While I was in Spain and I knew I was expecting to hear Spanish but on the camino I heard many other languages too. The route is well known all over the world so you get people from all over coming and walking. I was introduced to not only Spanish but also German, Korean, Italian, Japanese, Dutch and of course French; it is known as the 'French Way'.
The different laugauges I was immursed in was quite amazing, I´ve met heaps of people who speak five or more languages which was incredible. I would love to be able to speak another language or two. I am so inspired now and I wold love to keep up my spanish even though I am now back home. It is quite dificult because I learn French at school and there is not really any places I could go to speak Spanish. If you know of any places in Melbourne, Australia, like maybe restaurants or things like that I'd love to know! Post a comment!
It was good to practice my Spanish with other pilgrims and I also ordered in restarants and shops every day. It is amazing that after being in Spain, I´m sorry to say but my Spanish is better than my French and I have learnt it at school since year 1. That´s what immersion does for you! So I will hopfully be coming back to Spain every soon to practise!
I was also impressed with the amount of American people I met along the way who spoke fluent Spanish. Many people from California and Miami, because of corse Mexico and South America is so close, spoke Spanish! So I can also go there to skpeak Spanish! It is so exciting to know that I can speak Spanish in many other places in the world.
I will post another post soon!
