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2018年10月16日
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日1
2018年10月16日火曜日 13:06
⛅ 20 °C
海抜: 94 m
ポルトガル Praça do Aeroporto 38.770756, -9.12523438°46’15” N 9°7’31” W
Arrival
2018年10月16日, ポルトガル ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
I am now in the Star Inn which is a modern luxury hotel, a two minute walk from Lisbon airport. Just what I need. Completely whacked after a long flight from Sydney. Wonderful full-on rainfall shower does fabulous things for the human spirit! As did my first pastel de nata with good Portuguese coffee. I’ve washed my smalls and now intend to burrow under the snowy white sheets, turn on the tv (movies in English with Portuguese subtitles) and stay put until daylight tomorrow.もっと詳しく
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旅行者Bom Caminho Jill! Will you be walking from Lisbon all the way to Santiago?
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Laurie ReynoldsBom caminho from Utah! Hope you have a marvelous walk. And if you meet José Luis or Natércia at the Alpriate albergue, give them my hugs.
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旅行者Lee, my intention was to walk all the way to Santiago from Lisbon, but then Ian decided to come to Europe and so I’m cutting my walk short - which means a train or bus somewhere.
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日2
2018年10月17日水曜日 18:43
🌧 15 °C
海抜: 19 m
ポルトガル Vila Franca de Xira 38.955059, -8.98651838°57’18” N 8°59’11” W
Closed for the season.
2018年10月17日, ポルトガル ⋅ 🌧 15 °C
I had intended to stay at Alpriate but when I arrived I found the albergue had closed for the season. So I just kept walking. And then called Uber. Thank you Luis! With his help I made it to Vila Franca de Xira - where the first hostel was full, the second choice (a pensión) was closed but the third took me in. And has provided not only a bed (not a bunk) but also clean linen and towel and soap and washed my clothes - all for the princely sum of €15. Sharing a room with a very well travelled peregrina from Cataluña and another pilgrim yet to arrive.

Body tired but feeling OK. Freshly squeezed orange juice and pastel de nata were delicious.もっと詳しく
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旅行者Hi Jill Remember to always eat more than one. I love the photos and think the Portuguese have such a flair with colour. Such a welcome contrast to Sydney’s greys which I think are an acceptance of our pollution fallout. Walk strong and have fun.
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旅行者I’ll get tiles and paint for our house
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Laurie ReynoldsWell, I am sorry I told you that Alpriate would be open. That was the date I had been told. So sorry. Great pictures! Glad you are finding some companionship as well. Hugs.
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旅行者An eventful first day . Love the colourful houses and the horses. Sounds like a few people on the Portuguese.
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日3
2018年10月18日木曜日 22:04
🌙 18 °C
海抜: 20 m
ポルトガル Azambuja 39.070098, -8.86611839°4’12” N 8°51’58” W
In the rail corridor
2018年10月18日, ポルトガル ⋅ 🌙 18 °C
A rather dreary walk along roads and beside the rail line through industrial buildings, enlivened by a bit of felonious activity. I failed to see the turning arrow and continued along a rough path beside the railway line and eventually found myself locked into the rail corridor - main line with all kinds of trains rushing past! I definitely should not have been there. I wasn’t going back - but could not get out due to high walls. Continued until the next platform another 3km. Flung poles and pack up and scrambled on. Phew!

Tonight I am in a good municipal albergue in Azambuja with lively company - and an enjoyable restaurant meal together. Lots of Italian speakers, so that’s a challenge for me. My first taste of pulpo, Portuguese style.

Somehow I have grown the most enormous blister on one foot - I think my feet are baby tender from winter. My body feels pretty fit but obviously the cross trainer does not toughen the tootsies. So considering my options for tomorrow.もっと詳しく
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旅行者Take care Jill, sounds scary but you were a real trooper!
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旅行者Yes people in the rail corridor can be a real problem. Good that you got out alive
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旅行者Great that you got put alive. If you were here you could have lined the crowded city streets for a view of Meghan and/or Harry. It’s Royal Fever week here. Mum is glued to the telly and has given me the rundown over dinner tonight. PS stay out of drains too PPS rest the blistered foot. Cheers
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日4
2018年10月19日金曜日 10:14
⛅ 17 °C
海抜: 115 m
ポルトガル Estátua Sá da Bandeira 39.236809, -8.68518539°14’13” N 8°41’7” W
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History, art and food
2018年10月19日, ポルトガル ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Here I am in Santarém, with a humongous blister on my foot, having a lovely time sitting in the plaza drinking fiercely strong Portuguese coffee...waiting for the Cathedral to open.

