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  • TravelerPortugiesischer Jakobsweg
    22
    Day 10

    10.4 Wir überqueren die Grenze

    May 4 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C

    Wir entscheiden uns für den "Camiño Complimentario" 🤩 und halten uns an der Wegkreuzung links.
    Ab jetzt müssen wir auf die Bezeichnung "C. Complimentario" achten❗
    Es soll sich hier auf weiten Strecken um einen historischen Jakobsweg handeln, der durch die örtliche Jakobusgesellschaft gangbar gemacht wurde 🤓.

    Es bedarf nun keiner weiteren Erzählung, die Bilder 📷 sprechen für sich.    Read more

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  • TravelerPortugiesischer Jakobsweg
    2
    Day 10

    10.3 Wir überqueren die Grenze

    May 4 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C

    Einen Einkehrschwung ☕🥖 nehmen wir im Café "Ponte das Febres", brauchen Kaffee und eine kleine Stärkung, weil wir noch nicht gefrühstückt haben.

    Angekommen an einer historischen Steinbrücke führt der Weg entlang des "Rio Louro" 🤩 bis wir den Ortseingang von "Orbenlle" 🏘️ erreichen.
    Hier gibt's nun die Möglichkeit den Weg durch das Industriegebiet 🏭 zu vermeiden.
    Wir entscheiden uns für den "Camiño Complimentario", den schönen "neuen" Weg.    Read more

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  • TravelerOne patch at a time
    2
    Day 10

    Happy holiday

    May 1 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C

    A surprise to wake to another beautiful and sunny day, thankful to leave our giant ponchos in our packs. Today is la fiesta de trabahadores (Labour day) and it has been such a pleasure to see many, many families out with babies and children, parents and grandparents all strolling together to enjoy this day off work.
    We trekked 24 k along stunning coastline with persistent elevation before stopping in Biona for the night and our rest day tomorrow. That comes at the perfect time as both Terry and I developed a blister today. Darn! We have everything we need at our fingertips as we are staying in an apartment downtown and have the most stunning views of the harbour from our windows. We have already located a superb Italian pizza place and excellent helado ( ice cream) . I chose the orange cheesecake flavour which tastes as yummy as the fresh orange juice we can drink everywhere here. So many flavours to choose from.    Read more

  • TravelerCamino Deb
    3
    4121
    Day 11–12

    Mayday or Labour day

    May 1 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

    We walked little over 10 miles today through highways, paths and streets. Saw many pilgrims today and at both stops and well populated. I took a Night Quill gelcap last night as sore throat and earaches and did well walking today. Hoping I avoid getting sick and hope this may be allergies.

    Today is a Spain holiday and saw lots of decorations and amusement rides being set up on way out of Tui. Arlene found us a very nice apartment with 3 separate rooms and washing machine. I’m feeling spoiled.

    We have planned another 10 mile day tomorrow to Redondela. Having a great adventure!    Read more

  • TravelerCamino Portuguese 2025
    1
    Day 28–32

    Flowers for Violetta!

    April 30 in Spain ⋅ 🌧 57 °F

    This is a special post for my oldest and very cherished granddaughter, Violet. She is 10 now, which is so hard to believe! She has been following my journey and posting comments on all my pictures. I LOVE her interest in my journey and hope we get to do a camino together in a few years when she is an " older teenager, like 17 or something"
    In the meantime, every time i see and photograph a lovely flower, i think of Violet and want her to know i do like other things than just poppies. So here are a bunch of them for you Violet. I love you!!!    Read more

  • TravelerCamino Portuguese 2025
    1
    421
    Day 28–32

    Portugal to Spain, just a bridge crossed

    April 30 in Spain ⋅ 🌧 61 °F

    Today we walked less than 4 miles. I am tired, Ken hasn't quite adjusted to the time difference, and Richard Noelle and Deb are all coming down with colds. It was also raining. So we slept in then did the short walk across the bridge from Portugal to Spain and checked into a hotel. The others spent most of the day sleeping, so after my short nap I had plenty of alone time to just think.
    I am sad. I miss Portugal. I really love it there. The people are so warm and friendly and supportive of the pilgrims. The landscapes are beyond beautiful. And I just felt so peaceful and at home there, even without understanding the language. And I can't stand that i have no idea when I might get another delicious bowl of soup or a pastel de nata. And crossing into Spain made the end of my Camino seem way to close and way too real. And I am not ready for it to end. This has been grueling and incredibly hard, but also energizing and uplifting. I wrote before about how in childbirth you forget the pain and only remember the good stuff. Well I am only remembering the good stuff now. The hard stuff is just a passing memory with no feeling attached to it. The good stuff is in my heart and soul and felt deeply.
    Tomorrow I will begin walking in Spain, and i am sure within a day or two I will feel as strongly for Spain as I do Portugal. But tonight I feel i have left a very good friend behind.    Read more

  • TravelerCamino Deb
    1121
    Day 10–11

    Short day and in Spain now

    April 30 in Spain ⋅ 🌧 17 °C

    We left Valença this morning over to Tui, Spain via bridge crossing the Guadiana River and lost an hour due to time zone. We walked off The Camino path in search of a cafe which we found in the downtown center. Love the outside cafes. Only walked 3.5 miles intentionally today giving us a well needed rest day, time for Rich and Noelle to feel better from colds and allow Kenny time to acclimate from traveling.

