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biloute

biloute

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Chemin du Puy & Camino Francés (summer 2014), Chemin du Puy & Camino Francés (possible summer 2019)
I found a hiking guide from the Le Puy tourist office and was just reading it. It mentioned bringing your own "drap de couchage" (sleep sack/sheet) or a "sac à viande." This last literally means meat sack! But it's actually a sleeping bag liner. This made me wonder, what other language oddities have people encountered along the way?
 
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