Night trains in Spain

[Marty Robinson]

I am a woman planning to take a night train back to Madrid after
walking from Leon to Santiago in July.  Does anyone know if there's
any truth to the story I heard of women being drugged with chloroform
while asleep then robbed - or worse?  I'm feeling a little anxious as
I begin to make plans at the completion of my pilgrimage.
Marty
---- Original Message -----
From: Delphia Dirks <delphiadaEARTHLINK.NET>
To: <GOCAMINOapete.uri.edu>
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 5:23 PM
Subject: Re: Learning Spanish


> for a quick-fix on Spanish try Parlo.com  the "Travel Spanish"
lessons are
> very useful---   live coversations with native speakers and the
basic
> essentials for 'getting around' in spanish.   Just a beginning, but
it will
> help a lot... other courses available too.
>
> The (french)  ASSIMIL  book/tape teaching method is also very good.
>
> just put  "spanish language lessons" in the search box (yahoo or
wherever) ,
> and you'll have the problem of deciding which one to take!    buena
suerte!
> delphia dirks
>
> _________________
>
>
> > From: Ted Kayes <tckayesaEARTHLINK.NET>
> > Reply-To: Road to Santiago Pilgrimage <GOCAMINOapete.uri.edu>
> > Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 22:31:44 -0700
> > To: GOCAMINOapete.uri.edu
> > Subject: Learning Spanish
> >
> > A number of messages have asked about learning Spanish and my
experience to
> > date may be of some interest.
> > I am two years from my anticipated pilgrimage and in preparation
have begun
> > learning Spanish using Pimsleur tapes.
> > I have been working my way through them over the last six months
and
> > actually feel that in two more years I shall have a pretty good
> > understanding of the language.
> > The Pimsleur tapes are focused on correct pronunciation and the
first 14
> > tapes have very little of the written language.
> > It is not a quick study, but I only do it 2 to 4 days per week;
clearly it
> > can be done more quickly.  They recommend only about 30 minutes
per day and
> > I normally stick to that.
> >
> > Ted