<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Have no fear, there's one El Corte in Santiago, about 10 minutes from the casco antiguo. <BR>
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Xosé Manuel<BR>
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In a message dated 2/7/2003 11:26:23 PM Eastern Standard Time, remjenaTELUS.NET writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"></FONT><FONT COLOR="#0000ff" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">love El Cortes Ingles. We lived in Barcelona for 5 months and I practically lived there. They have the best groceries. Super fresh produce, the hugest selection of incredible cheeses, along with a large wine section. For those of you who are Canadian it is much like the Bay or Eatons, multi-levels with everything you could possibly want. Definitely not cheap, but it is true that you can find all those last minute items that perhaps you had forgotten at home. I don't really remember any along the camino route but I'm sure there must be one in Leon and the larger centres. In any case I would go there when I was feeling homesick and buy a big chunk of good old cheddar cheese, funny how now when I feel pangs of longing for Spain I go to one of the specialty markets here and buy excessively over priced manchego... it's worth it though.</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR>
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<B>From:</B> Road to Santiago Pilgrimage [mailto:GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Xosé Manuel Alvariño<BR>
<B>Sent:</B> February 7, 2003 4:10 PM<BR>
<B>To:</B> GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU<BR>
<B>Subject:</B> El Corte Ingles<BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">El Corte is a kind of expensive but good chain store found all over Spain &now Lisbon. <BR>
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They have everything there is to have in the (un)civilized world! <BR>
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I've bought a lot of clothes there, not cheap. <BR>
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They do have an outlet: Oportunidades. <BR>
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The saying in Spain is that: "if u cannot find it at el Corte, it doesn't exist!) <BR>
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Their big plug is that they give u ur $ back if unsatisfied. <BR>
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Not K-Mart, etc., more like...Macey's with a supermarket?...hmm...what do u all think?<BR>
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Xosé Manuel<BR>
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In a message dated 2/7/2003 5:32:37 PM Eastern Standard Time, jallen08aTAMPABAY.RR.COM writes:<BR>
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The department store called K-Mart/WalMart may be El Corte Ingles(sp?). They are a cut above K/WalMart. Good for the adapter you forgot to bring. Also has a supermarket for food.<BR>
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Jim Allen<BR>
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