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<DIV>In a message dated 9/6/2003 11:05:35 AM Eastern Daylight Time, tckayesaEARTHLINK.NET writes:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>8 Frenchmen behind us. One of<BR>them started jogging with a handful of passports and passed us and three<BR>other pairs of peregrinos in order to get in line at the albergue before us.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#0080c0>Hate to generalize, but the only obnoxious people I encountered on the Camino were French. On the other hand there were in the minority. There were far more delightful French people. I guess there is a cultural thing with some of the French who cannot restrain their arrogance. </FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#2c45ad size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"><B>Howard Mendes, NYC</B></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>