    We have separate rooms in a hotel tonight with restaurant downstairs. We had dinner meal here around 3 pm then took a nap and may go down for light snack and drink later.

    My first day of walking in the rain and thankful it wasn’t when we were on the mountain!

    We head to O Porrino in the morning about 10 mile walk.    Read more

  • Jayme PorkolabJayme’s Camino Portugués
    21111
    Day 28

    Day 25 - Breaking bread

    April 30 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 64 °F

    "I see a group of strangers, brought together by chance or circumstance, finding common ground as they break bread together, their differences fading away as they discover the shared humanity that binds them together," —-Julia Delaney

    Today I walked from O Porriño to Saxamonde. I purposely planned this last part of the trip to allow me to take shorter daily walks (6-10 miles) which will put me into Santiago around noon on May 8th. Hard to believe that a week from tomorrow my journey will be ending. But they say the real Camino de Santiago experience begins when you finish it.

    I am staying at a small auberge tonight ; the place is full and it has been raining most of the afternoon snd evening. Many pilgrims seeking shelter were, unfortunately, turned away. Tonight a group of us had dinner at the bar/restaurant that our host owns. It was a collection of people from Belgium, the Netherlands, the UK, a Scott who identified as someone from UK, because he has lived there longer than he lived in Scotland. and me, the lone American. We talked for hours over wine and the pilgrim dinner. Topics were varied and included: sharing travel stories, AI, solar energy and the latest power outage, the political landscape globally, how travel is a great educator, and what can people do to show each other that we are more alike than not. It is no surprise that the Europeans are very concerned about Russia and China; and now have growing reservations about America. Each person recounted how less than half of their respective population actually voted and what can be done to change that. Some of you may characterize the group as liberals, socialists or commies, but that was not the case. They were a group of well traveled individuals who spent time exploring, learning, and talking to people from different cultures.

    The talk wasn’t all serious. We exchanged humorous stories too. For instance yesterday I sat on a thorn branch. No big deal. But today when walking I reached back to make sure my sandals were still hanging on my backpack and discovered I had a hole in my pants right on my bum about the size of an orange. I asked a polite German lady if she could confirm thinking maybe my pants were double layer and just the first layer tore, but no, she said. Your purple undies are showing through. I guess the thorn branch tore a small hole yesterday and the washing machine last night made it larger. Oh well. If you can’t laugh at yourself. Who can you laugh at.

    Tomorrow another adventure.    Read more

  • Jayme PorkolabJayme’s Camino Portugués
    141
    Day 27

    Day 24 - First walk in Spain

    April 29 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 59 °F

    “If wishes were horses, beggars would ride”—-1670’s English proverb

    My first day walking in Spain from Tui to O Porriño For the most part, it was a pleasant walk on cobblestones paths and bridges presumably built by the Romans. As the hours progressed into the afternoon it became hot and humid. With the sweat dripping down my back and seeing remnants of the horses who are taking pilgrims by horseback, I thought of this old English proverb above. Because at that moment, I felt like a beggar throwing wishes out into the universe for a horse!

    Walking out of Tui the path winded up and down cobblestone streets in the historic area. I stopped at the Santa Iglesia Cathedral and picked up a second credential, since my first one is now full. Funny how this worked out, I now have one for all the places in Portugal and this one will have stamps from the places I stop in Spain.

    On my walk today I ran into a fellow pilgrim that I had first met in Alvaiázere Portugal on April 12th, Yves from France who carries a backpack and pulls a trolly with more supplies! It’s always nice running into pilgrims you have previously met.

    At lunch I saw one of the German girls from 2 nights ago when I stayed on a farm. She said her traveling companions were racing through the Camino, sometimes going over 20 miles a day. And it hit her that she was missing all the beauty, so she bid them farewell and is walking alone at a much slower pace.

    During a beautiful spot where several pilgrims were taking a break, I snapped a photo of a young male pilgrim napping under a tree. Later when I saw him again. I showed it to him and he laughed. I have something to show you, when I was having lunch, he had done a sketch of me unbeknownst to me. He said it’s a hobby. I’ve attached a pic of it.

    The auberge I’m staying at has built in bunk beds with little curtains for privacy. Several women I met today happen to be staying here. But most importantly they have laundry facilities. It’s the simple things!    Read more

  • Lisa KalettaCamino Portugués
    Day 5

    Vigo - Restday

    April 28 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C

    I've done quite some long distances during the last days and therefore decided to stay one additional day in Vigo.
    I planned to see one of the big fish markets since Vigo is well-known for its variety of seafood and is also one of the biggest fish exporters in Europe.

    Well, my plan did not work out in the end. Due to the power cut all over Spain, most markets were closed. No electricity, no cooling, no fish 🫤
    A true pity but still, I enjoyed my restday with a lot of sun, 28°C and some (cool) beers. 🌞🍻    Read more

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