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Amarante

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    • Day 13

      Mesao Frio to Amarante (29 km)

      September 20, 2022 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C

      It wasn’t so much the good amount of ascent that got me, it was the 900 m of descent that had my left knee feeling it by the time I arrived. The heat (over 90) and the tremendous amount of asphalt didn’t help either. The ascent started as soon as I left Mesao Frio and by about Km 12 I was on top of the monte with its several wind turbines. That meant that the next 17 km were basically all descent, sometimes steep, sometimes gentle, but always going down.

      Today’s walk quickly left the vineyards behind, and the scenery was not as pleasant. Scattered pines and some scrub. But I went through lots of little villages, which gave me a chance to struggle in Portuguese with some friendly residents. My longest conversation was with two women with a wheelbarrow and some sort of farm tool. I asked them if they were going to work in the fields (it was about 9 am) and they told me no way, that they were done working in the field and now they were going home to work at home. Wash clothes, clean the house, get the main meal ready. They shook their heads and said there was always too much to do. And there I was just sauntering across their country. They told me to make sure I was careful with the heat, took lots of rest, and drank lots of water, just like they do in the fields.

      There were some slightly dangerous kilometers alongside a national highway. It wasn’t tremendously busy, because there is a super highway paralleling it, but there was a lot of local traffic. I found myself pulling off to the side and just stopping while the cars or trucks passed.

      So by the time I got here I was kind of struggling. But a shower always does wonders.This is a beautiful little town (actually it’s a pretty big place, but its historic center is compact and charming.) I remember the pastry shop where Joe and I had a coffee looking out over the river. I popped my head in but it didn’t look like they had anything that was less than 90% sugar, so I passed. Only an hour till dinner!

      Riddle of the day. When is a Peregrina delighted to see asphalt? Answer (in the last picture) — when she’s been walking on those Portuguese tiles/cobblestones for an hour.
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    • Day 71

      Radtour auf der Ecopista Linha Tamega

      April 27, 2023 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C

      Am nächsten Morgen fahren wir am nördlichen Douroufer flussabwärts und auf der N 101 nach Amarante. Die kleine Stadt,12.000 Einwohner, hat auf beiden Seiten des Rio Tamega eine hübsche Altstadt. Eine uralte Granitbrücke überspannt den Fluss, auf dem kleinen Platz an der Renainssancekirche Igreja de São Gonçalo sind Cafes und kleine Läden.
      1990 wurde die Bahnlinie Amarante - Arco de Baúlhe aufgegeben und in den letzten Jahren in einen Radweg umgebaut. Die Strecke ist leicht wellig, ein Tunnel, vier Brücken oder Viadukte und fast alle alten Bahnhofsgebäude sind erhalten und zum Teil bewirtschaftet.
      Wir radeln oberhalb des Rio Tamega durch Weinberge und Wald.
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    • Day 12

      Zauberhaftes Innenland

      August 11, 2020 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C

      Am Morgen in Porto war es wieder kühl,und wir beschlossen,dem Rat von portugiesischen Kollegen Kollegen zu folgen und ins Innenland zu fahren. Nach nur 50 km hatten wir fast 30° und Sonnenschein. Wir fuhren nach Amarante,ein niedliches Städtchen mit herrlich alter Brücke. Nette Cafes in schöner Altstadt,alles wirkt sehr beschaulich.
      Durch Weinberge und über Serpentinen fahren wir weiter nach Pinhao. Über abenteuerliche Wege und Pfade geht es zu einem tollen Aussichtspunkt. Das Wetter ist traumhaft,der Ausblick atemberaubend. Trotz besserem Wetter entscheiden wir uns für den Süden und fahren den ganzen Nachmittag nach Sintra,um uns dort eine weitere Attraktion und ein schönes Städtchen anzuschauen. Wir übernachten in Estoril in schönem kleinen Hotel mit Pool,leider regnet es und ist kühl. Sintra haben wir aufgrund der fortgeschrittenen Zeit auf morgen verschoben.
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    • Day 35

      Arriving Amarante🙏🏼

      January 9, 2023 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C

      Happy and tired🙏🏼

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