Day 8: Beach front & blisters

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Breakfast at the same spot we had dinner last night: pastries and fruit juices (orange & melon)
Resumed walk along seaside
Beautiful boardwalk
Rocky coastline, sand dunes
Martha felt ill, but she & Tim finally caught up to our party feeling better
Coffee break at a men'ssoccer club. Beginning to use my Portuguese 🙃
Lots of folks out cycling and playing football (aka soccer)
Met Toby from Bavaria, who walked with us a while
Obelisk
Quick painting sketch at Praia de Angerais
Blisters started aching, so finally stuffed a bunch of hikers wool around them
Met up with Joe and decided to lance them, then bandage
Decided I would have to stop at lunch
The group ordered chicken for us! So lunch was waiting when we got there
The rest continued on, while Martha and I Bolted the last 6 miles to our hostel
"Venceslau" is the family's great great grandfather's first name. Not uncommon in Brazil, but rare in Portugal. So now everyone in the family is including his name in their children's names.
Roman aqueduct is visible from our window.
Planned to sketch, but found myself napping instead. 😅😅
Restaurants are down by the river
Dinner at Portuguesia. Salad, broccoli rabe, salad mista, steak on a skewer, and sangria. Mousse and cookie cake for dessert
Waitress started rolling her eyes when we were too busy yacking to check out the menu. She had to come back several times. She was confused when I only ordered salad & veggies, and the Abby only wanted soup & salad. 🤣 We equally had trouble ordering dessert 🤣🤣
Dinner conversation turned to politics: immigration in Germany, military service, Trump, and the electoral college
We wanted to tease her by asking for separate checks, but didn't want to be mean.
Toby offered me needle and thread to lance my blisters... 😬😬
We hope we'll meet up in Santiago. He's continuing on the Coastal route; we head inland tomorrow.Read more