Night trains in Spain

[Robbie Lawson]

Good message Marty.  I got it so that means everyone else did too.  Good
luck to Elliot for his Spanish final.  --Robbie

At 08:19 PM 6/14/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>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
>
>