Suggestions About Dealing With Anti-American Sentiment on the Camino

[Jeffrey Crawley]

On a serious point, I was in Granada last week and, while the Spanish were
being very polite, there was a definite coolness towards Americans down
there - there are a lot of American students studying in town too. Many
windows sport NO A LA GUERRA signs - even some government buildings and post
offices have allowed their employees to do this.  A very popular 'wanted
poster' is in circulation demanding the arrest of Bush and Aznar as war
criminals.

The best advice? Be like Basil Fawlty and don't mention the war. Or adopt an
Irish accent - nobody seems to mind them.

Take care out there, collateral damage can take place far from the battle
field.

best wishes

Jeffrey

-----Original Message-----
From: Douglass Norvell [mailto:norvellaNAUVOO.NET]
Sent: 28 March 2003 15:01
To: GOCAMINO
Subject: Suggestions About Dealing With Anti-American Sentiment on the
Camino


Response to Concerns that Americans Walking the Camino a Santiago de
Compostela will Encounter Anti-American Sentiment .