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Wow, everyone, thanks so much for your suggestions. I have a lot to select from! I suspect that I will be trying more than one of them, and heading out on a Camino route immediately after to test my competency....
In August 2023, my husband and I studied for four weeks in Jaca, at a program run by the Universidad de Zaragoza (link below). The University runs two, two-week courses (Cursos de verano para extranjeros) at their summer campus in Jaca each...
I did investigate the process some years ago. The better options were in Pamplona or Salamanca as both schools were teaching main stream Castilian Spanish.
Hola! I have researched this to death! I have taken Spanish 2 weeks in Antigua, Guatemala (booked my own accommodation), a week in Cartagena, Colombia (homestay then moved to an apartment: nice lady great meals but no hot water & got locked out...
It's a beautiful and relatively short route that deserves more attention. The Albergue at Ruesta was particularly special as it was run by young people who were involved in local activist projects. Not sure if that is still the case... Just...
An article yesterday about plans by the Government of Aragon to promote the Caminos which pass through the region. Better publicity for their albergues, improved signposting and the creation of a post for someone to coordinate the work of local...
It is interesting how SJPDP has almost eclipsed Somport/Canfranc as a starting point. In his very influential 1985 guide book Don Elias Valiña - the inventor of the yellow arrows - put Somport first in his route descriptions. SJPDP was the second...
My husband and I went to Ira Flavia in Santiago de Compostella. Price was better than some of the more touristy cities on the coast. We stayed in a shared apartment with other students. Had our own room, shared bathroom, kitchen, and living area...
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