• Valenca to Tui Day 5

    August 15, 2025 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C

    What a nice apartment was a tough day yesterday. I am writing usually a day later after we awake. My thoughts were that we only saw three peregrinos yesterday Thursday. Found out season for walkers is high in September. DOUG.
    Day 4 was the most challenging yet! By far, it is the hardest I've ever done. I am grateful we made it safely to our apartment, and we made it together - Patricia
    Today, we will do a little over 4 hours of walking map shows flat. At least, as my navigator said. At the end, yesterday spoke with a male peregrino who came after us, and he said it was a difficult hike. It was a warm and humid day yesterday. Our apartment is just sitting here and drinking our café. We made oats and washed our clothes, waiting for them to dry.
    This day we crossed into Spain. It was a national holiday for Spain celebrating our lady of assumption. Throughout the cities, the people gathered at churches, with music. We entered o' Porrino and stopped across a small church to watch, and a man walked across the street and invited us into the church . He also gave us prayer cards for peregrinos to Santiago. I was honored and emotional because it was physically challenging, and we made it one more day on our journey. -Patricia
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