The pastry shops in this town are just amazing. One small almond tart (a “celestial”, and it was), I could not resist.

I love the blue tiled art works on railway stations and other public buildings - a great way of teaching as well as bewitching the eye.

The cathedral was lovely. A great painted ceiling. I also visited some very nice churches. And a museum with a few things that amused me.

My time being short and not wanting to destroy the rest of the walk with a serious injury, today I took the train.もっと詳しく
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旅行者 Dead I think
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Mary CopelandBrings back so many memories. It was almost a year ago that my husband and I walked from Lisbon to Santiago - an interesting time to do that! We saw very few pilgrims, sometimes none for days. But absolutely loved it, especially walking along the coast after Porto.
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旅行者Dear Jill, So glad you’re heeding the advice you give others with similar blister issues. And glad that there is much for you to see. The tiles are amazing. Imagine that Ian has been busy importing some for a feature wall at home. Rest up. You need to be on top step from Vigo onwards. Cheers Robyn
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日5
2018年10月20日土曜日
☀️ 19 °C
海抜: 58 m
ポルトガル Museu Hebraico Abraão Zacuto 39.603676, -8.41282939°36’13” N 8°24’46” W
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Knights Templar and Henry the Navigator
2018年10月20日, ポルトガル ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Tomar is a lovely place, and I had a great day being a tourist. Tomar was having a fiesta - I never did find out exactly what about, but it was fun. Firstly there was a procession of men on horseback, all dressed as caballeros and the horses decorated richly. Then flowers thrown into the river that flows through the town. Women also dressed up, some in traditional clothing, some in 1920s gear. After watching that I hiked up the top of the hill and explored the Knights Templar castle, and the home of Henry the Navigator, then visited an exhibition from what was said to be the oldest synagogue in Spain (still in use but closed for restoration) and stayed at a good hostel.

Dinner with another pilgrim, from the UK - an old fashioned radical lefty trade unionist. Interesting take on Brexit.もっと詳しく
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旅行者A good day and lots of fun for ‘actors’, locals and pilgrims alike. Did you notice that you caught a bird in the wing? Hope you’re keeping a diary on where to find good tarts.
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旅行者 What is that?
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旅行者 Communal “facilities”? It was In the castle and there was no explanation.
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日6
2018年10月21日日曜日 11:28
⛅ 19 °C
海抜: 344 m
ポルトガル Cova da Iria 39.631199, -8.68051239°37’52” N 8°40’50” W
Faith and miracles
2018年10月21日, ポルトガル ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
After much planning, today I am off to Coimbra, but decided I could not miss Fátima on the way, as it is only a 30km detour, so got an early bus and am here now. Extraordinary place, horrible and awesome at the same time. A church (or cathedral) built with semicircular arms (rather like St Peters square) reasonably unexceptional, in front of which is the shrine itself - basically a statute under an awning. People approach it doing the last 100 metres on their knees. Beside it is a stand on which there are so many lit candles that all the wax melts and it’s like a fire pit. Then a vast new monolithic concrete building - the new church. Horrible! Looks like a prison - no windows visible, nothing decorating it - just a huge circular pile of concrete.

The town is crammed with shops selling every kind of Catholic symbolic item imaginable.

Never experienced anything like it. Faith or superstition - your choice. But whichever, it’s seen here on steroids.

