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    Altus products in forum store?

    Definitely the poncho!!
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    Looking for Long Pants and Shorts with Great Pockets for the Camino

    I’ve been training in an Outdoor Afro/REI women’s trail pants that has great zippered pockets (my IPhone 13 fits in several of them), wide elastic waste and with elastic drawstring, zippered pant legs at the bottom, lightweight and quick dry. Outdoor Afro is a non-profit that worked up a line in...
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    Texas and the Camino Ingles - first two peregrinas to complete the route this way

    My husband and I walk the Mission Trail all the time and they do actually have stamps. Ask the attending Park Rangers. We won’t use them as part of our trek when we go but you have access to many miles of contiguous trail for getting in shape. There are at least 10 miles between Mission Espada...
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    Portuguese place names in Spain

    They sure are!
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    Portuguese place names in Spain

    Loving Brazilian samba… it has been a little difficult for me to give fado sufficient listening time to appreciate it.
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    Portuguese place names in Spain

    You are right about that! I was in Portugal once and it was crazy how hard I had to focus to understand anything! 🤣 It's almost like a sentence is one long word. Great challenge for my brain for sure!
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    Portuguese place names in Spain

    Thanks everyone for taking the time to give me some insight! I’m a Texan who learned Spanish spoken in Mexico, have been exposed to Tex-Mex for my whole life (a mix of Mexican Spanish and English) and learned Portuguese living in Brazil for six months waaaaayyyyy back… 1978! LOL… even with...
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    Portuguese place names in Spain

    I’m sure that if I lived there or spent time there I’d be trying to pick it up as well. 😋 Glad you have able to become fluent even with the difficulties getting folks to use it with you.
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    Portuguese place names in Spain

    Thanks… I’ll read the article. Always nice knowing what’s going on! 😁 The final o sounding like a u is what I’m used to as well when it’s anything similar to Portuguese.
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    Portuguese place names in Spain

    O Cebreiro would be an example. So, if in Galician... the "O" at the beginning would be a Spanish "o" sound and not a "u" sound? I wasn't sure how close to Portuguese it would be... appearance only... 😋
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    Portuguese place names in Spain

    Howdy! I've noticed that there are many places in Spain with Portuguese names. Speaking a fair amount of Spanish and also some Portuguese, I thought I'd ask if the Portuguese names in Spain are normally pronounced like Spanish names by native speakers or if they are pronounced like Portuguese...

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