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Ivar,
Thank you so much -- I will certainly try it. And soon, as I am in Caldas de Reis -- and experiencing the first rain since leaving Porto.
Kit
kstaylor@centurytel.net
I'll be in Santiago in four days, and proably stay for two. Does anyone have recommendations for restaurants that have real non-smoking sections or are even completely non-smoking? I've found it difficult so far to get good meals in Galicia without being assaulted by the stench of cigarette...
Ivar & Peter,
Thank you, I'll check out the TV.
",,,it doesn't have the peculiarities of Portuguese like final 's' as 'sh' which makes Portuguese harder to understand (at least for me :-) ) than Castilian."
In Brazil it is just pronounced as a final 's' -- one of the most notable differences...
How similar to Portuguese is Gallego? I'll be walking to Santiago from Porto starting mid-April and hoping I can get by without lugging a Spanish-English dictionary with me. By the time I get to Tui my ears should certainly have adjusted to the differences between the Portuguese I learned in...
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