Now waiting for bus to Coimbra. After planning and looking at the possible stages, my time constraints and my physical ability, decided there is no point in trying to walk from further south than Coimbra. As that means some buses I may as well see a few things on the way!もっと詳しく
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旅行者sounds like an eventful few days . Not good about the blister. Got your good second skin stuff with you?
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旅行者Hi Jill, Wasn’t it Fatima the nuns were going to when we were at Lisbon airport? Glad you took the photos. Saves me a trip. Do you think Lourdes would be similar? Coimbra will be gorgeous again. The library, the chapel, the organ. Look after yourself. Here in Sydney I’ve just put away my heaters and doonas. It’s warming up.
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旅行者Yes, the nuns were on their way to Fátima. I think Lourdes is all wheelchairs. Not many of those that I saw at Fátima.
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日6
2018年10月21日日曜日
⛅ 21 °C
海抜: 109 m
ポルトガル Santa Cruz Park 40.208542, -8.41472540°12’31” N 8°24’53” W
Coimbra, a literary fall
2018年10月21日, ポルトガル ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Great view of the river from the terrace of the Portagem Hostel, where I stayed. Coimbra is a beautiful small university city, and the Joannina library is a must see in a lifetime experience. It’s exquisite. Has a colony of micro bats that live within the library and come out each night to eat the insects that would otherwise destroy the books (furniture is covered each night to protect from droppings). I visited it and the surrounding university two years ago with Robyn, so this time I concentrated on the 12th century Sé Velha Cathedral and the lively city streets below.
Those stone sets sure are slippery when wet! Lost my dignity and some skin. No major damage.もっと詳しく
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旅行者Hi Jill Coimbra sounds interesting. More than just a bus and train station. Are the flags slippery because of rain? Or washing? Are the tarts still gorgeous?
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日7
2018年10月22日月曜日
⛅ 23 °C
海抜: 59 m
ポルトガル Mealhada 40.394085, -8.44770740°23’39” N 8°26’52” W
Not for vegetarians
2018年10月22日, ポルトガル ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Mealhade does not have much to offer except restaurant after restaurant specialising in - suckling pig! I tried it but have to say I think my version is at least as good. A rather forgettable walk to Sernadelo (just after Mealhade) from Coimbra - some of it beside a despondent smelly canal and road. The one excitement was a herron like bird that kept flying off just as I was about to capture it on the iPhone camera. And about 6km through a eucalyptus forest. Came across two crews of timber workers cutting and removing trees - cheery waves and questions. The Portuguese find it very odd that a woman would be walking solo anywhere - let alone all the way to Santiago. But they have all been admiring and wished me well.
The weather is unseasonably hot and my red umbrella is up much of the time.もっと詳しく
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日8
2018年10月23日火曜日 20:00
🌙 17 °C
海抜: 32 m
ポルトガル Águeda Municipality 40.574481, -8.44800540°34’28” N 8°26’53” W
Day of the bug
2018年10月23日, ポルトガル ⋅ 🌙 17 °C
I woke this morning to see a big fat bedbug climbing up my sleeping sheet. Yuk! Squashed it between my fingers and sure enough, it had just feasted. So a report to the hospitalero, who was very grateful to be told and reacted exactly as one would hope. He said an albergue between Coimbra and Mealhade has a real infestation and the priest there refuses to get proper eradication or control because it costs too much. Which causes a problem further up the line with pilgrims being inadvertent carriers. He drove me to the big laundromat in town and I did the hot dryer thing with bedding and clothes. Luckily I had kept a sealed dry bag of clothes just for this contingency - so changed into those - rather proud of that - it was a Mr Bean effort in front of a plate glass window beside a busy street. The skills one learns at boarding school! No bites showing up yet but I’m prepared with antihistamine at the ready.
Then another rather trying walk to Águeda where I have a lovely room in a good hotel.もっと詳しく
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Laurie ReynoldsYou and Clare are the bed bug queens. Always prepared and ready to handle the situation. Did you get any visible bite signs? So sorry it happened, Jill, but it couldn’t happen to a more prepared peregrina!
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旅行者Yes, Laurie, sure enough the next day a couple of bites appeared - one between my eyelid and eyebrow (trés jollie!), and a couple of others.
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旅行者Very impressive preparation Jill!
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日9
2018年10月24日水曜日 18:18
☀️ 19 °C
海抜: 127 m
ポルトガル Albergaria-a-Velha 40.68951, -8.48128540°41’22” N 8°28’53” W
Its hot Mama!
2018年10月24日, ポルトガル ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
A short 16km walk today after a delicious hotel buffet breakfast. I was planning to walk another 10km but by the time I got going it was quite late, and the heat pulsating waves. Everyone is commenting on how unseasonably warm it is. The forecast for next week is an average of 10degrees lower, a much better temperature for walking.

