Day 3, To Barcelos

Camino Portuguese Day 3: to Barcelos.
It was a great day today. Nice weather and a nice walk. We left Arcos in the fog but things cleared up fast. We ended up going off the “normal” path for anRead more
Camino Portuguese Day 3: to Barcelos.
It was a great day today. Nice weather and a nice walk. We left Arcos in the fog but things cleared up fast. We ended up going off the “normal” path for anRead more
Portuguese Camino Day 2: To Arcos
Today started off with more walking on boardwalks by the ocean, mixed in with the typical Portuguese stone black and white cobblestone walkways.
Once we got to VilaRead more
Day 1
Today we left our place “The Lost Inn; Porto” about 7:45am. It was a mostly beautiful day, passing lighthouses and abandoned forts under sunshine mixed with occasional rain. Much of theRead more
It’s been a couple of great days hanging out with Jay in Porto waiting for our bodies to get accustomed to the time change. We spent the days exploring the city. Porto is a wonderful city known forRead more
This is my Pilgrims’s Passport (or Credential) that I got stamped at albergues, hostels, or hotels where I stayed as well as bars, cafes, and cathedrals to document my Camino across Spain for theRead more
The Way.
In a logical sense, today was like any of the other 37 days I have been walking from Saint-Jean-Pied-du-Port France to Santiago. Just another 20-kilometer (12 mile) day of my 800k (500 mile)Read more
As I’ve gotten closer to Santiago the trails have been busier and there have been more crafts people and vendors along the trails with a sellos (stamp for your pilgrim’s passport) marketing theirRead more
Almost there… only two nights to Santiago! Today was a long (over 30k) hot day. The guidebooks showed a 26k day (which my feet will tell you is already pushing my limits) but they, well, lied.Read more
It was a foggy morning…
As has become my routine I started my walk shortly before 8am and proceeded over the bridge leaving Portomarin headed to Palas de Rei.
Galicia (the area in Spain where I’mRead more
I walked out of Sarria shortly after sunrise accompanied by throngs of young people….
I admittedly had a certain trepidation about how the Camino would change after Sarria knowing so many newRead more