Etapa 12: Branca
18. tammikuuta 2024, Portugali ⋅ ☁️ 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 someLue lisää
Over the Highway and Through the Woods
18. tammikuuta 2024, Portugali ⋅ ☁️ 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 allLue lisää
The only way to get there is to walk
19. tammikuuta 2024, Portugali ⋅ ☀️ 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 muchLue lisää
Etapa 13: Grijó
20. tammikuuta 2024, Portugali ⋅ ☀️ 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 somethingLue lisää
Etapa 15: Arvore
24. tammikuuta 2024, Portugali ⋅ ☀️ 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 arrivedLue lisää
Etapa 16: Agucadoura
25. tammikuuta 2024, Espanja ⋅ ☀️ 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 aLue lisää
Garden of the Moors
26. tammikuuta 2024, Portugali ⋅ ☁️ 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 peachLue lisää
Etapa 17: Marinhas
26. tammikuuta 2024, Espanja ⋅ ☁️ 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 coastLue lisää
Etapa 14: Porto
27. tammikuuta 2024, Portugali ⋅ ☁️ 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, ILue lisää
More Porto
27. tammikuuta 2024, Portugali ⋅ ☁️ 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 calledLue lisää
Etapa 18: Viana do Castelo
27. tammikuuta 2024, Espanja ⋅ ☁️ 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 multipleLue lisää
Etapa 20: Viladesuso
29. tammikuuta 2024, Espanja ⋅ ⛅ 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 allLue lisää
Etapa 19: Caminha
29. tammikuuta 2024, Espanja ⋅ ☁️ 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 andLue lisää
Etapa 20: Nigrán
30. tammikuuta 2024, Espanja ⋅ ☁️ 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 beautifulLue lisää
Etapa 21: Vigo
31. tammikuuta 2024, Espanja ⋅ ☀️ 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 theLue lisää
Etapa 22: Arcade
1. helmikuuta 2024, Espanja ⋅ ☀️ 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 theLue lisää
Etapa 23: A Portela
3. helmikuuta 2024, Espanja ⋅ ☀️ 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 beingLue lisää
Etapa 24: Padrón
3. helmikuuta 2024, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 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 andLue lisää
Etapa 25: Santiago de Compostela
4. helmikuuta 2024, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 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 womanLue lisää





































































































































