most interesting for a teen or tween learning Spanish, but it also worked for a 59 year-old.

 

[Stinky Pilgrim]

I actually ordered the whole set of books. They gradually get more complex, but evenually the girl gets almost to Santiago by the end of the series. I think it would be most interesting for a teen or tween learning Spanish, but it also worked for a 59 year-old.

You can now get the whole set in one tome via the link I provided.

 

[Stinky Pilgrim]

Well, while we're on the topic, I'll go ahead and recommend one more "audiolibro" for those wanting to improve listening comprehension and to pick up some new vocabulary (such as "palito de selfie" ).

This one is narrated by an actual pilgrim - Margot Rubilar - who offers a very pleasant reflection on and summary of her Camino francés pilgrimage. She speaks very clearly and relatively slowly - appropriate for intermediate-level students.