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The Spirit flies again Michael Spies
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What a unique birthday
25 апреля 2021 г., Португалия ⋅ 🌧 18 °C
Today is my birthday. And It is not raining yet. (Will come this afternoon though).
I started the day by giving myself a present, three Jelly snakes in memory of good old times with my daughters when they would bring me such snakes from the kiosk. This used to be heaven on earth for me 😃
As I marched on weather got worse and worse with thunder all around. And then it broke! In buckets. Within seconds I was soaked and the rest of the day was rain.
When I got to Grandola I met a young man in an alley who looked as if he could speak English. It was Markus Müller a well traveled international who two years ago decided that Germany is going to Hit the wall, sold everything to build a house in Portugal
Markus invited me in for a beer and then, unknowingly, turned my birthday into a most memorable event by cooking a wonderful dinner. And for the first time in this trip I was able to have a real conversations with someone accompanied by wonderful wine, then Sake, and then to literally finish us off, half a bottle of Medronio, a killer Schnaps from Portugal.
God bless you Markus. ❤Читать далее
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Путешественник❤️❤️❤️
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Путешественник woow looks so yum!!
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ПутешественникHappy birthday 🎊🎈🎉 wünsche Dir viel Glück, Gesundheit und viele freudige Momente für Dein neues Lebensjahr ... sei sanft umarmt 😘
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Off on the next leg
24 апреля 2021 г., Португалия ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
A bit wet today with showers coming through every few hours and me getting pretty wet. But I have a good rain Cape that at least keeps the top dry.
Incredible landscapes with Cork oaks, streams and hills.
After the rain, when the sun came out again everything radiated a scent, sweet jasmine, eucalyptus, cystus roses, wet grass. Simply beautiful.Читать далее
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ПутешественникNa nicht schlecht für einen Tag vor dem Ehrentag🎂🎂....Feier gut rein🥳🤗🤘
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Путешественник Peaceful Birthday! Viele glückliche Schritte auf Deinem weiteren WEG!
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ПутешественникSuch a stunning route!!😍
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Carrying my old shoes to grave. R.I.P.
23 апреля 2021 г., Португалия ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
This morning was seriously windy and ice cold. New weather is comming, but the walk was beautiful along old Cork oak alleys and finally arriving at the first pilgrims stop on my journey, the Santiago do Cacem church high up on a hill.
I then headed off to restaurant COVAS whose address I had used to have new shoes sent to me, and they had actually arrived in time, which automatically initiated the burial of my old shoes. This sad task was undertaken by the two new ones who carried the old to Grave.
R.I.P. (rest in peace) my dear old shoes!
These old shoes have served for ages in the toughest environments, even the via ferrata in the Brenta .
Now I am bouncing along on new soles like a young puppy.
And now, for the "dark side of the moon", the next three days will be clouds and RAIN!
HORROR! and definitely very wet.
Early tomorrow I head off to Roncao, 22 KM.Читать далее
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Путешественник Beautiful 🌼
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Well tonight I'm living here
22 апреля 2021 г., Португалия ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
On top of the hill with view to the far away sea and the setting sun. What a location!
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Путешественник Wow!!!
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The Spirit flies again Michael Spies
Or maybe I should be moving here?
22 апреля 2021 г., Португалия ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
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I think I am going to move here
22 апреля 2021 г., Португалия ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Bumped into this dream ruin, old Cork oaks all around, beautiful view to the sea 20km away, enough space for goats, chickens and vegetables.
I think I am going to move here ❤
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The Spirit flies again Michael Spies
Walking inland
22 апреля 2021 г., Португалия ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Walking inland the senses become finer. The coast has been dramatic!
Waves, Cliffs, Wind, roaring Sound.
The trail now is isolated, quite, gentle.
I'm hearing the birds, the bees, the stream and the rustling of the leaves . And above all the cicads, symbol of southern countries. The whole air is singing!

And everywhere abandoned ruins.
And my fantasy flies!
Repair an old ruin, keep chickens, plant vegetables, have solar energy and collect rainwater in a cistern. And forget the insanity of our world. And those walking by on the camino can stay the nightЧитать далее
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ПутешественникSounds wonderful!
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ПутешественникDie Einsamkeit dürfte nicht immer leicht sein...manchmal.... aber diese wundervolle Natur um dich herum.... schön den Weg nach zu gehen... tippend....
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The Spirit flies again Michael Spies
Well, thats the end of Rota Vincentina!
22 апреля 2021 г., Португалия ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
So that was it, the end of the Rota Vincentina. No more cliffs, no more sound of the waves, but the birth of something new, an opportunity to discover new parts of Portugal.
It would be so cool to meet some people to walk and talk with.
I feel pretty lonesome!
The longest encounter so far was half an hour .
I'm going to send this idea into the universe and open myself for what will come now.
