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  1. jungleboy

    Iberia, by James Michener, a worthy read before, during, or after a camino

    I have had this on my ‘to read’ list for some time but just haven’t gotten around to it. Thanks for the reminder. Michener’s ‘The Drifters’ is one of my all-time favourite books. As an aside, he is one of the authors featured on the ‘Writers Walk’ at Circular Quay in Sydney:
  2. jungleboy

    Learning Spanish while walking the Camino

    Here is more information about Maria's 'Walk & Talk' caminos: https://spanishforcamino.com/learn-with-me/walk-talk-spanish/
  3. jungleboy

    Is it OK to write emails in English when booking accommodation?

    While ‘cama’ does indeed mean bed and you will not be misunderstood if you use it as in this example, the term for a dorm/bunk bed in an albergue is ‘litera’.
  4. jungleboy

    Spanish late-night eating culture

    For what it’s worth, according to this article in El País, most Spaniards do not eat the Mediterranean diet. https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2019/02/13/inenglish/1550055336_780262.html
  5. jungleboy

    Romanesque, and others, architecture on the camino

    Not to hijack the thread but maybe it's worth explaining this a little better. I love Romanesque visually, but the main reason that it is overlooked/undervalued is because the style that came after it, Gothic, while still medieval/pre-Renaissance, is objectively a significantly more advanced...
  6. jungleboy

    Acequias, ancient Moorish canals, solution for modern drought

    Here’s a free gift link...
  7. jungleboy

    Codex Calixtinus

    I just saw from El Camino People on Instagram that the codex will be displayed for a limited time at the cathedral in Santiago this week only. Per the post, the display schedule for the rest of the week is: Tuesday, 6 June 2023 (18:00) Wednesday, 7 June 2023 (18:00) Thursday 8 June 2023 (10:30...
  8. jungleboy

    How do you manage to overcome your language learning laziness?

    I received a newsletter in my inbox today from Luca Lampariello, a famous Italian polyglot. Here are some of his words of wisdom about language learning from the newsletter:
  9. jungleboy

    Roman ruins at foot of Pyrenees?

    Hmm, for some reason the share link isn’t working. This is the name of the site in Google Maps if anyone wants to paste it in: Ermita de San Pedro (Camino de Santiago)
  10. jungleboy

    Roman ruins at foot of Pyrenees?

    From the El País story that is linked to in the story you posted:
  11. jungleboy

    How do you manage to overcome your language learning laziness?

    I have heard it yet another way, that the stopping of dubbing in Portugal in the 1970s was the government's way of trying to encourage the local film industry by way of making English-language films incomprehensible to locals. Instead, the Portuguese kept watching those films, learned English...
  12. jungleboy

    How do you manage to overcome your language learning laziness?

    Thank you! :) I gave her both in emoji form as we are on different continents right now while she is in Ethiopia learning Amharic! (And doing a bit of work on the side.) She is considered the best Italian fantasy author. The most noteworthy of her works are one series of five books (La Ragazza...
  13. jungleboy

    How do you manage to overcome your language learning laziness?

    Let me respond from the point of view of someone who is currently (but not always) highly motivated in language learning, and who is married to a fanatical language learner (@Wendy Werneth). A word @Arctic_Alex used three times in the OP is motivation, and this is of course the key to...
  14. jungleboy

    A 16th c. Rhino in Lisbon

    Thank you for sharing, it's a nice video! A couple of things: - The video showed a statue of two calceteiros. If anyone would like to see this while in Lisbon, it's in the southwest corner of the Praça dos Restauradores, just north of Rossio. It was previously in a different location on the...
  15. jungleboy

    Learning Spanish for the Camino: Recommendations for a Spanish Teacher

    italki ->> link here
  16. jungleboy

    Learning Spanish and Portuguese

    I wouldn't say that, no. As I said upthread, English is widely spoken in Portugal in general. As you would expect, the level is generally higher among younger people and in urban areas. The south (i.e. the Algarve) is a heavily touristed area which also brings with it elevated levels of English...
  17. jungleboy

    Learning Spanish and Portuguese

    For the first few days only? Lucky you! I also learned Brazilian Portuguese first and am still struggling to adapt to the pronunciation in Portugal after living here for 5.5 years (partly or perhaps largely because I prefer the Brazilian version of the language by a long way).
  18. jungleboy

    Learning Spanish and Portuguese

    You will be fine with English on the CP. The level of English spoken in Portugal is unexpectedly high - it is the European country that bucks the trend of English levels being higher in wealthier and geographically northern countries. According to the 2021 English Proficiency Index, Portugal's...
  19. jungleboy

    Without Camino pilgrims, rural villages in north-west Spain 'wouldn't have a reason to exist'

    Yes, well spotted. The original AP headline is as Kanga said but when ABC Australia republished the story, they changed the headline to the problematic one we have been discussing. AP: ABC:
  20. jungleboy

    Without Camino pilgrims, rural villages in north-west Spain 'wouldn't have a reason to exist'

    The problem is that the quote from the local has had its meaning altered for the headline.

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