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'On your left' is meaningless and I have never heard anyone say it before. To me it also sounds rude. A complete sentence might be preferable. 'I am coming along behind you on your left'? What about a bell, the meaning of which would be more readily understood?
In my experience you are likely to be charged (a lot) more if you try to vary the Menu del Dia or d Perigrino.
But I always asked for carajillo instead of postre and was seldom disappointed - D
I do not think buying water in a plastic container is good. Surely most people have a metal water container they refill? I have walked four different caminos but never heard of Aquarius. I will look out for it in Portugal this Spring and will taste test it.
Cocido Maragato, also in Hotel Gaudi in Astorga, was the most disgusting meal I have ever had. First came a plate of boiled meats: various pieces of sausage and black pudding, pig’s ear, pig’s trotter, ham hock, salt pork, beef shank, cecina (dry cured beef, thinly sliced), boiling fowl (hen)...
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