While I drink my coffeeGalicia
The Camino de Santiago, Celtic heritage, morriña
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Galicia está en el noroeste de España y su capital es Santiago de Compostela. Es una región verde porque llueve mucho, y tiene su propia lengua, el gallego, muy parecida al portugués. Desde la Edad Media, miles de peregrinos han caminado hasta Santiago por el . Los gallegos tienen una palabra especial, «»: la tristeza de estar lejos de casa.
Galicia is in the north-west of Spain and its capital is Santiago de Compostela. It is a green region because it rains a lot, and it has its own language, Galician, very similar to Portuguese. Since the Middle Ages, thousands of pilgrims have walked to Santiago along the Way of St James. Galicians have a special word, “morriña”: the sadness of being far from home.
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¿Qué quieres ver, probar o preguntar a la gente de Galicia? Escribe cinco frases.
What do you want to see, try or ask the locals in Galicia? Five sentences.