Buon Camino,
"May the road rise up to meet me"
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ПутешественникLieber Mike! Hab ein Stück von 2018 gelesen. Leider kann ich im Moment nicht weg. Wünsche dir von Herzen schöne Begegnungen. Die schenkt der Weg immer wieder!
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The Spirit flies again Michael Spies
It's happened! an open restaurant, yea!
21 апреля 2021 г., Португалия ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
At last an open restaurant, with tables service and all!
For me the first since October 2020!
Suddenly something banal becomes really important.
I have now left the department of Odemira into that of Sines and the restaurants are actually open. I'm going to have an orgy!

On a different note, this morning I met a wonderful couple from Australia, David Bangma and Amelia Gill. Both lived a while in London, then decided to escape the craziness of COVID to Lisbon, then things got crazy in Lisbon and they moved for three months into this region to have the sea nearby for surfing. David is Graphic designer, Amelia works for and ad-agency and both work totally virtually although they miss the social contact of the normal working world. Apparently life in Australia is totally normal. No lock down, no masks no craziness.
I am Meeting many people here who have fled Germany, France, or Britain to come an live here near the sea while the World goes crazy. Most are working remote. One German Surfer I met is part of a technical call Center for engineering products he takes the calls from the beach. After 17:00 He is on his surf Board. There is a totally new professionell world appearing.

This morning as I marched, I philosophised about ants. Everywhere I saw endless roads of ants, Perfectly organised straight lines which I followed for tens of meters. Half of them going in one direction, the other half in the other direction. They were not carrying anything, just crawling, sometimes meeting each other for a split second and then moving on. Where were they coming from? Where were they going? What were they doing? And why?Читать далее
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Путешественникso lucky 😍
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Last night on the coast
20 апреля 2021 г., Португалия ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
After that long march yesterday I gave myself a hostel last night 😃
Got up late, had a nice breakfast and marched off around midday.
Now in the distance already visible are the huge harbour cranes of Sines which also signal the end of the Rota Vincentina. Shortly before sines I will be heading off inland to join up with the camino Central at Santiago do Cacem. I then won't see the sea till Porto . 🙁
The wind was so strong at the coast tonight that I have pitched tent behind a port Jackson bush,
In the Cape South Africa, there is a war being raged against these bushes which are viewed as aliens, grow extremely fast, consume huge quantities of water in a dry region and displace the indigeneous flora. Exactly the same is happening here, and especially in the last 60 kms this has been very evident with them growing everywhere and covering up and killing the flowers.
So I have mixed feelings about the protection I am getting tonight.Читать далее
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ПутешественникSo wunderschöne Bilder. Ich wäre gerne dort!
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From heaven back into reality
19 апреля 2021 г., Португалия ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Having walked 15 kms to Almograve this morning dreaming of a nice lunch (as of today all Restaurants are supposed to be open again), I wondered why the village was so quiet. When I was asked to please wait at the door at the local Café, I discovered that on Sunday night the government had decided to close down a large part of Alentejo. What insanity!
A narrow Region along the coast, constantly blown upon by a sea Wind where people are outdoors all the time and villages hardly get larger than 1000 inhabitants is closed down. Suddenly I was back in the world of corona and the terrorism of our governments (who unfortunately we elected!). It was like falling out of the sky and my joy changed instantly.
So I decided to walk on to "Vila nova des Millefontes". Another 30kms which makes my day a 45km day and was clearly too much for me at this stage. Probably I will "get the bill" when I can't sleep because of knee pain.
Alas, quite stupid one might say!
But somehow I had to get the anger out of my system!
Sounds a bit crazy!Читать далее
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Путешественник... der Mensch ist nicht sapiens ... deshalb muss er sich Homo sapiens sapiens nennen ...
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Путешественникwünsche Dir in Zukunft weniger Corona impact
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Путешественник 🥰
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ПутешественникGood luck with fighting against realty or the flow of life.... nothing to win in my view 😅
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Alone in nature with the spirit
19 апреля 2021 г., Португалия ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Alone in nature with the seagulls, the sea and my path; the path behind me, and the path in front.

This would be the right moment to die, like the indigeneous africans do when they feel that their time has come, they walk into the bush and lie down to sleep next to a tree 🌳
The Hyenas or lions 🦁 do the rest.Читать далее
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Путешественник„.............“
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Can it get better than this?
18 апреля 2021 г., Португалия ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Shortly after my dream washing place came this dream camp for the night with à la carte meal and setting sun 🌞
But oh my god what a cold night with clear sky and beautiful moon🌙
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ПутешественникWow, what a great place
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The Spirit flies again Michael Spies
A long time since I felt so clean!
18 апреля 2021 г., Португалия ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Aproaching the evening I came upon this gorgeous, rushing stream and jumped in, clothes and all! At last an opportunity to wash (of course without soap in keeping with the principle of "leave no trace". Usually in the evening I use my ingeneous 60 gram portable basin from "sea to summit" with a cloth to wash myself. I then keep the water for the next morning as a bidet after having gone to the toilet. Such is the principle of "leave no trace".
