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JJohn Cook reacted to JustJack's post in the thread Walking from Barcelona at the end of March? with
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My family is considering going to Barcelona this March, for the last two weeks (spring break for school kids). This is mainly because Spain is one of the few destinations during spring break that we can fly to from Vancouver at a good price (Air... -
JHello again John Cook, In relation to the hostel in Sant Esteve d'en Bas, I have to tell you that it is not private. This hostel belongs to the Generalitat Network. This network also has hostels in Girona and Olot, among other locations in...
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JJohn Cook replied to the thread Camino Catalán from Girona.Thank you very much for your help, that's very reassuring.
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JJohn Cook replied to the thread Camino Catalán from Girona.Bonjour, I have Callum's book and I've found it quite useful. I'm walking from El Port de la Selva to Finisterre in March and had a few problems whilst researching accommodation. For example, after Girona he suggests stopping at Amer, 26km's...
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JA native Spanish teacher that I first met in Detroit, and then later in Sevilla, told me just to forget the english “V” sound. And just use the “B” sound for both letters. So that’s what I do mostly also. Beano Tinto! Haha! But is it Cerveza or...
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JMy experience has been that Spanish will be used/understood by 90% of anyone you may normally interact with. I did have an experience in a bar on a remote off-camino " short cut" where the local farm patrons were speaking only Catalan...but the...
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JJohn Cook replied to the thread Vocabulario del camino.Hi, I'm planning to walk from El Port de la Selva to Finisterre next spring. As I'll be walking through the Catalan region for the first couple of weeks should I learn some camino phrases in Catalan or will it be okay to speak in my limited...
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JJohn Cook reacted to Mark Di Marzio's post in the thread Camino Frances calls more strongly than the other caminos with Like.
I walked 6 times since 2015 - Camino Frances from Stjpdp to Santiago in Sept 2015 , it was the most amazing experience then in 2017 hospitelero then Portuguese , Frances from Burgos in 2018, Frances from Logrono in 2019, Primitivo from Oviedo...
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JJohn Cook reacted to Rita Flower's post in the thread Camino Frances calls more strongly than the other caminos with Like.
I have been reflecting on my four Caminos recently. My experience as I walked them ranged from being wonderful to being challenging - from literally loving to hating. I have had the thought that I liked one better than another - preferred one...
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JJohn Cook replied to the thread Camino from Porto with a child in April.I envy you to be walking a Camino with your son. When any of my kids were that age they used to moan about having to walk the half mile to the shops in the village. There's a YouTube channel run by an American lady who walked her first Camino...
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