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2025 Camino Portuguese
  • Marilyn Mosicki
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août – sept. 2025

2025 Camino Portuguese

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    🇵🇹 Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal
    Marilyn Mosicki2025 Camino PortugueseVoyageur
    Goofy statue.Goofy statue's brother.

    Day two walking on the trail

    Aujourd’hui, Portugal ⋅ 🌙 18 °C

    Today has been a bit easier. After the initial shock, there’s now a lower simmering grief. Impending death, especially of someone so close, is difficult to cope with. But knowing what’s to come doesn’t necessarily make it any easier to accept the final result. And for me, being alone and on the other side of the world and away from everyone is extra troubling at times.
    But enough about me. I can only imagine what my dearest friend and her family are going through. May God bless them forever! ❤️🙏

    Today was my second day of walking. I walked 24 km and I was so tired and felt beat up by the time I reached my destination. I haven’t walked that far since my last Camino three years ago! But I will adjust in time.

    I brag (in a way) for never having encountered bedbugs yet. Not once with all my traveling. And we all know you can get them from five star hotels or hostels. They’re not a sign of filth. Anyway, much to my dismay this morning I heard a man at the front desk complaining of his room having bedbugs 😳 (he was on 2nd floor, I was on first). I actually looked for them before going to bed last night, but apparently they’re not always visible. And not always in the bed! I hope and pray there was none in my room.
    So consequently, I was scratching all morning. Psychological? Gosh I hope so! An adventurous life is definitely an exciting life. But it is not without worries.

    I was proud of myself for walking every step of the Camino Frances….800 km. I never took a ride. Although it was really tempting at times. Well today re-ignited that temptation. 24 kms, second day out of the chute, is a lot. Especially without proper training. The last 4.5 km was the worst. I trudged on and on and then I would look at my GPS and saw that I had only gone about .1 or .2 km!! 😳 Geez! I remember that well, a few times on the last trail, where I felt so tired like I couldn’t take another step, only to look at the map and realize I had another 11 km to go!!! It was excruciating at those times. So that thought came slamming back today. Towards the end, it felt good to go downhill. I thought to myself…..yay, I’m gonna make it! But nooo! I overshot my turn-off. And not by a few feet. By a third of a kilometer!!! 🤬 That was the third time today! Where the *%#@ are the yellow arrows?! And of course to backtrack meant I had to go back UP that same damn hill I just enjoyed coming down! I did NOT want to go any farther. I just about set up camp in the middle of the street, right there and then. I’m not gonna lie, there was some colourful expletives passing through my mind.

    My first eight or so kilometres was through industrial areas, so not very pleasant and nothing to take pictures of. But walking along the water was worth the wait. And I took a short tram ride for the heck of it.    En savoir plus

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  • Marilyn Mosicki2025 Camino PortugueseVoyageur
    Of course!
    Much bigger than I expected when I ordered it! But delicious.My first day on the trail.

    Moving on in Lisbon

    2 septembre, Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C

    Today was not a good day, and I was wishing I was home 😥💔.
    I started on the trail today. I didn’t go too far, about 8 to 9 km. Half of it was uphill, and I am still within Lisbon. Tomorrow I will be out of the city.
    I have been anxious to meet up with other Pilgrims because we are all like-minded. But I think it won’t be for a while. There are so few people walking this Camino, that they really aren’t geared for it much. In fact, I never saw a single yellow arrow except for the first one at the Cathedral. I had to use a map and my phone GPS, which was a bit challenging. I hear as it gets closer to Porto in the north it gets better. I hope before then. There are no albergues (hostels for Pilgrims). That’s what I’m looking for because they cater to Pilgrims in so many ways, not the least of which is a Pilgrim meal each evening where we can meet so many people. But apparently that won’t be for several kilometers/miles out of Lisbon. Instead I’ve been surrounded by so many tourists for the past two days. Really missing the Camino Frances right about now.
    It has been an emotionally tough day.    En savoir plus

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  • Marilyn Mosicki2025 Camino PortugueseVoyageur
    Camino office was in the oldest church in Lisbon
    Interesting story that includes the next picture. I saw this at the Cathedral.Such beauty, as always.The first arrow of the Camino. They said I couldn't miss it. I almost missed it.Café con Leche, of course. And chicken fingers.

    Lisbon day 2

    1 septembre, Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C

    Today was my second and last day in Lisbon. I really didn’t get to see a lot of it. I arrived yesterday and wandered around a bit, but then I spent hours trying to get my Europe eSIM card purchased, installed, and figured out.
    I’m starting on the trail tomorrow morning, and I’m looking forward to it. I’m learning that it’s not nearly as established as the Camino Frances because there’s so many fewer Pilgrims, so I will see how it goes. I believe I’m ready both mentally and physically. I visited the Camino office today and got a lot of information and my questions answered which felt really good and put me in a state of mind, ready to go. And physically I’m also ready….. especially after last night!! I had a good sleep after hardly any for the last week before leaving home. Then I woke up and, looked at my watch and freaked! I was horrified to see it was 11:47 AM. I have never slept that late since I was a teenager. Some people would think it’s a dream. Not me. I was almost traumatized. So I flew out of bed, and I had things organized, got dressed, make-up on, and I was out the door within an hour. The silver lining is that I caught up on rest and ready to walk.
    Later this afternoon, I took the full tour of the Lisbon Cathedral and lit a few candles. The tour included a portion of the cathedral which was like a museum and had religious artefacts dating back to 1300 and earlier. Interesting.
    So tomorrow, my first day on the trail, will only be about 10 km. I’m told there are very few arrows and what there is are very difficult to see, so I will have to put more trust in a map for many kilometres. “Just keep the river on your right” lol. It’s several blocks from my room to the main Cathedral, which is where I will “officially” start the Camino. It’s where the first yellow sign is.    En savoir plus

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  • Marilyn Mosicki2025 Camino PortugueseVoyageur
    Closest I could find to "Welcome to Lisbon"
    I walked up the hill to my little apartment room. Tired and luggage in tow.My tiny little studio apartment.Lisbon Cathedral. The first of many that I will see on this trek.I missed the Café con Leche. I looked forward to it every morning on the last Camino.Salt cod fritters. Not my favorite.Famous Portuguese tart.I agree with the sign! Expensive too. €15 (25 CAD) 😳Expensive, but very good!Felt good walking down, but not so much walking up. Especially being tired from travel.

    Lisbon

    31 août, Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C

    I landed in Lisbon at 9:30 AM this morning. I sure was tired. I got to my room, dropped off my things, and went for a bit of a walk. Lisbon is beautiful and a very old city. It reminds me a lot of Greece with all the old buildings and cobblestone everywhere.
    I got a quick peek of the Lisbon Cathedral, but I’ll have a better tour tomorrow. I’m staying in the city centre area which is where the cathedral is also. And it’s very hilly. They call the area Seven Hills because that’s how many hills surround it.    En savoir plus

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  • Marilyn Mosicki2025 Camino PortugueseVoyageur

    Edmonton airport

    30 août, Canada ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C

    And it begins. My second Camino. I will walk from Lisbon, Portugal north crossing the border into Spain and completing my journey at Santiago.

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    Début du voyage
    30 août 2025