IDBluebird77
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- Planning: Camino Frances (Fall 2017)
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Anticipation is part of the thrill! I was due to go on the VdP this spring, but my elderly dog has decided to buck up and live longer - so I've had to put it off another year. He quite understands my frustration as he completed part of a pilgrimage in the uk with us!
Ah, another one that has been touched by the Way. Her touch is so very gentle, but she grabs the heart and never lets go. There will be times when tears come to your eyes due to the joy you feel. Her voice is never fare from our consciousness. We hear her when, out of the corner of our eye, we glance a color, we smell a distinct fragrance, or we see a path or road not yet traveled. You will find friends beloved here on the Forum and yet you may never meet them, but you treasure them all the same.
Welcome to the Forum and may the time pass quickly for you.
IDBluebirdd 77, We are also from Idaho and have been planning our Camino now for 18 months. We leave from Boise May 21. I am using the free app Duolingo to learn a little Spanish. I am actually pretty surprised at how much much 20 minutes day has taught me--at first the lessons are not terribly practical. (How often does one need to say "The ducks eat bread"???) But I am feeling much more confident that I'll at least be able to ask for things politely and understand the answers.
I live 5 hours up I-84 (and then the turn onto I-182) from Boise so we're almost neighbors!! I am terrible at language learning but found a few things that helped me. 1) cram-studied on the plane over using the Lonely Planet Phrase Book (tiny one), 2) while I wash dishes every night I try to put together the little words and phrases I do know into sentences. I know the grammar and syntax is all wrong, but it gets the message across. 3) I try to read news articles here and on the camino Facebook pages in Spanish. And then read the translation to see how close I got!!
I second the suggestion to use Duolingo.
A little suggestion: Focus your Spanish lessons to what you will need. I used Rosetta Stone for other reasons, I live in California and travel a lot in Latin America, but wish I would have focused specifically to food and lodging, directions, and pleasantries. Depends on your learning style, but I suggest memorizing phrases and questions that may be asked of you. I have a small Spanish primer in my preparation handbook (see signature), and even a little French.
Buen Camino
obviously your husband has his priorities!I use the duolingo app every morning for about 20-30 min. I have been using it for about 5 months and I am surprised how much I have learned from a free app. I do speak and read German as well so picking up another language has not seemed so hard. My husband has taken Spanish classes and can only order beer so I do think knowing at least one other language may be a help.
He also needs to learn ¿Dónde está el baño? or los servicios.It's true! He'll never be thirsty although not sure he'll be able to ask the way to the bathroom when needed!!! Guess that is why I'm going along. Quite a contingent of us from the Pacific Northwest on a forum. I had friends who did the CF last year and they told me they met at least 6 people from Boise.
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