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  1. Friend from Barquinha

    Re: Current Lunch Prices

    My two bits' worth: I sense the heart of this discussion is the relative perception of "value of the wine," if I can call it that. In Spain and Portugal, table wine is so cheap as to seem to locals just a tiny bit more valuable than water. I can buy a 1-litre box of wine (admittedly, not...
  2. Friend from Barquinha

    standard of living/quality of life in Spain

    Same is true for us, when we're in small-town Portugal. Here in Canada, people are very private, and as you say, a lot of their/our lives is spent at home. In Barquinha, life is to some degree lived on the street. Although we're foreigners, and our Portuguese is pretty painful, and there's not...
  3. Friend from Barquinha

    Re: Current Lunch Prices

    I know it's not so romantic as pulling it from a cask, but much of the time, nowadays, the bulk wine that is peregrino- or menu del dia quality comes in those 3- or 4-litre boxes, so the various-sized glass jugs are quite common. I've been in Spanish and Portuguese farm-supply stores, where...
  4. Friend from Barquinha

    To Barcelona from Santiago, for example--Vueling airline seat sale

    Just got an email about today being last day of a seat sale for Vueling in Spain. For anyone wanting to go to, say, Barcelona, after arriving in Santiago, this might be useful. Buen camino...
  5. Friend from Barquinha

    3 languages on VdlP stone pillars

    I was going to suggest the Solitreo as well. That would make sense.
  6. Friend from Barquinha

    LIVE from the Camino Account of a very challenging day SJPdP to Roncesvalles (crazy weather)

    I suspect it's because vegetables--right or wrong--are considered "poor people's food." During the dictatorship years, the division between poor and rich was very stark, and the poor had little access to protein other than eggs and dairy. The legacy from those hard years is a strong preference...
  7. Friend from Barquinha

    Medical help Valenca

    Also, if Corga is just outside Freixos (looks like it on the map), there is a family health clinic as extension in Freixos (closer): Centro de Saúde de Ponte de Lima +351258909280 Open till 8 tonight. Best of luck!
  8. Friend from Barquinha

    Casa Ivar has abandoned me?

    Perhaps one of the Spanish locals on the forum could confirm or correct this? In Portugal, and I suspect in Spain too, each city/town/village has a patron saint. The local holiday is usually on or very close to that saint's day. So if you can find out the saint's day for any towns that you...
  9. Friend from Barquinha

    Casa Ivar has abandoned me?

    Sounds like all is well, and under control. For future reference for North Americans and others, May 1--European Labour Day--is quite a big deal in much of Europe. Best to plan for many services to not be available that day and perhaps a few around it, and consider that many Europeans may take...
  10. Friend from Barquinha

    Is tap water safe to drink in Portugal?

    This sounds about right. There are several out-in-the-open faucets in our neighbourhood. One is marked agua impotavel; the others have no marking. After several years of dealing with Portuguese officialdom and its penny-wise pragmatism, I would guess that the official response to "why isn't it...
  11. Friend from Barquinha

    Casa Ivar has abandoned me?

    Remember it's been Labour Day weekend in France and Spain. Things may be a bit unsettled...
  12. Friend from Barquinha

    Who is going to Viloria de Rioja? I forgot to donate in Albergue parada Viloria.

    Posting it definitely seems your easiest and most direct alternative. Delivery is likely to be very quick.
  13. Friend from Barquinha

    Growing numbers on the Camino Portugues - newspaper article

    Today is a tough day, I would expect, for finding lodging. A national holiday, with probably a long weekend for everyone. Bom 25 de Abril!
  14. Friend from Barquinha

    New marked paths to Fatima in central Portugal

    P.S. The website just cited, for tourism of the middle Tejo, gives a pretty good summary of things might want to see, or do, in the area! (In English, French and Spanish, as well as Portuguese.) https://turismo.mediotejo.pt/visitar/
  15. Friend from Barquinha

    New marked paths to Fatima in central Portugal

    A local (central Portuguese) news source reported recently on the newly marked routes to Fatima from 1/ Serta 2/Tomar and 3/ Abrantes (east of Vila Nova da Barquinha on the Tejo/Tagus). Here's a link to the brochure, with map and elevation details, that they produced. It is in 4 languages...
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