Lisbon Day 1

Well finally arrived in Lisbon at around 9:30 this morning after a 30 hour trip.
Nice warm sunny day spent walking around the city, up around the castle. Big crowds with a couple of huge cruise shipsLæs mere
Well finally arrived in Lisbon at around 9:30 this morning after a 30 hour trip.
Nice warm sunny day spent walking around the city, up around the castle. Big crowds with a couple of huge cruise shipsLæs mere
Another warm, sunny day spent sightseeing. Caught the No 28 tram 🚊 from the start through the narrow, streets near the castle to the end of the line, then back.
In the afternoon we organised trainLæs mere
Albergaria-a-Velha to Albergaria-a-Nova. 6km!
Got up early to pack our backpacks ready for the start of our Camino today. Thought we'd done well keeping our packs to 7kg, but they seemed a lotLæs mere
Albergaria-a-Nova to Oliveira de Azemeis 14km
We are planning to do a few stages of 15km or so for the first few days to get used to the walking routine. We weren't able to train as much as last timeLæs mere
Just stopped for a break in a little bakery after walking in the rain for the last 6km.
Yesterday wasn't too bad weather wise. Had a nice breakfast at the hotel and got away around 9, cloudy but notLæs mere
Malaposta (Residential Solar) to Grijo Albergue.
Another short stage. We got away a bit late, I woke up with a headache and the weather was terrible, raining and windy. It rained pretty steadily untilLæs mere
Grijo to Porto. 20kms
Ended up getting a stupid migraine yesterday afternoon, so didn't have a great sleep. So we didn't get away until 9 and took it pretty easy most of the day. None of the forecastLæs mere
Went through our packs this morning to lighten the load a bit and posted 2kg of gear back home.
Spent the day looking around Porto, and like Lisbon, Porto is a very hilly city. So even though a lot ofLæs mere
Porto to Vila Do Conde 23km
Had a nice breakfast at the fancy hotel then caught the metro to the coast at Matosinhos, and started the 22km walk North at 10am, following the coast to Vila Do Conde. TheLæs mere
We got back from dinner and Lynn noticed that the bathroom door was closed, and the undies which we had hanging on a line weren't there. Not long afterwards a woman knocked on the door and said thatLæs mere
RejsendeHi Ann. Yeah, most of the locals (and tourists) seem to speak at least some English....a lot more than our Portuguese 😉
RejsendeHi Ann. Updated reply. In Lisbon and Porto a lot of people speak at least some English, but in other areas there seem to be a lot less English speakers. Google translate comes in handy, and also a bit of guess work 😀