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I was advised by my bank to put my Canadian sim back into my phone, use wifi for the banking app, the text message would come to me with the code, complete my banking and then put the Spanish sim back into the phone.
Receiving the text was...
I’d use Señor or Señora. They are working and likely would appreciate the respect.
Perhaps that’s the reason the waitress at a certain restaurant served me before a pile of pilgrims who had gotten there before me….
If you decide against starting in Barcelona, and think getting to SJPDP is too complicated, consider starting at Somport and following the Camino Aragones. It has infrastructure, gorgeous scenery and is only a train to Jaca and a bus up to Somport.
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