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No. South American Spanish just uses a formal "you" rather than vosotros for you guys. There are some words that are different like juice, but you will be understood.
I had problems with conversation because I had to translate to English what the person said to me. Then I would have to translate my answer into Spanish. But after watching hundreds of hours of videos from DreamingSpanish I can often think in Spanish. It really helped with conversation. I...
In 2012, while having our lunch a woman came up to my friend and I and said "wow, you're the two yoga women with the pink umbrella." She had heard of us, but hadn't seen us yet. We got a good chuckle out of our "name" as every day we would lie down by the trail, put up the umbrella and rest...
Hi Jacqueline! Where did you start from and which route did you take? There really is a camino bug that has infected most of us on this forum. Welcome.
Cell phone plans for tourists are very cheap in Spain. I go to a Vodafone store and they put a SIM card into my phone for me. At the moment they are selling 28 day plans for 10 euros that includes calls back to the USA and Canada (up to 300 minutes!), calls in Spain, and 50 GB of data. It...
Enjoy your camino! I really enjoyed walking by the ocean when I walked in 2019. I also stayed in Labruge, a really nice albergue. It will be fun to follow your journey.
Thanks for that information! I will continue going to a Vodafone store when I need to make a payment. I have an Android phone and cannot download the Vodafone app as it is not available in Canada.
I had the same problem with the Vodafone app when I was in Spain. I'm Canadian. I am home now, and just went into settings in the Play Store app. It shows my country is Canada. I believe this is what you have to change to Spain in order to download the Spanish phone apps.
I used travel.orange.com. ordered the esim and it came by email with instructions on how to set up the phone so it worked as soon as I landed in Europe. I only used it for 2 weeks as Vodafone had better deals in Spain.
We left our guide book behind at a hotel once and the hotel sent it to us thru jacotrans. We paid him when he dropped it off. You know where it is, so if the albergue has it they might be able to ship it to you.
I bought an Orange eSIM before leaving Canada. It was only for 2 weeks and could not be extended without registering with them. I didnt register so Orange legally could not extend the plan. It worked great, as soon as I arrived in Europe. Then when I arrived in Spain I got the €15 plan with...
1. There are companies, including the post office that pick up bags and drop them off each day, but they are picking up and then driving west. They drop off in the next few towns along the way. I don't imagine there is any way they could then pick up your bag and go in the opposite direction...
In 2019 I was one of the first in line and received the free lunch. There was no choice, but the meal was delicious. A pilgrim meal - soup, main course of fish and potatoes and dessert with wine. You are right that it was before the restaurant opened for paying customers, but it was really nice.
In 2012 I stayed in hotels on my first camino. Here is a list of ones with bathtubs, but I cant guarantee that all rooms in the hotels have a bathtub.
1. Abadia - just past Burgos
2. La Fabrica - Tarjados (only 10 km past Abadia)
3. Hotel Gaudi - Astorga
4. Posada el Tesin -Rabanal del Camino...
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