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hey dear community,
after walking some other camino-routes Im considering to do the Mozarabe this year.
Those who already walked it, could you tell me if I need Spanish skills for this one? It seems more than often one needs to communicate with someone via phone etc to get the keys for the...
My darling and I will attempt to walk the Caminho Português from Lisboa, starting westward and following the coast to Nazaré, then Fátima and getting back on the Caminho in Tomar.
We tried to study Portuguese on one of the most popular language apps, but it's Brazilian Portuguese, and we would...
OK, I really need to get serious about improving my Spanish!
The trouble is..........I can 'get by'.
And that's a lazy level to be at.
I can book accomodation on the phone, order meals and that kind of stuff.
But conversations?
That's really hard and very limited.
I met some amazing people on...
Here is a link to a company that teaches Spanish while walking the last stretch of the Francés.
Might be of interest 🤔
https://bolboretaspanishschool.com/caminodesantiago/
Not really difficulties - but a curious question.
Having walked several caminos it still surprises me how few spanish speak english. Even in Portugal I met several portuguese that could speak more than just portuguese.
In Finisterra with so many daily "tourists/pilgrims" it's often still...
El Camino de las Estrellas: Un viaje por el Camino de Santiago (Clara Villanueva)
For all currently learning Spanish, this was a great language learner book about the Camino de Santiago. My level is somewhere between A2 und B1 and I found the story easy to follow and certainly entertaining...
Perhaps the one thing that surprised me more than anything else when I started walking the CF in May is how little English is spoken in Northern Spain. Or more precisely, how seldom there is English signage, menus, etc., as compared to other countries.
And before some of you start haughtily...
I'm reviewing my Spanish (learned in high school) in the hopes of communicating effectively while on the Camino. One book does not cover the 'tu' form of the verb because as the book says "as a visitor, you will never use it". Another reference book only gives the 'tu' form of address and never...
I'm doing the Camino in May and June, and while I can't learn the language in that time I would like some key phrases (have you any water, where are the toilets etc) to show I've at least thought about it. I've downloaded Duolingo, but it's a little generic (my sister has 2 children, my house...
... or as we say in German "Wie überwindet man seinen inneren Schweinehund?"
About a year ago I decided to learn Spanish so I could survive better on Camino routes that were less travelled than the Camino Francés. But so far I re-started two times and never really got further than ¡Hola...
Hello, I’m a coordinator for a sub chapter of the national organization “American Pilgrims on the Camino” we will be starting zoom classes, probably in February, with a teacher who is living in Spain.
Although it is not critical to be able to speak Spanish while walking the Camino, it certainly...
I've done a couple of Caminos but I speak only enough Spanish to ask for sandwiches and coffee. I'm planning another Camino and would like to learn some. I'm an English monoglot.
What I'd like to learn:
Numbers
Basic greetings
Calling an albergue and making a reservation (most important)...
Perhaps one of the most common activities among all pilgrims is greeting other peregrinos and locals along the way. Equally common, and almost second nature, we offer a "Buen Camino" and receive a "Buen Camino" in return. One morning, I heard a local older gentleman, walking with his mature son...
Google Maps shows the Roman bridge near Cirauqui crossing the "Regacho de Iguste". Google Translate doesn't recognise 'regacho', and neither does my small Spanish-English dictionary. It is recognised by GT as the Galician word meaning 'stream'. GT doesn't have Navarrese (if there is such a...
There are lots of posts about the language barrier, but it seems they get mostly advice on learning or coping. Few (seemed to me) mentioned that there really isn't one.
Native speakers of English were by far the majority staying in the Dutch-run albergue I worked in, and the majority of others...
I am planning or have been planning my Camino since before Covid. I am looking at changing from a Spanish Camino to the Portuguese Lisbon - Santiago. I have been trying to learn Spanish from Australia where we are predominantly only English. Do people who have walked the Caminos need to have a...
In trying to improve my very Basic Spanish, I found this guy.
I really like the way he explains things and lays out the lesson.
And judging by the comments from Spanish Speakers, he seems to teach accurately.
P.S. I'm trying to find similar quality YouTube videos for my niece who needs to...
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