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  1. Wendy Werneth

    Duo Lingo or Something Else?

    Unsurprisingly, I second what @jungleboy said about the importance of comprehensible input. The next question is, where to get that input? Since I have been able to understand native-level material in Spanish for many years now, I don't have first-hand recommendations for lower-level materials...
  2. Wendy Werneth

    Don't speak the language?

    A couple of small corrections: "I want" is "yo quiero". "Quieres" is the second person conjugation, i.e. "tu quieres" means "you want". While "cama" is the general word for "bed" and would be understood, a bunk bed in the context of an albergue is called a "litera". While "jugo" is the word...
  3. Wendy Werneth

    Cafe con Leche / Coffee on the Camino: Enquiring Coffee Lovers want to know!!

    I'm not a coffee drinker, and the Camino is the last place I'd want to develop a coffee habit. I've seen too many peregrinos who are miserable until they can find a place open for coffee in the morning. Why put myself through that?
  4. Wendy Werneth

    Cooking for Vegans: Easy and Delicious Recipes and Tips

    Yes! You can find the replays of all the summit talks at this link: https://nvw22.heysummit.com/replays/
  5. Wendy Werneth

    Cooking for Vegans: Easy and Delicious Recipes and Tips

    Since this is a topical thread at the moment, some of you might be interested to know that I am giving a talk tomorrow (Saturday 29 January) about walking the Camino as a vegan. It's part of an online summit on vegan travel. If you wish, you can register for free at this link.
  6. Wendy Werneth

    How do you feel when you finish a camino?

    Have you tried the ErasmusU website? I recently found an apartment in Ourense through the site, which I rented for one month this summer. You don't have to be an Erasmus student to use it. They do charge a finder's fee, but it's more reliable than dealing with individuals on Idealista, and the...
  7. Wendy Werneth

    FADO / An Introduction – Portuguese music selection

    This is one of my all-time favourite performances by any fado singer. Perhaps it wasn't clear due to the edits in the vocal couch's video, but the reason the audience starts clapping mid-way through is because Mariza herself has become so emotional that she has to stop singing. As she wipes her...
  8. Wendy Werneth

    "A Different Christmas" - Christmas 2020 Song in Galego

    Grazas! That's interesting about "agarimo". I feel like I've come across it many times while reading the Dragal series of young adult fantasy novels. Perhaps it's used more in the written language than when speaking?
  9. Wendy Werneth

    "A Different Christmas" - Christmas 2020 Song in Galego

    I'm sharing this cheesy but uplifting Christmas song in the hopes that it will bring some cheer to those who aren't able to celebrate with their loved ones this year. It's in galego, but the lyrics are pretty easy to follow. Here they are written out, with the English translation below...
  10. Wendy Werneth

    Good resources for would-be expats? (US citizen in ES or PT)

    I don't believe so, but since I've not paid much into SS in my lifetime, I doubt I'll get anything anyway, so I've never looked into it closely. The Facebook group "Renounce US Citizenship - Why and How" is a good place to find the answers to questions like this.
  11. Wendy Werneth

    Good resources for would-be expats? (US citizen in ES or PT)

    I'm pretty sure that's not true. You have to file for the tax year in which you renounce, but after that you're done.
  12. Wendy Werneth

    Good resources for would-be expats? (US citizen in ES or PT)

    Yes, but this only becomes an option once you have obtained citizenship from another country. I doubt anyone would willingly become a stateless person. I left the US in 1999 and have been living abroad ever since, but it was not until I obtained residency in Portugal in 2017 that I finally...
  13. Wendy Werneth

    Good resources for would-be expats? (US citizen in ES or PT)

    My husband @jungleboy is Australian, and I am American. We moved to Portugal in 2017, and it was actually much easier than I thought it would be. After researching options in Spain, Italy and other European countries, we determined that Portugal would be the easiest. We are on entrepreneur...
  14. Wendy Werneth

    Interesting Camino Markers - Post photos of markers you have met

    Actually it seems to be quite precise. In Spanish, commas are used as decimal points, so it's 373 kilometers and a bit. 😉
  15. Wendy Werneth

    Interesting Camino Markers - Post photos of markers you have met

    Here are a few of my favorites, all taken by @jungleboy on our three Caminos together. The first two are from the Camino de Madrid, the third is from the Camino Francés, and the fourth, covered in snails, is from the very wet Camino Primitivo.
  16. Wendy Werneth

    Food lessons for life....

    Thanks so much! 😊
  17. Wendy Werneth

    Food lessons for life....

    Sure David, I'd be happy to. I'm traveling at the moment but will post something here when I get home in a couple of weeks. In the meantime, those looking for tips on eating vegan/vegetarian on the Camino can check out my blog post linked in my signature, and the responses I've left to various...
  18. Wendy Werneth

    Food lessons for life....

    "Historical reasons" is not a very strong justification for causing unnecessary harm. We humans have done lots of things in the past that we would no longer consider morally acceptable today. Sure, there's a cycle of life, and animals in the wild get eaten by other animals. But we are not wild...
  19. Wendy Werneth

    Vegetarian and Vegan Camino

    Having walked three different caminos as a vegan, I also second @Magwood's comments above. While I believe your plan is well-intentioned, I do not think your approach will have the desired effect. Indeed, it will probably backfire, as evidenced by @davebugg's reaction. That said, I do believe...
  20. Wendy Werneth

    Vegan Food on The Camino Frances

    Yes, there is a map called The Vegetarian Way. You can download it here: http://heartofthecamino.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/vegetarian-way_heartofthecamino_v2.4-2.18.pdf The last update was more than a year ago, though, so there are more vegan options than those listed on the map. In fact...

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