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Language tests !!??

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Has anybody a reaction to the news, that FICS recommends language tests that pilgrims have to pass in order to walk the Camino !?
A bit stiff, I think
Where did you read/see that? Or is this a poisson d'avril ?
 
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Being serious for a moment (moi?) does anybody know what the fourth language is on the stone in Bayonne station? French, Spanish, Euskara and ?????
I did have a photo but those Daguerreotypes never last too well.
 
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Being serious for a moment (moi?) does anybody know what the fourth language is on the stone in Bayonne station? French, Spanish, Euskara and ???? I did have a photo but those Daguerreotypes never last too well.
Depends on how long ago it was when you were there . My guess is either Occitan Gascon or the English of Henry II.
 
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Before the end of the day, as it maybe is still not yet midday, when April Fools rest for a year, let me say much I loved watching this to take my mind off balancing the accounts for March!!!

edit: ditto for the spaghetti clip. Takes me right back to the Saturday outing to the pictures with all my siblings., We each got 7d in old sterling money. 3d for entrance charge, 3d for the bar of toffee which we smashed off our elbows so we could eat a square at a time. One of my brothers was not wise, instead of breaking his bar of toffee squares, he sooked away at them, and on the way home, he lost the remaining stretches of the toffee as the oldest brother stole them from him!!!
 
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Only a fool believes spaghetti grows on trees...it's money that does that.
I watched the original spaghetti tree broadcast live on that 1st April long ago -- I was a small child, and yet it was so incredibly well produced, with the poetic absurdity of it combined with true and honest respect for Italy and her culture (though IIRC the Italian culture Minister complained) to make it IMO the one, single, best April Fool story ever.
 
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Agreed! Such a great April Fool's prank. The narrator has the perfect combination of seriousness, friendliness, and trustworthiness that I actually believe "these dangers are over" and that spaghetti is ripe for harvesting now.

Amazing that you watched it live as a child!
 
Well, I had no idea. All this time I thought spaghetti grew in boxes and marshmallows came from plastic bags. Thanks for enlightening me. I wonder if I can raise them in window boxes on the back deck.

Now if I can just pass that 5-language exam, I'll be all set for my next Camino. Provided the construction on the Napoleon route is finished by then.

 
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