Again, a not very exciting walk - lots on road surface, a suburban linear sprawl, one long road bridge over a ravine and a rather insignificant river, a pleasant coffee stop in a nondescript village, and an easy walk through another eucalyptus forest (they are everywhere). Other than a closed ethnographic museum, and a couple of grand houses, one of which had a magnificent fig tree, on which I feasted, there was nothing very much to show.

I am assured the walk gets better after Porto. Let’s hope so!もっと詳しく
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Laurie ReynoldsI should have alerted you to the really lovely shady green park in Agueda up the hill (beyond that house you posted a picture of, I think) — tons of painted pigs for some odd reason but it would have been a great place to spend a hot afternoon. Enjoying your posts a lot! The slog into Porto from Grijo is an urban sidewalk the whole way, not a fun way to end a long day if you start in Sao Joao. I’m sure there are urban buses. If you have free time in Sao Joao, on the way out of town is an old hat factory turned into museum. This is where I learned that “mad as a hatter” came from the fact that many hat makers inhaled too much poison and went crazy.
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旅行者Hi Jill Apparently Indian Summer in UK too. Good for figs. So I assume the Portuguese paint their bridgerails yellow. How is your blister? How are you? And the bedbugs? What bad luck.
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日11
2018年10月26日金曜日 0:11
⛅ 13 °C
海抜: 224 m
ポルトガル Oliveira de Azeméis 40.838508, -8.4788440°50’19” N 8°28’44” W
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Luxury hotel
2018年10月26日, ポルトガル ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
A good 20km walk today. Almost all on hard asphalt with a very short section through eucalyptus forest - so still not great walking. Lots of short stops on the way in village bars for a refreshing mineral water. With the hard surfaces my feet really start to whinge at the 20km mark so I was glad to stop then. The only reasonable accommodation (unless I walked another 10km) just happens to be a four star hotel. Lovely! Big bath, air conditioning / and no bedbugs.もっと詳しく
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旅行者 Did you book a place for us?
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旅行者Sounds like you need some BB free nights. Not a nice feeling if you think they might be there.
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日11
2018年10月26日金曜日 11:59
⛅ 14 °C
海抜: 263 m
ポルトガル Arrifana 40.91806, -8.49072940°55’5” N 8°29’27” W
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Hats off
2018年10月26日, ポルトガル ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
My guide book said I’d be mad to miss the hat museum, and indeed it was terrific. A great personally guided tour. Once the largest producer of hats in the Iberian peninsular (in the days when everyone wore a hat) São João de Madeira still has a few craftsmen making fully handmade velvet felt hats. I want one!もっと詳しく
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旅行者But Jill, which hat would you choose? A feathered fascinator for Melbourne Cup ( but you can’t wear it this year and wouldn’t pack down well) or the luscious lips? Doesn’t the display just make you so happy! Sparkling mineral water along the way too. If only the path was soft.
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旅行者So did you buy a hat Jill?
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旅行者No, can’t carry it in the backpack. But I’m now sold on felt hats.
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日11
2018年10月26日金曜日
⛅ 16 °C
海抜: 130 m
ポルトガル Porto 41.156979, -8.6097341°9’25” N 8°36’35” W
And suddenly, delights
2018年10月26日, ポルトガル ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Porto is the most beautiful small city - with lively friendly people, charming narrow steep streets, a bustling riverfront with cafes, bars and myriad stalls to beguile the most reluctant shopper, and perched high above the river the cathedral, the castle remains and old walls, all looking over the river.もっと詳しく
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旅行者Jill, a true feast for the eyes. I have such fond memories of the vibrancy and fun in Porto. Finally I have mounted my sardines on the kitchen wall too. How’s the blistered foot?
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旅行者No blisters any more. Just tired feet! But fine by the morning.
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旅行者Walk strong
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日12
2018年10月27日土曜日 19:02
🌬 12 °C
海抜: 16 m
ポルトガル Museu das Rendas de Bilros 41.352795, -8.74344341°21’10” N 8°44’36” W
Senda literal
2018年10月27日, ポルトガル ⋅ 🌬 12 °C
A day walking by the sea - glorious sunshine but a cold wind blowing hard from the North. Just my kind of walking weather! In fact so good I surprised myself, and comfortably walked far more km than intended. Which had something also to do with missing the good albergue and being determined to get to this great little hotel.もっと詳しく
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旅行者Don’t you just so admire fishermen. Such a repetitive life requiring strength, teamwork order and persistence. All to deliver such delicious seafood to the table for you to enjoy. The potatoes look good too. Glad you’ve reached an easier walking stretch.
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Laurie ReynoldsSuch great photos, glad you are back in the camino groove!
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日13
2018年10月28日日曜日 17:50
🌬 11 °C
海抜: 9 m
ポルトガル Praia de Apúlia Norte 41.486137, -8.77940241°29’10” N 8°46’46” W
Bracing wind, pumping legs
2018年10月28日, ポルトガル ⋅ 🌬 11 °C
Another great day of walking, mainly on boardwalk beside a white capped Atlantic, but with a few detours inland beside greenhouses and commercial vegetable plots. Wind still blowing strongly from the north, but sun shining again. Wonderful stuff!もっと詳しく
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旅行者Looks fantastic! Salt-laden air being blown into your lungs would be invigorating in itself. The beaches, the aqueduct and the energy of the people inspiring. And whilst I’m not a fan of cleaning leeks, in the case of that barrowful, I’d be happy to. And that Finistere-sequel sunset from your room.....spectacular! I’m really enjoying your posts, Jill.
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旅行者PS. You look great.
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旅行者Thanks Rob. You’d enjoy this walk up the coast.
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日14
2018年10月29日月曜日 15:12
⛅ 13 °C
海抜: 18 m
ポルトガル Marinhas 41.558094, -8.78151541°33’29” N 8°46’53” W
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The boats are in
2018年10月29日, ポルトガル ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
I was happily waylaid today, eating a late breakfast in the sun, watching the fishing boats come in, wandering down to watch them being dragged up the sand by tractors, and then the fish - so fresh - being sold. The tractor driver told me that after pulling the boats up in the morning, he was driving inland a couple of km to help with the vegetable harvest of cauliflowers.

