I'm so glad I learned how to order this in Spanish!

DanielH · Nov 19, 2018

I ate this breakfast every morning on the Camino. It was something about those eggs. Yum

DowtyCamino · Nov 20, 2018

On Camino 1, we'd walked from SJPdP all the way Triacastela - the whole time wondering "where are all the eggs for bfast?". And then we learned the magical phrase!
Camino 2 was MUCH better in terms of bfast.

chinacat · Oct 16, 2021

So, Robo, (or anyone!) what’s the right phrase???
How can you do this without passing on the secret?!

DowtyCamino · Nov 5, 2021

"Dos huevos fritos y jamon per favore". You can also try Desayuno Ingles per favor, but sometimes this was met with a blank stare.

chinacat · Nov 5, 2021

@DowtyCamino

Thank you!!
So it was quite simple in the end?

DowtyCamino · Nov 5, 2021

chinacat said:
@DowtyCamino

Thank you!!
So it was quite simple in the end?

Yes...but since I only new a bit of Spanish, and some of the other food was ok I never tried...but as the weeks progressed, I started craving eggs. It was never on the menus so I assumed they only made tostados etc. I didn't get you could order things not on a menu. So it was less about knowing the Spanish than it was knowing that you could ask off menu. Naive me.

DowtyCamino · Nov 5, 2021

It served me well, though. My wife and I just got off of the Via Francigena. We did 2400km from London to Rome. I knew less French and Italian than I did Spanish on our Caminos. But our trips through Spain had educated me to ask for things that weren't published. Very often they just said "certainly...it will be right out".

chinacat · Nov 5, 2021

That was a long walk!
I’d manage better in French & Italian than Spanish ..
whereabouts in London?

Robo · Nov 5, 2021

chinacat said:
So, Robo, (or anyone!) what’s the right phrase???
How can you do this without passing on the secret?!

Just remember that Heuvos is pronounced Webos! My first mistake!

chinacat · Nov 6, 2021

‘V’s are ‘B’s???
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