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Pelegrin reacted to jungleboy's post in the thread Looking for Books on the Arab Occupation of Spain with
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FYI, Arabic is the language, Arab is the adjective. https://brians.wsu.edu/2016/05/17/arab-arabic-arabian/ -
I noticed in the first post that it is not clear whether the other customer was a "Spanish pilgrim" or a "local". And in order to know whether it was "cheating" or "a discount" it would be useful to know what the official price for the purchased...
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The bears in Spain are Eurasian brown bears (Ursus arctos arctos) - the same species as the North American grizzly though with characteristics different enough for them to be classified as a separate subspecies from their horribilis western cousins.
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Pelegrin replied to the thread Bear near Cadavo Baleira.In relation to bears in the Cantabrian mountains, people are only scared about their hives and cattle.
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Pelegrin reacted to David Tallan's post in the thread Recommended starting place between Villafranca del Bierzo and Sarria with Like.
It really depends on how much time you have. Villafranca del Bierzo is a very nice little town. It is where I started most recently. But it is, for most people, more than a couple of days from Sarria. I could see starting from Herrerias if you...
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Pelegrin replied to the thread Will the Protest Against Tourists in Barcelona Come to Santiago?.The Canary Islands has a big problem to manage the arrival of thousands of minors from África and they want help from the península but in the península some people are reluctant to receive these minors. These days people in Spain are more...
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Pelegrin reacted to Kathar1na's post in the thread Will the Protest Against Tourists in Barcelona Come to Santiago? with Like.
It is surprising what turns up when one googles the news. Turistas Santiago millones led me to albergues Santiago millones and that led me to a flurry of very recent news articles about the new contract that the government of Galicia has just...
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Pelegrin reacted to alexwalker's post in the thread Will the Protest Against Tourists in Barcelona Come to Santiago? with Like.
In my town in Arctic Norway, at the top of the world, famous for Northern Lights, midnight sun, unspoiled nature etc., there is a start of an uprise going on. Tourists are sh**ting in private gardens/garages, peeing wherever, parking their camper...
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