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      WisTom reacted to Lavdrum's post in the thread So quiet! with Like Like.
      Chuck, I think it might be a bit overwhelming as a first camino. If I were you I would do one of the busier ones first and then the Levante. Some knowledge of Spanish essential I think. Also high summer and deep winter not advised-very hot with...
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      WisTom reacted to Tincatinker's post in the thread Trouble with Hospitaleros with Like Like.
      Nope. I’ve met a few pilgrims I wish I hadn’t. Having drunk in the Coach and Horses when Norman Balon ruled the jump I can honestly state that I have never encountered a hospitelero/a that hasn’t acted with integrity. Even when they’ve...
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      WisTom replied to the thread So quiet!.
      I didn't encounter any walkers - pilgrims or otherwise - between Valencia and Zamora when walking in February and March. Stages were long and the weather included snow. I would agree that Spanish (and good GPS) are necessary. Any social...
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      WisTom reacted to dick bird's post in the thread Faces of the Romanesque with Like Like.
      One of the few advantages of Covid, for me at least, was that being unable to walk the camino I was forced to read and learn about it and so I came to the Romanesque, a term used to refer to early Mediaeval architecture. It is really a misnomer...
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      WisTom reacted to JustOneGuy's post in the thread Faces of the Romanesque with Like Like.
      I am glad you opened this thread, @dick bird. I was about to do something similar myself! I was born and lived in Rome for about half my life. I don't know if you've ever been there but the city obviously has a patchwork of western architectural...
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      I guess they interviewed a lot of ex-pats. Some of the ex-Brummie coke dealers currently holed up in Marbella could, probably, hold a conversation in 38% English
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