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  1. Pelegrin

    Language questions

    Yes you' re right. " coja su ticket" is the way we say it. " tome su ticket" is the way in Latinoamerica. There are many inmigrants from this area in Madrid, so maybe " tome su ticket" is for them.
  2. Pelegrin

    Language questions

    When you pay in an automatic machine in the super Alcampo you can hear after two locutions " coja su ticket" and " tome su ticket". The second redundant locution I think must be for Latinamerican customers.
  3. Pelegrin

    Rip off Restaurant

    Sandwich or bocadillo? The size is important for the price.
  4. Pelegrin

    Madrid City Walks

    A good park for walking is Parque Juan Carlos I. metro Feria de Madrid. It has artificial lakes and hills with very good views of the east outskirts of Madrid and Sierra de Madrid ( now with snow).
  5. Pelegrin

    Eucalyptus trees - when do they smell?

    I read on internet that eucalyptus smell different depending on the type. In Galicia there two: mainly Globulus in the coast and Nintens mainly in the inner ( because is more resistant to low temperatures). I think that Globulus smells more than Nintens but I didn't find anything on Internet to...
  6. Pelegrin

    Vigo the happiest city in Spain

    I didn' t know that they celebrated the French ( Napoleon) expulsion when much of their hapiness depends on the Stellantis factory future.
  7. Pelegrin

    Vigo the happiest city in Spain

    Metropolitan area of Porto is much larger.
  8. Pelegrin

    Vigo the happiest city in Spain

    The problem with the mayor is that he hates the Xunta government for different issues, so he doesn't help the Camino through Vigo.
  9. Pelegrin

    Vigo the happiest city in Spain

    I don' t know if you can read tbe comments to the article ( I am subscribed), but many of them disagree.
  10. Pelegrin

    Portomarin Bridge Closure

    Following with this ( sorry) the Italian cofusion with furt /forte was also in Spain with Portomarin/ Puertomarin that was the official name before democracy. Puerto in Spanish doesn' t never mean ford, which is " vado" in Spanish. In Italian is " guado".
  11. Pelegrin

    Portomarin Bridge Closure

    In Galician, "Porto" is also a place on a river where people and cattle can cross walking on the water. In English is ford ( Oxford) and in German is " furt" (Frankfurt) where Frank I think is "free". Obviously the translation of Frankfurt into Italian "Francoforte" is wrong.
  12. Pelegrin

    Portomarin Bridge Closure

    I didn't know that either.
  13. Pelegrin

    Cheese

    No, sorry I don' t know that shop. I visited Arzua only a couple of times in my life. When I visit my homealdea ( not far from Betanzos) I always buy fresh cheese with no brand in a farm near. I like that cheese made of milk from Frisian cows only because it has less fat.
  14. Pelegrin

    Cheese

    I' am Galician and didn' t know that legend. At the end of the article there is a photo of San Simon da Costa cheeses. Despite its name it is not produced somewhere on the coast. Its production area includes places like Abadín, Vilalba and Baamonde ( Begonte) on Camino del Norte.
  15. Pelegrin

    Semana Santa on the Camino Madrid

    On Wednesday I walked Tres Cantos - Manzanares ( I am not doing the Camino). When crossing Colmenar I asked two locals if they knew about the Camino across Colmenar. None of them knew despite the Camino is well marked.
  16. Pelegrin

    Cheese

    I think that in most supers in Galicia you have Arzua - Ulloa and Tetilla. Less frequent are San Simon ( smoked) and Cebreiro ( fresh). All of them are made with cow milk. Those are the four " denominaciones de origen" for Galician cheeses.
  17. Pelegrin

    Communion at the Cruz de Ferro?

    Yes people who can continue doing " puentes" in Spain. In December we have 6th (Constitución) and 8th (Inmaculada) where is possible to get a 5 days " puente". On my previous post I called " puente" to something that really is a long weekend ( Monday Holiday). A true " puente" needs workdays...
  18. Pelegrin

    Two pilgrims trapped in tree by a cow

    In Spain Ganado Bravo is always for bullfights. Selecting Gado Bravo in Portugal because their bravery could be good for meat and milk production is first news for me.
  19. Pelegrin

    Two pilgrims trapped in tree by a cow

    I called the Guardia Civil in Cáceres to get more information about this incident. The officer agreed what I wrote in a previous post about that I thought they weren't in real danger and simply were scared because the cows had calves and made kind of aggressive gestures. The cow breed was...
  20. Pelegrin

    Alert Solo Women Beware! Men threatening women just north of Albergaria-a-Velha in the woods (Parque do Monte da Nossa Sra do Socorro)

    Oh. Sorry. You are right.

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