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Speaking French on the Le Puy Route
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[QUOTE="Gillean, post: 571813, member: 21981"] Anything is possible and it is quite possible to walk the LePuy route without knowing much French at all but I think you level of enjoyment will increase almost directly in proportion to your ability to speak at least a bit of the local language. In general I think it is safe to say that French people love French wine, French cheese, French food and most of all the French language. They are scrupulously polite but I think you can be fairly certain that they will be disappointed if you have decided to walk for a month in France and have not made some effort to learn the lingua Franca. The little bit of study you have outlined together with hiring a French tutor should give you a great start. You will find that your high school French will start to mysteriously pop back into your head the longer you are in a French environment. And don't be shy about using what French you have. I found that some French people who speak reasonably good English are sometimes reluctant to use it because they feel it is not perfect. I recommend starting out a conversation in French and letting the French person switch to English if they feel the need and if they are able to. Just barge along as best you can. You very definitely will get better over the course of the walk. I personally was very lucky to have been "adopted" by a French woman who helped me enormously in communicating in restaurants and gites. It is a wonderful camino. I hope you enjoy! [/QUOTE]
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