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Here's what the Goethe-Institut in Madrid says about the quotation:
They heard about it for the first time a few years ago when a Spanish professor found it translating an Austrian book. He did not find the author of the quotation.
So the Goethe-Institut started a worldwide investigation...
Thank you, Peter,
I've just sent a mail to the Jakobus-Gesellschaft.
How could I read into Dante what he had never said? Superficial reading of mutilated quotations might have been the cause. :D
The Goethe quotation cannot be found in any of the texts on von-goethe.net. I've scanned them all. :shock:
I've written to some of those who have the quotation on their web pages. None of them could tell me the source of it. I'll try the Goethe-University in Frankfurt/Main and the...
Hi Hedda,
weather forcasting is a tough job. :)
Statistically speaking August is the hottest month with the least rainfall. And even this year's August in Galicia with less sun and more rain won't change that.
But if you really want to start in Lugo then you'll probably be walking about...
Hello Hedda,
you seem to be considering August and October. I live in Santiago and I've seen pilgrims in huge numbers in town in August. So if you like to meet a lot of people and if you don't mind crowded albergues and maybe competing for a place to sleep, that month could be your choice. But...
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