Later, as I was walking I met up with someone who walked with me earlier in this Camino, and he persuaded me to stop early and try this albergue. Fingers crossed against the bedbugs!

My one achievement is that I did conquer my fears and walk over a bridge I was dreading.もっと詳しく
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旅行者 Doesn’t really look appealing
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旅行者 Sandcastles ?
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Laurie ReynoldsThose round stone buildings are old windmills, the spokes used to come out from the pointy top. Gorgeous pictures, so glad you are enjoying yourself, Jill.
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日15
2018年10月30日火曜日 20:15
🌧 9 °C
海抜: 29 m
ポルトガル Anha 41.665146, -8.79880341°39’55” N 8°47’56” W
Finding the way
2018年10月30日, ポルトガル ⋅ 🌧 9 °C
The albergue last night was excellent, although freezing cold. I’m so glad I packed some extra clothes!
For most of today I had a lovely walk and talk with Regina from Munich, nice girl. The way was beautiful - rural and through the forest, beside a small river, and small villages. We were so engrossed in conversation that somehow I got onto the wrong path and had to do some route finding across country. Regina was turned onto the beach route but I’d booked into a Casa Rural further inland.
To get to it it I took a pathway that led me through an encampment of people (Romany?) obviously surprised to see me, as were their dogs. But they were very kind and helpful in pointing me the right way and wishing me Bom Caminho.もっと詳しく
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2018年10月31日水曜日 20:25
⛅ 10 °C
海抜: 27 m
ポルトガル Viana do Castelo 41.694771, -8.83162241°41’41” N 8°49’54” W
Azul tiles, gold, and a funicular
2018年10月31日, ポルトガル ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
A lovely walk to start the day, a bridge crossing a wide river, then the fabulous fishing port of Viana do Castelo. Took the fun funicular ride to the top of the mountain to see the church perched high over the town - spectacular views - then down to the old town where I visited the local museum - with a great exhibition dedicated to local peasant costumes. Good collection. Also explanations and exhibits about cloth making and embroidery (mainly on wool and linen - flax was grown locally) and the very pretty gold heart jewellery worn in Northern Portugal. Unfortunately photography was strictly prohibited. Then to see a church I’d been told was a “do not miss” and indeed it was a glory of blue tiles and gold. Walked out of town through the port area (I do love a serious working port!) and a few kilometres along the way until I discovered a problem with my phone. Which resulted in me backtracking to find a Vodaphone shop - and I won’t bore you with telling what followed!
The end result is that I walked 17km from last nights accommodation - but have progressed only 7km. Hopefully tomorrow I’ll do better!もっと詳しく
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旅行者bar the phone problem it looks like this section of the walk much better than the earlier bit. So glad you have 'hit your stride', so to speak. Landscape and churches. A great combination. And i still have a photo of a Portuguese fishing boat from our Combi trip all those centuries ago. Happy memories.
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旅行者Yes, ever since Porto it’s been enjoyable.
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旅行者Hi Jill, Glad to hear that your phone is fixed. Was trying to recall the time when we didn’t have them and then when they were only phones! Do you remember the ‘phone table’ with the family phone in the hallway and the teledex and the double volume White Pages? Sounds like an interesting day in spite of the turnaround. I love the blue tiles. Spring is here with tomorrow hovering around a very summery 34. Louisa, Morag, Huon and Rosa arriving tomorrow for the weekend. Their first sleep away since Rosa arrived eight weeks ago.
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2018年11月1日木曜日 15:48
🌧 13 °C
海抜: 26 m
ポルトガル Rio Âncora 41.814397, -8.8634641°48’52” N 8°51’48” W
Bend ze knees!
2018年11月1日, ポルトガル ⋅ 🌧 13 °C
Decided today that walking on the flat boardwalks beside the sea was nice but would not get me fit. So opted for the route that runs a couple of kilometres inland. Lots of ups and downs. A few too many hard stone and cobbled streets for my poor feet. Portuguese asset management must run on very long cycles because every road and track, except the major motorways, is cobbled or laid with granite stone sets. There were a couple of kilometres of nice walking in eucalyptus forests, and lots of pretty streams, stone bridges, and a couple of little waterfalls. Every now and then a lovely view would emerge, with the sea and pounding waves in the distance. Magic.
