PortugalLissabonSocorroSanta CatarinaEstação do Rossio38°42’51” N 9°8’26” W 12. September 2023 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
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 shipsWeiterlesen
PortugalLissabonSocorroSanta CatarinaEstação do Rossio38°42’49” N 9°8’29” W 13. September 2023 in Portugal ⋅ 🌙 22 °C
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 trainWeiterlesen
PortugalDistrito de AveiroBrancaAlbergaria-a-Nova40°44’8” N 8°29’17” W 14. September 2023 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
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 lotWeiterlesen
How lovely to have the eucalyptus. You might have to start at like, 4am to avoid the heat!! [Ann]
Reisender The good ol' days of yesterday! Looking like the heat is gone and the rain is on the way 😞
PortugalDistrito de AveiroOliveira de Azeméis40°50’16” N 8°28’43” W 15. September 2023 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
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 timeWeiterlesen
PortugalDistrito de AveiroFiães41°0’4” N 8°32’28” W
17. September 2023 in Portugal ⋅ 🌧 17 °C
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 notWeiterlesen
PortugalDistrito do PortoGrijó41°1’34” N 8°34’51” W
17. September 2023 in Portugal ⋅ 🌧 19 °C
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 untilWeiterlesen
Hope the dorm room went OK. At least you get to meet some people from other countries [Ann]
Reisender That's right Ann. It does feel a more camino "vibe" when you're in the dorm style rooms.
PortugalDistrito do PortoSanto IldefonsoPorto41°9’37” N 8°36’41” W 18. September 2023 in Portugal ⋅ 🌙 17 °C
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 forecastWeiterlesen
PortugalDistrito do PortoParanhosAmeal41°9’38” N 8°36’42” W 19. September 2023 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
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 ofWeiterlesen
PortugalDistrito do PortoVila do CondeAlto da PegaParque João Paulo II41°21’37” N 8°45’5” W 20. September 2023 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
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. TheWeiterlesen
Reisender It's called a Francachina or something like that 🤔. A fancy steak, meat, sausage and egg sandwich covered in a tomato sauce. 😋
PortugalDistrito de BragaGóiosRua Nova41°28’17” N 8°38’2” W 21. September 2023 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
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 thatWeiterlesen
Reisender Peregrino is the Spanish word for pilgrim. I think a very small percentage of walkers are on an actual pilgrimage, but that's what they are generally called.
So, were you in the wrong room, or did they have another room to sleep in? Did the other couple speak English? [Ann]
Reisender They had the other bedroom, which was locked, and we thought it was an adjoining unit. They were Spanish, but spoke pretty good English.
Reisender Hi Ann. Yeah, most of the locals (and tourists) seem to speak at least some English....a lot more than our Portuguese 😉
Reisender Hi 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 😀