PortugalSantarémAzinhaga39°20’21” N 8°31’41” W
January 9 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
The day started on a decent from Santarém which apparently first had a city there around the year 800 and was very important to the reconquista. The route led through a hole in an ally and then downRead more
PortugalSantarémGolegã39°24’18” N 8°29’9” W
January 9 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
This is a medium sized town that has a super charming Alburgue. I spoke to a Danish girl who’s been walking about 50km a day who ate the biggest one-person salad I’ve truly ever seen and then wentRead more
PortugalSantarémGolegãQuinta da CardigaRibeira da Ponte da Pedra39°26’42” N 8°26’57” W
January 10 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Today I walked the whole day with Fran, we went through several farm fields where he helped me to practice my Spanish a bit, and it really needs a lot of work.
We saw a church built around the timeRead more
PortugalSantarémAsseiceira39°31’19” N 8°24’13” W
January 10 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
The Alburgue had no caretaker here, but we called ahead and they gave us the door code and told us to leave 10 euros on the counter.
I went to the store and got ingredients to make my microwaveRead more
PortugalSantarémSanta Maria Dos OlivaisTomarMata Nacional dos Sete Montes39°36’12” N 8°25’12” W
January 11 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
PortugalSantarémCasaisCalvinos39°40’33” N 8°22’37” W
January 11 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
I made it to the Alburgue in Calvinos after dark because I’d got a little to excited about the Tomar and ended up darting longer than planned. In Calvinos, I met a lady from Lisbon named MargaridaRead more
PortugalSantarémAreiasTelhadas39°44’42” N 8°21’40” W
January 12 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
I spent half of the day walking with Fran and half walking by myself. While walking with Fran we saw that the road split and there were two options. One option lead us towards ancient graves which weRead more
PortugalCoimbraRabaçal40°1’46” N 8°27’17” W
January 12 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
In this town, I met another pilgrim from South Korea. His name is Lee and he brought wine and cheese and popcorn to share with everyone. He said he hadn’t seen any other pilgrims in 3 days so IRead more
Traveler I said that the United States is such a large and diverse county that’s it is quite hard to pin down compared to somewhere like Portugal where there are only like 10 million people. But that our national identity is based on ‘freedom’ but that freedom is hard to understand without comparing it something else. So not the freedom to do something, but in the sense of being free from something. I think it’s in part because we are a nation of immigrants. In our national story and family stories there are often themes of a ‘freedom from’ whether that’s poverty, slavery, war, persecution, communism, etc and that to see ourselves as free, we very often see ourselves as being in conflict with something else.
PortugalCoimbraPombalinhoCasas Novas39°59’56” N 8°26’29” W
January 13 in Portugal ⋅ 🌧 13 °C
The title for this post came from Margarida who said this to Lee when he brought up that he was the planning to get to his final destination the next day before the afternoon showers.
Turned out theRead more
PortugalCoimbraRabaçal40°1’47” N 8°27’17” W
January 13 in Portugal ⋅ 🌧 12 °C
Tonight’s Alburgue has been the nicest so far! True lux living! They have a pool out back and amazing have heat in the bedrooms for the winter which is super nice to have!
The owner of the AlburgueRead more
