After almost 20 hours of traveling we are at the Puerta del Camino hotel in Pamplona. Arlene is napping and I am working on logistics and figuring out what we need to get done before bedtime. The plan is to begin our Camino from Pamplona. We did meet three fellows on the train who are also walking the Camino - two older fellows - who only speak Spanish - heading to Roncevalles to start there and one younger fellow Evaldo - from Brazil - who also only peaks Spanish and will start tomorrow morning from Pamplona.
We have already had some opportunities to hand out our cards shown above.
So far the only glitch in our plans was getting lost trying to find our hotel. Other than being
tired with no sleep from last night - we are doing well.
More as we start trekking Tuesday.
Buen Camino
Dale & Arlene
We have already had some opportunities to hand out our cards shown above.
So far the only glitch in our plans was getting lost trying to find our hotel. Other than being
tired with no sleep from last night - we are doing well.
More as we start trekking Tuesday.
Buen Camino
Dale & Arlene
So glad you have arrived safely - wishing you a great nights rest and an awesome start tomorrow!!
ReplyDeleteGlad you made it ... though, I am surprised, you met a man from Brazil who only speaks Spanish? I thought the main language in Brazil was Portuguese ...
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Jason - it sounded like Spanish - that is what I was speaking and he understood that maybe Portugese
DeletePortuguese and Spanish and are similar, but owing to some French and other influences, there are some vast differences as well. I had a few colleagues from Brazil and, while they claimed that they could not speak Spanish ... when in Spain with one of them, it was clear that he had no problem communicating with people who were speaking Spanish. Apparently it worked well for him in Italy as well.
DeleteThank you for blogging. We feel like we're walking with you. watch out for those moving pebbles !
ReplyDeleteNancy and Dave
Thanks
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