Spanish for the Camino
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Spanish for the Camino helps future pilgrims learn practical Spanish for their journey on the Camino de Santiago.
Whether you want to ask for directions, order food, or connect with locals, in the blog you’ll find easy-to-follow tips, essential vocabulary, and cultural insights to help you walk with confidence.
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Spanish for the Camino: the blog
The Camino starts when you think about it
This week on the Spanish for the Camino podcast, I had the pleasure of welcoming Cris Pacino, a Brazilian teacher who has lived in Spain for 20 years. She’s a seasoned pilgrim and Spanish language teacher, especially for Portuguese speakers, helping them to fulfill...
Gordon’s Camino
In this new podcast episode I talk to Gordon Chong, who joins me from Canada. Gordon first heard about the Camino some 40 years ago while studying European history. He was interested in the struggles of pilgrims, soldiers, and Christians in Spain and other European...
A conversation with Nancy Reynolds
Nancy Reynolds is a very experienced pilgrim. She walked her first Camino in 2005, when she was dealing with many important changes in her life (divorce, quitting her job, turning 40). She came back for a second Camino in 2007. Since then, she has walked twice a year,...
5 things you need to know about Spain
When you travel to a foreign country it’s easy to make mistakes because we don’t know how things work over there. It’s easy to assume that everybody does things the same way we do and this can lead to difficult or embarrassing situations. So, what are the things you...
A conversation with Randall
He was diagnosed with Stage IV Prostate Cancer in 2015. He fought it. Five years on, he walked the Camino with a mission: raise awareness about the disease and encourage men to get screened. Read my conversation with Randall to find out more. Please tell us a bit...
Tipping etiquette on the Camino
What is the tipping etiquette on the Camino, and in Spain in general? I see this question come up regularly in Camino-related forums. The answers given can vary a lot depending on people's personal experiences. Some will tell you they got strange looks when they...
A conversation with Richard (II)
This is the second part of my conversation with Richard. In the first part of our conversation, Richard told us about his motivations to do the Camino and described his experience on the Vía de la Plata. In this second part, we discuss the Camino Inglés we...
A conversation with Richard
This is the first part of my conversation with Richard, one of the 8 "strangers" I walked the Camino Inglés with at the end of April/beginning of May. We met for the first time in Ferrol, last April 28, same as James. And the following day we all started walking...
A conversation with James
Remember I was walking with strangers? Well, James was one of them. We met for the first time in Ferrol, last April 28. And the following day we started walking together with 7 other people. So, of course, he's not a stranger anymore, after a week sharing...
