<DIV>There is a lot of graffiti and counter-graffiti in Galicia switching back</DIV>
<DIV>and forth between castellano el/la and gallego o/a and indeed it is hard</DIV>
<DIV>to read the signs underneath at times.</DIV>
<DIV><BR><BR><B><I>"Crawley, Jeffrey" <jeffrey.crawleyaFABERMAUNSELL.COM></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Welcome back, Maura and congratulations on your Compostela, well done.<BR><BR>Leon wants to be 'Solo' because it got lumped together with Castille during a reorganisation when historically they were separate kingdoms.<BR><BR>I remember the graffiti'd sign as you cross into Galicia (surprisingly in English): THIS IS NOT SPAIN THIS IS GALICIA.<BR><BR>Jeffrey<BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: Maura Santangelo [mailto:maurasantangeloastny.rr.com]<BR>Sent: 13 January 2000 23:33<BR>To: GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU<BR>Subject: Re: 2002 pilgrims by month and country<BR><BR><BR>On Tuesday 17 June 2003 09:48 pm, you wrote:<BR>> anwhile, regards from New York City (presently looking to secede from New<BR>> York State, while Staten Island, one of New York City's five boroughs,<BR>> wants to secede from the City, and many New Yorkers think that Manhattan<BR>> should be a city all by itse!
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well!)<BR>> Rosina<BR><BR><BR>Well I was interested in the political graffiti along the camino: navarra<BR>wants to be basque, Leon wants to be 'solo' (took me a while to figure out<BR>what that meant), Galicia wants independence or at least freedomn and they<BR>all express their feelings on street signs and road signs which are sometime<BR>difficult to read because of them...and they have been together a lot longer<BR>then the boroughs of New York and didn't Jimmy Breslin tried to secede from<BR>Upstate in the late 60's???<BR><BR>Greetings<BR><BR>Maura<BR><BR>This Email is confidential and is for the intended recipient only. If you are not the<BR>intended recipient, please contact the author and you must not disclose or use the<BR>contents in any way. The author bears responsibility for any legal action or disputes<BR>arising from views or professional advice expressed which do not relate to the business<BR>of FaberMaunsell Ltd.<BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><p><hr SIZE=1>
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