questions on return from Santiago

[David Hough]

I have assumed that whereas one can get by on the
camino frances with no castellano at all, on all the
other routes one should be competent beyond the level
of just ordering a beer or finding a room.  Is that
true?

Although I think the people in Spain are more relaxed
than those in France, I enjoyed my time in France
more because I could talk on a little deeper level in
French (though I still couldn't understand a
conversation taking place at normal speed between
French people).

All my pictures are now uploaded at
http://camino.oakapple.net


--- William Marques <williammarquesaTESCO.NET> wrote:
> The Via de la Plata or Camino Mozarabe is indeed one
> of the less travelled
> routes.  This means that there are many fewer
> refuges (although the numbers
> are growing) and very few pilgrims. You will be
> unlikely to bump into any
> others unless you start together. You will find it
> costs you more as you
> will have to stay in hostales or hotels where there
> is no alternative. The
> southern part between Seville and Caceres is through
> some very empty
> countryside and there are few facilities between the
> major towns.
> Two websites to look at are www.viaplata.org by the
> Amigos del Camino de
> Santiago de Sevilla who publish a very gooy guide
> (in Spanish) and
> www.theviadelaplata.com a new and growing website by
> Crawford Mathieson (in
> English) who hopes to produce a guide of his own by
> early 2004. The CSJ
> guide is also worthwhile
> Avoid August - not because of crowding but the
> temperature in the South of
> Spain then is debilitating and the distances between
> villages and lack of
> water adds to the problem  at that time.
> You can take the route joining the Camino Frances at
> Astorga as I did at
> the end for some company or stay on your own via
> Ourense.
>
> On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 16:42:35 -0700, deanna bowling
> <deannabowlingaYAHOO.COM> wrote:
>
> >I must return, of course. I am wondering (due to
> the rise in numbers on
> the Way, a rise which is not going to slow down any
> time soon) whether
> anyone on the list has done one of the other ways? I
> was thinking
> specifically of the Via Plata or perhaps one of the
> Portuguese ways. I hear
> that they are not as "well-developed" as the French
> Way. What does this
> mean?  I guess I need to order a Confraternity
> description of the trails
> and see for myself!
> >
> >Deanna


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