Live- Pilgrims On Spanish Tv - But It Is Streamed

[Giselleontour]

Hola,
since some days the spanish TV is sending the walk of pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago. It starts in the morning 9 a.m. European time and ends at 6 p.m. European time.
Every single step can be seen. Right now they are in Itero de la Verga.
http://www.destinosantiagotvg.gal/

I hope you enjoy watching them as I do.

 

[epona2011]

Spent the last few minutes admiring the blue skies in the background (it's a very grey day here in the West of Ireland). Then I looked down..he's not wearing any shoes. What a man.

 

[Pelegrin]

They speak Galician. So I think the programme is for future Galician pilgrims.
It is funny but not definetely a good example.No shoes, no hat, carriyng a grotesque stick....

 

[Giselleontour]

Hola,
since some days the spanish TV is sending the walk of pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago. It starts in the morning 9 a.m. European time and ends at 6 p.m. European time.
Every single step can be seen. Right now they are in Itero de la Verga.
http://www.destinosantiagotvg.gal/

I hope you enjoy watching them as I do.

They speak Galician. So I think the programme is for future Galician pilgrims.
It is funny but not definetely a good example.No shoes, no hat, carriyng a grotesque stick....

It brings good memory back. Then man changes during the walk. Sometimes he walk with and sometimes he walk without shoes. I am not sure about the hat. The woman never walks without shoes and most times she uses the buff in different ways.

Oh this is Galician language. I didn`t know that but it is hard for me to understand anything of them. But by the way my spanish is just to order the most important things like meal and a bed.

 

[Pelegrin]

It brings good memory back. Then man changes during the walk. Sometimes he walk with and sometimes he walk without shoes. I am not sure about the hat. The woman never walks without shoes and most times she uses the buff in different ways.

Oh this is Galician language. I didn`t know that but it is hard for me to understand anything of them. But by the way my spanish is just to order the most important things like meal and a bed.

Yes it is Galician language, but they use Galician with quite a few Castilian words, that is the common language used on the street. The normative has not Castilian words and it would be still more difficult for you to understand.
It is strange because on Tv programmes they always use Galician normative.

 

[Giselleontour]

Thank you for this explanation. I remember that I understood most if the spanish people spoke slowly with me. But when we entered Galicia I had the feeling to be in another foreign country. It was a bit strange for me.
Till yesterday they walked with jackets all day long. It seems to be much warmer now - on the way to Carrion de los Condes.

 

[Giselleontour]

Now he is wearing a sun hat. She not.

 

[Pelegrin]

Thank you for this explanation. I remember that I understood most if the spanish people spoke slowly with me. But when we entered Galicia I had the feeling to be in another foreign country. It was a bit strange for me.
Till yesterday they walked with jackets all day long. It seems to be much warmer now - on the way to Carrion de los Condes.

Galician and Castilian are latin languages and have many words in common for example mesa, gato, pelo, barco, etc are the same in both languages but on the programme they also used pueblo (gal. pobo) or pañuelo (gal. pano) That use of unneccesary Castilian words obviously increases the possibiliy to understand Galician language for someone with a good Spanish command, but because in the rural the locals usually speak about things related to their activities in the fields (cows, timber, etc) the result is that even Spaniards from other regions don't understand almost anything either.

 

[mylifeonvacation]

That use of unneccesary Castilian words obviously increases the possibility to understand Galician language for someone with a good Spanish command

This exactly! Here in the southwest of the US, it's very common to hear "Spanglish" (Spanish mixed with English in the same sentence) when (mostly Latin American) people are speaking informally amongst themselves and it's the same in Galicia. That mix of Spanish and Galician language is called "Castrapo".

Wikipedia explains it nicely this way: For example, the phrase Close the window would be Pecha a ventana (Castrapo). In other languages, it would be Pecha a xanela (Galician); Cierra la ventana (Spanish); Fecha a janela (Portuguese).

I have been seeing a lot about Destino Santiago on social media these past couple of weeks, but just today watched the stream for a little bit. That is a really big stick! And the barefoot thing just astounds me.

 

[Bradypus]

And the barefoot thing just astounds me.

My mother-in-law walked the Camino Frances in 1985 as part of an international group led by a man who had walked all the way from Paris to Santiago barefoot the previous year. Took him 111 days. He wasn't eccentric enough to suggest that everyone with him should do the same though.

 

[Pelegrin]

Close the window[/I] would be Pecha a ventana (Castrapo). In other languages, it would be Pecha a xanela (Galician); Cierra la ventana (Spanish); Fecha a janela (Portuguese).

I appreciate your interest for the Galician language.
Castrapo is when a Galician tries to speak Castilian and introduces Galician expressions. So the Castilian is very bad.
In my opinion Galician language with Castilian words is not Castrapo, and it is the common language used on the streets.
For me "Pecha a ventana" is not Castrapo. Castrapo would be "Zarra la ventana" ( Sp "Cierra la ventana").

 

[Pelegrin]

The couple is now between Astorga and Foncebadon.
http://www.destinosantiagotvg.gal/

 

[Pelegrin]

The couple is eating tapas right now near Triacastela with two more friends. Empanada, croquetas....

ttp://www.destinosantiagotvg.gal/