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May – June 2024
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A 25-day adventure by Happy Feet on the Camino Read more
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    Stuck in New Jersey

    May 16, 2024 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C

    Well, what a way to start our adventure! Our flight to Porto got canceled, and we ended up staying at a Sheraton hotel in New Jersey. We didn't get to our hotel until four thirty a.m. We were exhausted. However, we made the best of it while we were there.Read more

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    Catching up

    May 18, 2024 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

    We arrived in Porto on the 17th at 9:30 am . We took a taxi to Cosa Mindela in the city of Giao, our designated bed, and breakfast for that night. We decided after getting settled in. We would walk down to the beach. It turned out to be a 10-mile walk round-trip. We had a great time getting to know the area. When we got back from exploring, we had a nice dinner waiting for us. And ate with other camino travelers. That is where we got our first official camino walk stamp.Read more

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    Catching up

    May 19, 2024 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C

    The second place we stayed was at the home of Belevira. When we first arrived there, she insisted that we have a full body massage done by her personal professional masseuse. OMG! IT WAS WONDERFUL! There were other camino walkers, there all had their own rooms. We had a 4 course dinner. It was lovely. Our beds were so comfortable. We had a really nice breakfast in the morning and bid our other walkers. Bon Camino, that's what we say on the camino walk. We left Miguel de Arcos and walked 21k to our next overnight destination in Barcelos. Our first "Hotel ".Read more

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    On our way to Balugaes

    May 20, 2024 in Portugal ⋅ 🌙 13 °C

    After a buffet breakfast, we left our hotel Rua da Mandalena in the city of Barcelos and started our walk to Quinta da Canceia in Balugaes. Along the way, we met a woman from Brazil. We walked together for about two hours. We were all getting hungry, so we stopped at the little place on the trail called "Rosa Cintilante." While I was ordering my food, I was surprised to hear Talking Heads on their radio. I knew I liked this place, lol!
    Then we met up with 3 other walkers. We walked together for about 2 hours. Most of the path was cobblestone. It's just amazing. There must be hundreds and hundreds of miles in portugal of cobble stone roads. Michelle and I checked our fitbits and realized we walked 3 miles past our next destination.
    One of the brazilian women called a taxi for us because she knows portuguese language and they were there in fifteen minutes.
    In the meantime, there was an alberga close by that's very famous in germany and we were invited in while we waited. The name of the place was Lugar Do Corgo Casa Fernana. Fernanda is the name of the woman who runs the place. There were quite a few Walker's there. Laying on the grass sitting at the picnic tables, just enjoying the rest of the day and I heard our names called by the 2 brothers that we met at Rua da Mandalena. They jumped up and gave hugs all around. Like we were good old friends. Everyone we have met so far is nice and happy. There are no grumpies in the bunch. It's amazing. Tonight, we had a wonderful gourmet type. Dinner made by a beautiful young Brazilian woman of 21 years old. 3 course meal with dessert and three forks lol! Well Time to take a shower and hit the sack. We have a big Day ahead of us tomorrow.    Read more

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    Destination Porte de Lima

    May 21, 2024 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C

    We left Quinta da Canceila at 9:40 am, After an awesome breakfast of ham cheese bread, yogurt, really good coffee and fresh fruit with oranges from their own trees, and of course, some kiwi. It rained up until lunchtime. But it wasn't horrible. Everything is so green and smells so good here right now. We did a lot of off the main road walking. We saw sheep, a horse, chickens, ducks, and some spiky little hairy thing that ran through a field. At one point, we came upon a Portuguese woman offering us apples and bread. However, we just had lunch, so we had to politely decline. I asked if I could take her picture. And she smiled very big and said Sim, which means yes in Portuguese. We saw many of our fellow walkers along the way to Ponte de Lima. We arrived at our destination at about 4:00ish. Our hotel was right on the Lima River. After we both took showers, we went downstairs and had another awesome dinner. Our next destination is Gandra Agualonga in San Pedro de Rubiaes. We are tired, we feel good, and the wine at dinner hit us hard!
    Boa Noite🌙    Read more

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    Destination Quinta da Gandia

