<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 4/14/2002 6:35:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time, casamagdalenaYAHOO.COM writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">via Samos. I heard tale from a<BR>
walking companion that went that way that it was very<BR>
very nice. He had a great time and stayed in a hostal<BR>
there, though CSJ reports that the monastery refuge is<BR>
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Not just gloomy, but depressing too. Right outside the refugio entrance there is a gas pump like a mini gas station. I went on to Sarria rather than stay at Samos. Howard Mendes, NYC</FONT></HTML>