Spanish for the Camino
Do you need Spanish for the Camino de Santiago in Spain?
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
Cycling the Camino with Yolanda
Today, I’m sharing highlights from my recent chat on the podcast with Yolanda, a Spanish teacher from Valencia. Yolanda told me about her experience cycling the Camino de Santiago way back in 1993. Yolandas's Camino Yolanda completed the Camino Francés in 1993! Back...
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,...
Fish, birds and the Camino
New podcast! I was not meant to publish a new episode this week, but there's something going on today in many Spanish towns that I thought was worth explaining. It has to do with the Carnival, or with the end of it, to be precise. In most cases it involves fish. We do...
Your words
A couple of weeks ago I asked the following question on Facebook: If you could only learn 5 Spanish words or phrases for the Camino, what would they be? I got many answers. The 2 most popular words were por favor (please) and gracias (thank you), closely followed by...
A conversation with Susan
Conversation with Susan | Susan had been longing to walk the Camino Francés for a long time but she had to put it off a couple of times due to different problems. She finally planned it for September 2016... only to find out that it was not possible again! She was...
A conversation with Kelli (II)
This is the second part of my conversation with Kelli, an American woman who moved to Spain a few months ago, after walking the Camino Francés last year. Last week, you could read all about Kelli’s experience on the Camino with her teenage daughter (if you missed the...
A conversation with Kelli
Conversation with Kelli | Kelli and her husband Jeff moved to Spain in Spring of 2018, after she had walked the Camino Francés from St. Jean Pied-de-Port to Santiago de Compostela. In her blog Viva España you’ll find everything they went through to get their visas,...
Samaín
This time of the year is the end of the harvest season; the days start getting shorter, the weather gets colder... In short, the end of octubre (October)-beginning of noviembre (November) marks the transition into otoño (autumn) and invierno (winter). It's time for...
O Camiño de Santiago
O Camiño de Santiago | Imagine you are on the Camino Francés... or on the Camino del Norte, or the Primitivo or even on the Vía de la Plata. It doesn't really matter. The thing is, you are walking across Spain. Maybe you've prepared before your trip and learned...