El Corte Ingles
Xosé Manuel Alvariño
AlvaxmaAOL.COM
Sat Feb 8 04:17:18 PST 2003
Have no fear, there a Corte in Santiago, kind of far from the casco antiguo
but about a nice 10 minute bus ride.
Xosé Manuel
In a message dated 2/7/2003 11:26:23 PM Eastern Standard Time,
remjenaTELUS.NET writes:
> love El Cortes Ingles. We lived in Barcelona for 5 months and I practically
> lived there. They have the best groceries. Super fresh produce, the
> hugest selection of incredible cheeses, along with a large wine section.
> For those of you who are Canadian it is much like the Bay or Eatons,
> multi-levels with everything you could possibly want. Definitely not
> cheap, but it is true that you can find all those last minute items that
> perhaps you had forgotten at home. I don't really remember any along the
> camino route but I'm sure there must be one in Leon and the larger centres.
> In any case I would go there when I was feeling homesick and buy a big
> chunk of good old cheddar cheese, funny how now when I feel pangs of
> longing for Spain I go to one of the specialty markets here and buy
> excessively over priced manchego... it's worth it though.
>
> >> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Road to Santiago Pilgrimage [mailto:GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU]On Behalf
>> Of Xosé Manuel Alvariño
>> Sent: February 7, 2003 4:10 PM
>> To: GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU
>> Subject: El Corte Ingles
>>
>>
>> El Corte is a kind of expensive but good chain store found all over Spain &
>> now Lisbon.
>>
>> They have everything there is to have in the (un)civilized world!
>>
>> I've bought a lot of clothes there, not cheap.
>>
>> They do have an outlet: Oportunidades.
>>
>> The saying in Spain is that: "if u cannot find it at el Corte, it doesn't
>> exist!)
>>
>> Their big plug is that they give u ur $ back if unsatisfied.
>>
>> Not K-Mart, etc., more like...Macey's with a supermarket?...hmm...what do
>> u all think?
>>
>> Xosé Manuel
>>
>> In a message dated 2/7/2003 5:32:37 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>> jallen08aTAMPABAY.RR.COM writes:
>>
>> >>> Hola All;
>>> The department store called K-Mart/WalMart may be El Corte Ingles(sp?).
>>> They are a cut above K/WalMart. Good for the adapter you forgot to
>>> bring. Also has a supermarket for food.
>>>
>>> Jim Allen
>>>
>>
>
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