Back on Track

This morning we caught the 7:58 train to Tomar, and reconnected with the Camino one block away from the train station. We ate some breakfast, and started hiking. It was supposed to rain and be cool and overcast, but again, just drizzled on us a bit then got sunny and humid. The way took us through woods along a river, then we started going up and up. The last hill, right before our albergue in Colvinos, was about 1/2 a mile 10% grade hill. I will attach a couple photos, but they can't do the steepness justice.
Tonight we are staying in an albergue with 10 beds. There are five of us here, so we all got a bottom bunk. Beside me and Jayme, there is Yve from France, Alex from Denmark and Esther from Germany. There is nowhere to eat here but if you ask at the bar (the only business in Colvinos) the bartender unlocks a storage room in the back, filled with groceries. A few people shopped and brought back some rice, tomatoes, peppers, zucchini, mushroom, onions, garlic, stewed tomatoes and chickpeas, and on the single hotplate with only two saucepan, I made rice, veggies and a garlic tomato chickpea sauce . Yve had some bread and cheese to round out the meal, and it was delicious!
It looks like the next few days we will be in little towns and going up and down hills all day, but we have gotten so much stronger in this past week. I am sure we can do it!Read more