Breakfast in Porto
4 de julho de 2023, Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 20 °CStopping for breakfast. Not healthy but will walk it off😊
Stopping for breakfast. Not healthy but will walk it off😊
The day started by leaving the lovely Albergue de Peregrinos de Senhora de Hora and taking the Metro back to Porto. I'd been there the previous evening, but to late to get a stamp from the cathedral,Leia mais
Set off at 7:30, just because I was awake. Very quiet on the beaches but many active people running and exercising along the sea front. Different types of exercise equipment every few hundredLeia mais
Left around 8:30 this morning, opting for included breakfast rather than an early start.
Very little to see for a couple of hours as a sea mist was in and I could just make out the final breakers asLeia mais
As youth hostel had been full was sent to The Old Spot in Fao. Very modern, clean albergue. There were four people staying and we're were put into individual rooms, so good sleep apart from painfulLeia mais
Left the lovely atmosphere of Casa Carolina in Anha with Helga, from Germany and Monique from Poland. We'd had a lovely evening singing with the few others. After crossing the Eiffel Bridge over theLeia mais
Left the hostel just after 8am and walked back down to the beach to a beautiful cove. A quick paddle in the surf whilst waiting for the cafe to open. Fortified with café con leche and pasteis deLeia mais
Day 7 starts with us being chivvied out of the hostel. Having woken twice, probably due to achy joints, I then overslept.
The hostel manager had told us about the Minho river path that avoided havingLeia mais
Breakfast started at 7.30am but my plan to leave early went adrift again as we all sat chatting and then I joined in singing with Helga whilst she also skillfully played piano.
Well, pushing that many kilometers may not have been a good idea with a broken blister, ouch.
I was so tired (and my knee and blister were really troubling me) that I did not write up this day untilLeia mais