A lot of the time I was walking and talking with the charming Maria from Denmark - a great fan of our Mary - and the km slipped by.もっと詳しく
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旅行者Hi Jill Just returned from flashback to the 1980s. Fabulous night of cabaret. Ian, an attentive host and an energetic member of the ensemble. Cheers
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旅行者I have photos but not your phone number
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旅行者The SIm stopped working the minute I crossed the border into Spain. Curses on Vodaphone who promised it would work everywhere in Europe! So I’m managing with wifi.
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2018年11月2日金曜日
☁️ 15 °C
海抜: 82 m
ポルトガル Rio Âncora 41.819622, -8.85933341°49’11” N 8°51’34” W
Last day in Portugal
2018年11月2日, ポルトガル ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Walking well and enjoyably. Today I had an absolute feast of white figs, three trees in a row on waste land beside a railway track. Who could resist? Let’s hope my tummy copes! For my last day in Portugal I was back beside the sea again.もっと詳しく
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2018年11月3日土曜日
☁️ 12 °C
海抜: 162 m
スペイン Praia Fedorento 41.915665, -8.87538441°54’56” N 8°52’31” W
They do colours in Spain too
2018年11月3日, スペイン ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
Loved the town of A Guarda. Houses tumbling down to the port and beach, obvious pride in the town, lively residents. Stayed in the municipal albergue and it was great - clean and with all the facilities a pilgrim needs, plus good company. One fellow, a Hungarian boy, was walking back from Santiago de Compostela after finishing walking the Norte. He’s obviously very fit, and had covered over 40km that day - all the way from Vigo. He put away a very large bowl of pasta!
I walked into a church after landing on Spanish soul, and there was no doubt about the country! Massive heavy decorative overload in silver and gold.もっと詳しく
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2018年11月4日日曜日
🌧 12 °C
海抜: 22 m
スペイン Mougás 42.068473, -8.89307242°4’7” N 8°53’35” W
Wild weather walking
2018年11月4日, スペイン ⋅ 🌧 12 °C
A big walk today, trying to stay ahead of the rain forecast for the rest of the week. I took the route around the sea and it was spectacular - huge waves rolling in from the Atlantic. Saw a few surfboard riders braving the swells. I’d stayed in a rather weird hotel the night before - very cheap and I know why!もっと詳しく
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2018年11月5日月曜日
🌧 12 °C
海抜: 138 m
スペイン Nigrán 42.15295, -8.80045242°9’11” N 8°48’2” W
Rain, rain, rain - and cold!
2018年11月5日, スペイン ⋅ 🌧 12 °C
It was Altus on, head down, and rev up the walking machine! Past gun turrets pointing out to sea (too far away for photos) and the lovely town of Baiona with its fortress castle - invaders from the sea will be repelled! Then a pretty C15th bridge and the beachside suburbs of Vigo. Just as I’d had enough (and it was teeming - rains simply pouring off me) I saw a restaurant with a fire going inside - and “habitaciones” upstairs. What a find, what relief. Ate the most wonderful meal of soup (with grelos - the local green vegetable, and potatoes) followed by mariscos, coffee and oruja de hierbas (herb flavoured fire water). I then staggered upstairs to my cosy warm room, with underfloor heating. And watched Netflix as the rain continues to pour down.もっと詳しく
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旅行者Glad this finds you warm and dry. Never, ever walk without your Altus! What a winning combination for the restaurant: fire, soup and warm and cosy room just up the stairs. Sleep well, trooper! Tomorrow is Vigo, the city. Such fond memories of this vibrant city. Remember the chess being played in the street!
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Laurie ReynoldsHard core pilgrim enjoying well-deserved comforts!
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旅行者Don’t need an Altus if you use a car - times have progressed. Non walkers unite
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旅行者Sounds like the perfect ending to a wet day. We need these contrasts in life I reckon
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2018年11月6日火曜日
🌧 11 °C
海抜: 104 m
スペイン Vigo 42.231361, -8.71242542°13’53” N 8°42’45” W
Pride goeth....
2018年11月6日, スペイン ⋅ 🌧 11 °C
This post is retrospective. After reading Kirsten Harley’s recent exploits I feel like a complete fraud, but there needs to be some explanation of the gap in my footprints.

