Etapa 12: Branca
18. januar 2024, Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
This Alburgue is also attached to a hotel that apparently no one else is staying in. The dormitory is in an old mill room that been restored. It looks super cool in here! I was able to wash someLes mer
Over the Highway and Through the Woods
18. januar 2024, Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Today I did a lot of roadside walking. There were also some nice sections in the woods, but it really was mostly on roads today. It’s been really sunny too which has been oh so incredible after allLes mer
The only way to get there is to walk
19. januar 2024, Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
I left around 7 this morning and it was quite nice to walk in the early morning as I’d generally been starting out later to avoid the typical morning rain shower.
Today’s walk was pretty muchLes mer
Etapa 13: Grijó
20. januar 2024, Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
I have been calling Alburgues ahead of time so that I can make sure they are open. The person answering the phone for the Grijo Alburgue really didn’t seem to speak English but did mention somethingLes mer
Etapa 15: Arvore
24. januar 2024, Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
The three Alburgues after Porto were all closed so we were advised to stay at a campground. They had these small Bungalows and I shared one with Fran and his brother Alfonso.
Alfonso and I arrivedLes mer
Etapa 16: Agucadoura
25. januar 2024, Spania ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
I walked for the first part of the day with Fran’s brother Alfonso who is about to starting training to be a Firefighter in Pamplona. We talked quite a bit about firefighting and there really are aLes mer
Garden of the Moors
26. januar 2024, Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
Today’s walk to Porto was not too long and I walked it with much pleasure. I had a fantastic lunch at the Cafe Perestroika that had a huge plate of pork, fries, rice, a salad, bread, soup, a peachLes mer
Etapa 17: Marinhas
26. januar 2024, Spania ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
The three of us got a bit of a late start in the morning, but we only had about 20km to walk for the day, so it didn’t really set us behind at all. The beginning of the day was all along the coastLes mer
Etapa 14: Porto
27. januar 2024, Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
In Porto, I stayed at the Alburgue de Peregrinos all 3 nights. There were 5-7 pilgrims arriving night.
The first two nights I was there, Lee cooked a dinner from South Korea. After Lee had left, ILes mer
More Porto
27. januar 2024, Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Porto is an incredibly beautiful city! It’s very important to Portuguese History and Culture.
Supposedly the name Portugal comes from the combination of Porto and the city next to it calledLes mer
Etapa 18: Viana do Castelo
27. januar 2024, Spania ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Today we stopped quite a few times to get stamps in our Credentials. The first was a small cafe where we had a coffee and spoke to a local man that kept wanting to shake everyone’s hand multipleLes mer
Etapa 20: Viladesuso
29. januar 2024, Spania ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
We stayed at an Alburgue that was right by the ocean. You could buy a beer from the fridge for only €1 so I ended my day on the front porch with a typical Galician beer and una siestita!
We allLes mer
Etapa 19: Caminha
29. januar 2024, Spania ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
The convent Alburgue required that everyone leave by 8:30, which was a bit earlier than usual for the Spanish brothers. But, we did get out in time and went to a nearby bakery for a breakfast andLes mer
Etapa 20: Nigrán
30. januar 2024, Spania ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Today I walked with the group of Spaniards I am traveling and also by myself for a bit. It was a mix between walking beside the ocean and also above the ocean beside some towns. A really beautifulLes mer
Etapa 21: Vigo
31. januar 2024, Spania ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Today we traveled along the coast for almost the entire day. We passed people who were crabbing in an area that looked quite dangerous with rocks and large waves. Eventually, we made our way to theLes mer
Etapa 22: Arcade
1. februar 2024, Spania ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
We started the the day by going to two different places for breakfast. I got empanadas at one and a Nepolitana (tastes as good as it looks) at the other.
The name of the bakery where I bought theLes mer
Etapa 23: A Portela
3. februar 2024, Spania ⋅ ☀️ 9 °C
We set out for the day going mostly through fields and farmlands. We saw some goats and had a nice moment with them and fed them some nearby grasses. They were super appreciative of that despite beingLes mer
Etapa 24: Padrón
3. februar 2024, Forente stater ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C
The 6 of us walked through several small towns and agricultural areas that to me (aside from the architecture) really reminded me a lot the foothills of NC. Small mountains in the distance, green andLes mer
Etapa 25: Santiago de Compostela
4. februar 2024, Forente stater ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
Our last day of walking to Santiago was quite a short one. We walked through. Series of small ancient feeling villages. One of them had an outdoor feral cat shelter and we talked with a local womanLes mer





































































































































