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Comment by franco santiago on August 27, 2010 at 6:34pm

hello to all,
i like to join this group; i met so many american people on the caminos, and it was always fantastic, thank you all

Comment by Randy Drum on June 2, 2010 at 6:45pm

We arrived in Pamplona on Monday at about 530 am. We found a taxis that took a group of us to Roncevalles. It was supposed to go to St. John, but they would not proceed from Roncevalles, saying the weather was too bad. They well could have been correct. Good for us, too. My wife suffered the first day from Roncevalles, and we would both have had a difficult crossing from St. John.
The weather has been good, except for Monday morning for a few hours. I even enjoyed the rain-fog we saw. We walked through Pamplona today. The old city is quite nice, with its high walls and narrow active streets. The route takes you through a drawbridge, a nice touch.

Comment by Randy Drum on May 23, 2010 at 7:43pm

Photo of the Camino in Germany. This is just a few hundred meters from our son's house in Bechhofen.

Comment by Paco Benitez on May 6, 2010 at 6:45pm

Hi everyone! Although i´m spanish living in Seville, in the south, i wanted to be in contact with americans like this group in...
I´ll probably do the camino this year as new timer..i´d like so much not only walk along but chattin in english with english speakers especially americans...I think it´ll be great for many reasons...My plan is being walking at the end of August...so greeting to everyone again!
I can help you to improve spanish as well on skype...In that case look for me as fbenitezsantos...
Cheers..

Comment by Dislp38 on April 17, 2010 at 5:10pm

I'm a little late to the "learning Spanish" conversation. But one free service I found was LiveMocha.com. It might be worth a look

Comment by Joni Miller on April 17, 2010 at 8:35am

I leave for Madrid on May 19th 2010. Will begin at SJPP on May 22nd. My Padres are in the cellar right now and it doesn't look good, so I won't miss Baseball that much.

Comment by Joseph P Flavin on March 9, 2010 at 1:09am

Palma:

I am actually a White Sox fan. Northsider/Southsider thing in Chicago. You are one or the other never both. I will miss Baseball and Golf.

I am leaving 6 days after you guys so it is unlikely I will be catching up. If our paths do cross the first one is on me. Never met Tim but will keep an eye out for him. Arn suggested CoffebreakSpanish to me also. I plan to check it out and maybe borrow my sons i pod. I had not planned on bringing any electronics. Just a small digital camera.

Arn:

Also a SD marine, spent most of my time on the East Coast. My home base was New River Air Station in North Carolina. I was in a CH46 Helicopter squadron and on ships. Two tours in the Med and a 90 day stint in Guantanamo Bay.

Joe

Comment by Palma on March 8, 2010 at 11:19pm

Arn and Joe,

Marines AND baseball...I'll post (toast) to that

Isn't everyone a Cubbie fan, no matter where they're from? I won't tell you who my favorite AL team is. I have a couple of misgivings about doing the Camino this time of year. One of them is Spring in Virginia is beautiful and the other is I'm going to miss a lot of baseball!

Joe,
Cullen and I will be leaving SJPP on 19 Mar and also, "Tim the Fat Canadian" will be a couple of days behind us. We purchased the Rosetta Stone also but what I have found most helpful is a Spanish language podcast called "coffebreakspanish". You can download via itunes, load them on your ipod/shuffle. I've been listening and found it very helpful. "There is also coffeebreakfrench" for the few days in SJPP:
My spelling may be off, but....
"je vous dre un ver du vin rouge" may get you a glass of red wine.

Palma

Comment by Arn Manella on March 8, 2010 at 6:25pm

Joe,

Yes I am a Cubbie all the way. My Dad was a member of the Bear organization from almost the begining. I never missed a game until I entered the Corps. I graduated from SD in March 1966...arrived in Chu Lai as a LCpl June 1966 and remained until Feb 1968 when, as a Sgt, graduated Honorman from Embassy School. Came back to the states and went to Quantico for OCS and retired in March 1988 as a Major, I was selected for LtCol, but had a civilian job offer I couldn't pass up. My son Chris was in the Corps for seven years, medically separated following injuries entering Baghdad in the first go in 2003. Now on his third pump to Kabul with the State Dept. My daughter Romi was accepted for OCS, but when my wife's health deteriorated due to cancer...Romi stayed home. She's recently completed Phase 1 with the FBI and has also take the Foreign Officers test with the State Dept. So the family is busy all around.

Semper Fi

Arn

Comment by Joseph P Flavin on March 8, 2010 at 5:23pm

Arn:

Does that mean you are a Cub fan? I currently live at 13th and Indiana just South of Grant Park. I was raised on the South side. No political affiliations in my family youth, though Daley lives just on block south of me. My escape was the same as yours. Joined the Corps in January 69, 3years 11months and 6 days later I was honorably discharged. Semper Fi.

Joe

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