Camino Day 6

Vila Nova da Barquinha to Tomar
~21.5 km/13.4 miles

I walked with Chris from Massachusetts today. We decided to start at 8am since we didn't have a particularly long day.

We encountered our first real hills not long after leaving Vila Nova da Barquinha as the trail went through a eucalyptus forest.

Rain was predicted, so I donned my rain gear, but we only had a couple of rain "drills" when it seemed like it was going to really rain, but it only lasted a couple of minutes.

We reached Tomar by lunchtime and checked into our accommodations. I stayed in the same decripit hotel as in 2022. I doubt that anything has been updated in the last half century. But it's in a great location at a good price, and has a comfortable bed, which I'm sure isn't 50 years old.

Another thing that was the same thus year as in 2022 was being barked at by the same dog. But this time he wasn't wearing the same ridiculous onesie outfit.

After a shower and laundry I met Chris to go see the Convento de Cristo. Her feet were really bothering her so I got an Uber to take us up the hill, which ended up being a good move because the skies opened up just moments after I requested the ride and the rain came down in buckets.

More on the Convento in the next post.Read more