A good feeling knowing that this pristine nature doesn't notice that I have been here.Читать далее
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And then came this unbelievable moment!
18 апреля 2021 г., Португалия ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Once again, I was not following the rota vincentino, but walking along the cliffs when I had this unbelievable encounter. A stork looking after her nest. I approached ultra slow and my zoom did the rest. What a gift.Читать далее
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Путешественник wow.. incredible..what pure beauty
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ПутешественникOh my god. 🥰Fantastic fotos of the storks breading on the clips.
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ПутешественникThank you
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What an incredible afternoon!
18 апреля 2021 г., Португалия ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
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Zambuera do mar and coffee at last!
18 апреля 2021 г., Португалия ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Started walking really early this morning to get to Zambuera do Mar before the cafes and restaurants have to close at 13:00hrs due to the COVID PANDEMIC. But at least they are open, a bit! Contrary to crazy Germany! When I talk to people here about covid, they refer to "the pandemic" with a huge sarcastic smile on their face. The reason gastromomy all follow the rules to the comma, is that they are terrified of having the place closed down again. Otherwise people are very relaxed here.
I had the most beautiful campsite last night, sheltered from the wind under pine trees directly next to wonderful cliffs where I could watch the sun set. And for the first time I didn't freeze at night, but no wonder, I had my thick down jacket on plus a wool Jersey, woolen t-shirt and sleeping bag and tent. It gets really hot during the day, but as soon as the sun is gone, you better get dressed warm!Читать далее
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ПутешественникGreat pictures !
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Путешественникso schön 🤩
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ПутешественникTolle Bilder :-)
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Путешественник ....Genieße es....
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The Spirit flies again Michael Spies
Another day in gods garden!
17 апреля 2021 г., Португалия ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Spent over an hour just listening to the waves this morning. Ever continuing, calming my soul and bringing me totally into the moment, here and now. This coastline is a gift to humanity and a blessing for me.Читать далее
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An ice cold night with little sleep!
17 апреля 2021 г., Португалия ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
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A tedious afternoon getting lost.
16 апреля 2021 г., Португалия ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Oh my god , did I get lost this afternoon!
Whenever the route gets really exciting, the Rota Vincentina goes inland and follows some road.
So I decided to continue following the cliffs along paths where one is never shure, was it left by fishermen or by the many wild boars that dig up roots along the way. Well this one was definitely wild Boars! It become less and less clear until I was stuck in the middle of nowhere stuck in brambles up to my crest ripping myself bloody. I got through on the first 500 meters but then gave up and returned to the official path along a Main road.
But the evening was great, with an la carte dinner in exclusive location. Mmmmm.!Читать далее
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Made it! Al Jezur river at low tide
16 апреля 2021 г., Португалия ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Made it in time! High tide would be 2 meters higher and so I was able to get through up to my waist with my pack balanced on my head.
This coast line is so beautiful! It makes my heart leap with joy!!!Читать далее
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Gods flowering garden this morning
16 апреля 2021 г., Португалия ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
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Ran to reach Aljezur river at low tide
16 апреля 2021 г., Португалия ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
This morning has been a sprint to get to Al Jezur river at low tide. Despite this, it was an incredible morning along a wild, wild coastline with a wonderful encounter with Joe, the male goat and his harem. As I approached he made it very clear that these ladies were only his!
Promptly one of the ladies started to crawl his neck, probably to signal him that there was nothing to worry about.
This hike is a gift of impressions and beauty!Читать далее
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ПутешественникOh ich danke Dir für die wunderschönen Bilder und Wellenrauschen
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The Spirit flies again Michael Spies
Arrived soaked and exhausted in Arrifana
16 апреля 2021 г., Португалия ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
It has was raining on and off all day yesterday. I arrived in Arrifana totally soaked, cold and exhausted and went straight to sleep. Now the sun has awoken me after 12 hours of sleep.
Ready to Rock again!
It is amazing how our bodies can regenerate.Читать далее
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A very wet day
15 апреля 2021 г., Португалия ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Nothing is worse than leaving a dry space into the rain and knowing that this will continue for hours.
A large weather front has reached portugal and will be accompanying me for the next days.
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Rain rain rain, and so much beauty
14 апреля 2021 г., Португалия ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
What a crazy day today! This morning those wonderful encounters, and this afternoon pouring rain. And as "cherry on the cake" I got totally lost in the middle of nowhere climbing through thorny Macchia up a steep slope with loose wet shingles slipping away.
That was not a good idea, and I frequently thought "this is stupid", if I fall it will take a long time to find me. Because this coast is really wild and incredibly beautiful. Sheer paradise.Читать далее
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ПутешественникReminds me a bit of South Africa😍
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