    May 22, 2024 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C

    We both slept very well, and after a buffet breakfast at the hotel, We decided to explore Porto de Lima for about 45 minutes. And of course we took more pictures. Then we were finally on our way to our new destination. Quinta da Gandia, which is located in San Pedro de Rubiaes.
    Today, we saw some very beautiful sights, including waterfalls and streams and lots of green foliage.
    At one point, we hiked down to the water and sat on a rock and had a bite to eat. We ended up taking about a twenty five minute break, which felt really good. We got back up on the trail and came across three australian walkers, who told us that they had been hiking 19 days and they started in Lisbon.
    During the course of the day, we came across many walkers . We also came across a little snake, but I don't know what kind it is. Michelle freaked out at first, and we both started to laugh. I have to say that today was our most challenging day. We kept going up up up very, rocky terrain for hours. We also had to go through a muddy bog by hopping from rock to rock. It was definitely a good workout. I loved the day we had today!
    Tonight we are staying in a private home. And 2 other walkers that we had met before are also staying here. We were picked up by a private transfer van and taken to a local restaurant for dinner. We are back showere and ready to pass out. LOL.
    Bad Noite!    Read more

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    HOLA SPAIN!!

    May 23, 2024 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 14 °C

    Today, we walked over 13 miles from Quinta da Gandra in San Pedro de Rubiaes to Hotel Villa Blanca in Tui Spain .
    We crossed the Guadiana River to get from Portugal to Spain today! What a rush! There were a lot of Camino walkers arriving at the same time we were. Very exciting indeed!
    We were sad to say "Adeus" to Portugal but very happy to make it to Spain.
    We walked through the town and found our Hotel Villa Blanca. We took showers and set out for dinner. On the way, we stopped at the Santa Iglesia Cathedral. It was built in 1227 under the order of Archbishop Rodrigo Jimenez mandate. The Cathedral was dedicated to the Virgin Mary in her ascension to heaven. It was constructed in Gothic style. So cool!
    There is so much detail in today's adventure that I just don't have the energy to type it all out.    Read more

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    O Porrino

    May 24, 2024 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

    Today, we woke up to a beautiful morning. We met a nice group of 8 people at our hotel who are traveling together. They are from Ireland,
    Australia and Scotland. Which included three sisters all over the age of seventy! Amazing!
    On our track, we came across a man playing bagpipes. It was kind of nice to hear the music in the rural area. We stopped in a couple of little cafes along the way and had some espresso and water and sometimes a cookie. At those times, you sit and talk with other walkers and hear about their adventures on the road. We walked by some beautiful streams and small rivers. And over some bridges. We arrived at O Perino around 2:00. We found our hotel and took a quick nap 😴.. For some reason, today we both felt really tired when we got here. After our short nap, we found a really nice restaurant and had lunch. It was delicious. I even had a couple of beers and an espresso! I guess I needed an awake buzz. We walked around the town and came across Calle de Antonio Palacios. It was breathtaking. In Spain, everything closes down from 4 to 6 for siesta.. It's really weird. So we decided to go back to our hotel and take our own siesta. We woke up, took showers, and had dinner at our hotel. We are now preparing for our longest journey tomorrow, which will be almost fifteen miles.
    Buenos noches!    Read more

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    15 miles to Arcade

    May 25, 2024 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C

    Today was a very long day but good. We walked a total of fifteen and a half miles most of it uphill. We stopped for lunch at about 12:30 at a place called Celtic Laude in Redondela. I got scampi. Michelle got some kind of noodles, and we shared between us. Again, it was delicious, of course, I had a beer and coffee. It felt good to take a break.. We came across a woman on our walk through a really nice forest area that was playing bagpipes. By the way, she played better than the guy the day before, lol. Anyway, we thought she was so sweet. She said her name was Maria. I asked if I could have a picture with her. And she agreed with a big smile. We put some Euros in her collection basket. And we were on our way.
    After a lot more uphills and some picture taking, We made it to our hotel by 4 o'clock. We had a beautiful view of the bay from our window. Tomorrow, we only have to walk about 8 miles. We're both very excited so that we can catch up and maybe do some exploring. It is lightly raining right now but should be clearing up by tomorrow.
    Oh yes.. If you can't tell already, i've really been into the door knockers here.😄    Read more

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