First Stop, Philly
12 сентября 2024 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Sitting in the airport in Philidelphia, waiting with fingers crossed, hoping that they'll have seats for us on this next flight, Philly to Madrid. Desi's son is a pilot for American Airlines, so we'reЧитать далее
1.5 Days in Porto
13–15 сент. 2024, Португалия ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Obviously, 1.5 days in Porto is not neeeeeearly enough, and almost a little heartbreaking for me. Tried to make the best of it nonetheless.
Went to a city wine and food tasting Fri night, came homeЧитать далее
Porto Buildings
14 сентября 2024 г., Португалия ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Portugal has tile on many of its buildings. They're very pretty. These pics are all still in Porto. Throwing in a little street art here too.
Day 1: Porto to Vila do Conde
15–16 сент. 2024, Португалия ⋅ 🌙 15 °C
First walking day was a little tough. Started out from Porto Cathedral and took several miles and a couple of hours, winding through city streets before making it out to the coast to head north.Читать далее
Contact Me Via WhatsApp
15 сентября 2024 г., Португалия ⋅ 🌙 14 °C
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Day 2: Vila do Conde to Esposende
16–17 сент. 2024, Португалия ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Got an early start and walked 2 quick blocks back to the ocean to head north for 15 miles. At about 1/3 of the way in, we cut more inland (probably about 1/3 sooner than we should have), leaving theЧитать далее
ПутешественникVery good location for the keyring! Found it immediately 👌
Day 2 Continued: Shoreline & Seaweed
16–17 сент. 2024, Португалия ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
The beaches were beautiful, but the water is cold! Even the locals weren't really having it.
I haven't yet found out what they're doing with it, but workers were out, actively raking up the seaweedЧитать далее
Day 2 Cont: Inland & On the River
16–17 сент. 2024, Португалия ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Once we shifted a bit inland, we walked through a lot of farmland (mostly corn, kale, spinach and some pumpkins), and it got toasty. We, along with quite a few other pilgrims found respite in a coolЧитать далее
Day 3: Esposende to Antas
17–18 сент. 2024, Португалия ⋅ 🌙 19 °C
Simple Simon day! We walked ~6miles today to Antas Guest House. It has a beautiful, private backyard with a swimming pool, and we literally had it all to ourselves from 11am-3:30pm today. There wereЧитать далее
Day 4 Cont: Wildlife
18–19 сент. 2024, Испания ⋅ 🌙 17 °C
A few more domestic critters were the closest contact we had with the local wildlife (outside of the doves who seem to love the area and all the trees). They've been with us for the past couple ofЧитать далее
ПутешественникHi Kathy. Hope everything is going okay. Just wanted to wish you well for the rest of your camino.
Day 4: Antas to Viana do Costelo
18–19 сент. 2024, Португалия ⋅ 🌙 17 °C
Rrrrg, I suspected I wasn't going to be able to keep up very well with updates on this. Ah, well . . .
We did another 10 mile walk on this day and reached Albergue Santa Luzia, sitting right next toЧитать далее
Day 4 Cont: Cathedral Santa Luzia
18–19 сент. 2024, Португалия ⋅ 🌙 17 °C
Rio Lima, stairs, smokey skies, and rest.
Santa Luzia is my mom's patron saint (Lucia).
Barbie Shannon
I am so sorry you still have smoke, I thought you were walking away from the fires & smoke.
Kathy ThielenApparently, they are all over the place. We had some rain yesterday and I think it has helped.
ПутешественникI hope it is really not too dangerous with all the smoke and fire around you! Please take good care and get every information you can 🤗
Day 5: to Vila Praia de Âncora
19–20 сент. 2024, Португалия ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Beautiful 10 mile walk, mostly along the coast with a few sections just a bit more inland. This place had a great beachfront with lots of restaurants. We had dinner here with another pilgrim we hadЧитать далее
Day 6 Cont: Tui, Spain
20–21 сент. 2024, Испания ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Tui was hopping, and we had gotten far north enough of the rain to have beautiful weather again. Lots of other pilgrims and friendly locals. Didn't find any pilgrim priced meals, but the food wasЧитать далее
Day 6: to Tui, First Night in Spain!
20–21 сент. 2024, Португалия ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Short day, 7 miles. We started out, not taking too much heed of the impending rain. We had our ponchos, but I don't think we were mentally prepared for the downpour that came. We had originallyЧитать далее
Day 7: Tui to Mos
21–22 сент. 2024, Испания ⋅ 🌙 16 °C
Tui to Mos was a long, 14 mile day, through a lot of beautiful woodland paths and streams, with a gorgeous garden cafe stop along the way.
Stayed in a rental home that night, which was a couple of kmЧитать далее
Day 8: Animals!
22 сентября 2024 г., Испания ⋅ 🌙 14 °C
This dog in the first 2 pics was fantastic. As we were first approaching, he was in a perfect, upright sitting pose, with a dead rat just off to his side. I'm assuming he had slain the rodent and wasЧитать далее
Day 8: Mos to Puenta Sampaio
22–23 сент. 2024, Испания ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
This was an 11 mile day, but felt longer (to me) because we were more exposed and the sun was strong. I felt as though I was melting, but when I checked the temperature, it was only 68°!
MoreЧитать далее
Day 9: Taxi to Pontevedra
23–24 сент. 2024, Испания ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Desi, like so many other pilgrims (including me on my first trip), has tendinitis, and I've finally convinced her that the only way to heal it is to stay off her leg for a day or two. Begrudgingly,Читать далее
Day 10: Pontevedra to Caldas de Reis
24–26 сент. 2024, Испания ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
And then there was rain. We stalled until 10:45, waiting to see if it would ease up a little, but then put on our ponchos and started walking. Today was 14 miles. The route took us along open trailsЧитать далее
Day 10 Cont: After the Rain
24–26 сент. 2024, Испания ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Desi, Joanna, and I made another cafe stop around 4 in the afternoon, and sampled some delicious, flaming chorrizo. As we finished up there, the rain stopped, the sun came out, and we enjoyed the restЧитать далее
2 Nights in Caldas de Reis
24–26 сент. 2024, Испания ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Had 2 nights in Caldas de Reis, as a friend had recommended hanging out a little longer here, and Desi need some serious icing and down time for her tendinitis.
The first evening was very nice there,Читать далее
Day 11: Caldas d. Reis to Padrón
26–27 сент. 2024, Испания ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
We did 12 miles to Padrón today, with just a little rain in the morning. It was a beautiful walk, beautiful scenery.
Had a fantastic dinner here (food was great, service was a little weird), whichЧитать далее
Day 12: Padrón to Santiago
27–29 сент. 2024, Испания ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
Final walking day as pilgrims! The distance between these 2 points is just shy of 16 miles - Des' ankle was not going to be able to tolerate that distance, and I just plain didn't feel like doing it!Читать далее
Days 12-13: Santiago de Compostela
27–29 сент. 2024, Испания ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
Santiago was even more lovely than I'd remembered it from my first visit, 8 years ago. The Cathedral was beautiful, without all the scaffolding that had been there before.
We took lots of pics,Читать далее
ПутешественникLooking forward to seeing more pictures from the upcoming days in Finisterre and Madrid 🤩
Kathy ThielenI thought of you and the rest of my first Camino Familia throughout this walk. Wonderful, wonderful memories of then, and very new and different experiences now, with more memories to ponder and new connections made.
Kathy ThielenWe've made the standby flight!!
OMG! How exciting! Fingers crossed! [Dianna]