PortugalDistrito de SantarémAzinhaga39°20’21” N 8°31’41” W
9 de janeiro, 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 downLeia mais
PortugalDistrito de SantarémGolegã39°24’18” N 8°29’9” W
9 de janeiro, 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 wentLeia mais
PortugalDistrito de SantarémGolegãQuinta da CardigaRibeira da Ponte da Pedra39°26’42” N 8°26’57” W
10 de janeiro, 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 timeLeia mais
PortugalDistrito de SantarémAsseiceira39°31’19” N 8°24’13” W
10 de janeiro, 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 microwaveLeia mais
PortugalDistrito de SantarémSanta Maria Dos OlivaisTomarMata Nacional dos Sete Montes39°36’12” N 8°25’12” W
11 de janeiro, Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
PortugalDistrito de SantarémCasaisCalvinos39°40’33” N 8°22’37” W
11 de janeiro, 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 MargaridaLeia mais
PortugalDistrito de SantarémAreiasTelhadas39°44’42” N 8°21’40” W
12 de janeiro, 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 weLeia mais
PortugalDistrito de CoimbraRabaçal40°1’46” N 8°27’17” W
12 de janeiro, 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 ILeia mais
Viajante 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.
PortugalDistrito de CoimbraPombalinhoCasas Novas39°59’56” N 8°26’29” W
13 de janeiro, 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 theLeia mais
Viajante one of my favorite stops on camino francés was cruz de ferro. you bring a rock to leave at the foot of this huge iron cross, and there is a huuuuge mound of rocks. really a cool experience to see how many pilgrims have passed before and how they have left their mark.
PortugalDistrito de CoimbraRabaçal40°1’47” N 8°27’17” W
13 de janeiro, 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 AlburgueLeia mais
