<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><FONT SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10 FAMILY="SERIF" FACE="Palatino Linotype" LANG="0">Hi Liz,<BR>
The Spanish newspapers report that the Spanish Tourism Office is in the process of issuing a publication called "Camino de Santiago y la Catedral" in five languages, one of which shall be English.<BR>
You'll have no trouble finding maps and guides which are written in Spanish. French, German and English.<BR>
It has been written that of all European peoples Spaniards are the least likely to speak another language; I find this to be quite true. Nevertheless the common friendliness and desire to help, together with a dictionary and/or phrase book should see you along.<BR>
Here in New York City, where about one-fourth of the population is Spanish-speaking, small electronic Spanish/English dictionaries with simple phrases and pronunciation audio are ubiquitous. They are no bigger, or heavier, than a small calculator and, reportedly, they are very useful. They cost about $40, I think. English speaking, monolingual, friends of mine who have gone to Santiago swear by them.<BR>
Regards,<BR>
Rosina<BR>
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