First stop of the day; cafe con leche croissant 🥐 & pastel de nata also known as Portuguese tart 😋

Leaving our albergue with the animals in the background having their morning meals

Rain last night made the trail wet and slippery but we trudged on

These bushes are everywhere in this area and they are enormous!

Lovely garden area at our first stop right off the trail

Enjoying the scenery at our first rest stop

Todd walking and chatting with a pilgrim from Slovenia

The village of Ancora by the sea in the distance. There was some hills on todays Camino

Good to know these are close by even though Todd doesn't need it...yet

Spent 1:30 at another beautiful beach. Ann is pointing somewhere possibly to Santiago or a bar 🍷

Beach was beautiful and the waves were fun

More feet therapy. The water was cool but comfortable. Just what we needed

And of course we enjoyed some vinho tinto on the beach

Many different ways to stay hydrated on the Camino. This is our favourite 🍷

Sailboat ⛵️ way out in the Atlantic. Could it be Alibi?

The sea was nice until it wasn't. Rogue wave 🌊 tried to take us out ☠️ but we trudged on

First glimpse of China's BYD EV. Watch out Tesla! This is a pretty sharp looking ride 👀

Some horses free range feeding by the ocean. No fences

Tomorrow we say goodbye to Portugal and enter Spain by water taxi to this mountain

Our home tonight is beside this train track and the trains come frequently & very FAST

Tonight's view from our private room. Just a bit different than last nights horse and sheep show. 🤪

Found a lovely restaurant by the water tonight and enjoyed fish n chips and 🍷. Had crepe for dessert

Goodnight from our final Portuguese town, Moledo on the Camino. Spain 🇪🇸 here we come!!

CP Day 6 to Modelo 16km day

August 31 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

Despite a very rainy night and horses pulling figs off trees half the night we woke well rested to clearing skies. We had a bit of an uphill walk through forests and villages so we stopped early for a cafe con leche and pastry break to fortify ourselves. It was our first pastel de nata of the trip and it was delicious! We spent some time chatting with a woman from Australia and a family from Slovenia. After our uphill walk, we descended back down towards the coast.
Since we had a shorter walk today, we decided to enjoy some time on the beach in Praia do Ancora. It was so relaxing enjoying our wine and leftover pizza and watching the surfers.
Tonight we are staying in a little beach town called Moledo. Our casa is literally beside the train station so instead of horses, we have trains tonight, which we just love. We are only a couple of blocks from the ocean so we enjoyed a beautiful seaside sunset dinner tonight. We topped it off with a chocolate crepe with whipped cream and ice cream. So yummy. Tonight is our last night in Portugal. Spain, here we come.Read more