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<DIV><SPAN class=435353021-19012003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Our
old friend google can help. Go to <A
href="http://www.google.com">www.google.com</A> and select the "Images" option,
next to "Web". Then type a name like, "santiago" or "scallop shell" or something
similar. They have lots of images with those names so pick
one.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Road to Santiago Pilgrimage
[mailto:GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Sofia
Wahlstedt<BR><B>Sent:</B> 19 January 2003 21:04<BR><B>To:</B>
GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU<BR><B>Subject:</B> oily beaches...<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This reminds me of something I've been meaning to
ask you all, do you know anything about the oil situation today, after
the 'Prestige' accident? I have, like Lia, been thinking about helping
with the cleaning of the beaches after I reach Santiago de Compostela. If I
can be of any help, that is.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>And a second question, a bit silly but anyway, do
you know somewhere on the internet where I can find a nice picture of a shell?
I won't use it on a homepage or anything like that, I just want to use it as a
background picture on my computer. A reminder of what I'm doing and
why...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sofia</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=keyl_1336aYAHOO.COM href="mailto:keyl_1336aYAHOO.COM">Lia Laura
Puglesi</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU
href="mailto:GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU">GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January 15, 2003 7:40
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Belated Introduction</DIV>
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<P>I am so sorry: I guess I read that I should introduce my self when I
joined this forum about ... Mmm may be one year ago? but I dont
remember. I have posted several times and read everything else
everybody body has posted , among them, many introductions. I apologize
for my my bad manners <IMG
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<P>My name is Lia Friedman, I am originally from Argentina and currently
living in New Jersey. I planned to walk el Camino when I was about 19 years
old (I am 27 now) and finally my husband and I are going to start on
May 15th 2003 in Vezelay (or Clunny, still not completely
sure) and we expect to arrive on Santiago around July 20th, before
the Patron Santiago festivities. (July 15th) which are also very important
in Mendoza the province where I come from, so important that nobody goes to
school or work that day. Santiago is the "Patrono" of my province but
for some reason I didn't made the link between our "patron Santiago": and
Compostela until a couple weeks after I knew the story about Santiago de
Compostela. </P>
<P>I wrote down in the book of things I would like to do in my life
:pilgrimage to compostela" but it wasn't until I saw a pilgrim to santiago
in Mount Saint Michel in 1998 that I felt urged to plan the trip. </P>
<P>Even when I am a psichologist (well, I'll be when I finish my thesis), I
am very interested in anthropology and ethnology and I am going to
specialize in migration and transcultural issues once I get my degree. I
felt always very passionated for everything related to the Medieval Time and
prechristian europe, from music to hystory and literature and the
social, political and economical aspects.So, el Camino has become a
sort of "cruzade" for me in a good sense. I am very happy I am going to
meet some of my friends I haven't seen for the last 5 years and maybe
make some new. We are also going to offer ourselves as volunteers in
the efforts local people are making to clean the seashore after the
Prestige oils spill. It breaks my heart to think that was something
completely avoidable and so many animals and people are suffering as because
of it. </P>
<P>Thank you very much to all of you for having provided my so much useful
information. I hope every bidy has a great experience there. </P>
<P>Lia. </P></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>