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all over the place - ask at the tourist offices in the cities. In the small
towns check with the hospitalero/as. One warning: Many people haven't the
foggiest idea what they are - and that is probably true here in the U.S.
as well. In Villafranca, the clerk at the TO. had given me misleading directions
for finding the cybercafe - wrong street marked on the map. As I
was wandering around the area, looking for a possible sign, a well dressed
lady in her 50s or 60s saw me wandering around with a pack and assumed
that I was looking for the camino and tried to direct me there. I tried
to tell her, in my hopelessly inadequate Spanish, that I was looking for
a cybercafe and mentioned the name that I had been given. The only part
that rang a bell was the cafe part, so she switched to trying to direct
me to a cafe. I tried internet access, using European vowel sounds, but
she said that she spoke only Spanish. Then I mumbled something about "correo
electronico," but this brought on directions for the Post Office (in Portugal,
that might have been O.K., since the P.O.s there often have internet access
computers.) About this time, I spotted the name that I had been given and
awkwardly thanked her as I ducked into the doorway. Once I got inside there
was no problem. They really did have a computer and the bartender knew
exactly what I needed. The lady probably still thinks that the crazy old
man with the lousy Spanish was just looking for a place to get a drink.
<p>Bob Spenger
<p>wisdom's aspirant wrote:
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cafes along the way?</font><font size=-1>Deanna</font>wisdom's aspirant
<br>child of earth
<br>daughter of time
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