Portland Oregon
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On Tuesday, 13 September 2022, my sister Ellen and I will travel from Portland to Paris, the first leg of a trip I’ve been dreaming about and planning for years, to walk really far for no particularLes mer
On Tuesday, 13 September 2022, my sister Ellen and I will travel from Portland to Paris, the first leg of a trip I’ve been dreaming about and planning for years, to walk really far for no particularLes mer
Crossed a bunch of time zones, ate unspecified meals at random times, watched 4 movies, and saw the sun rise over Reykjavik. After riding 2 planes, one bus, several escalators, two elevators, and oneLes mer
Was really excited to go on one of the Paris street art walking tours today. Somehow we managed to underestimate how long it would take us to get to the meeting spot and arrived 9 minutes late. MissedLes mer
Despite missing the street art tour, today wasn’t a total bust. We actually got up and out at a reasonable hour, grabbed a pain au chocolat and headed over to Le Jardin des Plantes (botanical gardenLes mer
Walked a HUGE loop from our hotel in the Latin Quarter to the Eiffel Tower, then crossed the Seine to the Arc de Triomphe. Stopped by Saint Sulpice first to confess our sins before heading toLes mer
Today we split Paris for Porto. Apparently we narrowly escaped the effects of a 24 hour strike by the Paris air traffic controllers. They came back to work just in time to get us to Porto. (If thereLes mer
Today was meant to ease us into our Camino journey, the shortest leg of the trip. We started out fine although neither of us got much sleep last night. We got ourselves sorted and out the door of theLes mer
Don’t freak out. I know it’s really only day 2. But what a day! We walked awhile, then walked some more. To keep things exciting, we kept right on walking until we couldn’t walk any farther. ButLes mer
Today was hard. Really hard. We walked about 25% farther than yesterday and up bigger, longer hills. It’s still very hot, 86° today with high humidity. The stretch we walked this afternoon had veryLes mer