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<DIV><SPAN class=530181411-06092003>I never observed any such behavior when I
walked in '01, and during my 'Hospitalero' stint last year the only
instance was a group of Norwegians who sent a young girl 'scout' on ahead to
reserve places at the Refugio. The only arrogant behavior was from the
organized tour groups who came thru in motor coaches and 'demanded' to tour
the Refugio when pilgrims were showering, napping, etc.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=530181411-06092003>Jim Eyskens</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Road to Santiago
Pilgrimage [mailto:GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Howard
Mendes<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, September 06, 2003 5:00 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Credentials<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 9/6/2003 11:05:35 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
tckayesaEARTHLINK.NET writes:</DIV>
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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 PTSIZE="10"
FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><B>Howard Mendes,
NYC</B></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>