A wonderfully fulfilling, if wet, day yesterday, and a peaceful warm night in my little room over the restaurant, I set out once again in the rain. Altus on, umbrella up.

Not far into the day, before the first coffee stop, I completely failed to see the pavement had a bite out of it (for garbage bins, I think) and wham! Down I went - twisting as I fell - landing hard on my right knee and arm. Two women came rushing to my aid and helped me up. No major damage but a knee that did not feel very happy. Certainly not to walk. So a taxi was called and carried me into Vigo where I spent a day resting, icing and elevating my knee.

Dramatic views of Vigo.もっと詳しく
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旅行者Oh Jill, What colour is your bruised knee now?
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旅行者Hi jill. Nasty. Looks like the colour of thunder - a fall or twisted??
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旅行者Sorry I read on
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旅行者Oh so sorry Jill- looks really awful!
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2018年11月7日水曜日
⛅ 14 °C
海抜: 11 m
スペイン Parroquia de Santiago 42.283786, -8.60742542°17’2” N 8°36’27” W
Dear friend
2018年11月7日, スペイン ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Today I met my friend Annette at Vigo airport and we walked from there to Redondela. Before arriving at our albergue we spied a restaurant crowded with people. It obviously needed us! So a delicious meal of stuffed calamari in its own ink, followed by a platter of desserts. Luckily we were very close to our destination along a peaceful stream. The sun was shining!もっと詳しく
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旅行者Great to catch up with a friend and walk in such great country and scenery.
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旅行者Yes, it’s beautiful, Bill. A great thing to do!
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