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    • Päivä 14

      Esposende to Castelo do Neiva

      25. syyskuuta 2022, Portugali ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C

      I walked by lots of churches today 💒, but the most interesting was the Parish Church of St Tiago, which was established in the year 862. It has been updated of course, but is possibly the oldest church dedicated to Santiago in this part of Portugal.

      There was also a river crossing with a bridge that would not have passed any safety standards at home. But it was wider than expected and actually quite sturdy. I didn’t fall off 😎.

      There was a wide variation in terrain today. Cobblestones (too many), pavement, rocky paths, and a few forest trails (my favourite). And yes, even some eucalyptus trees.
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    • Päivä 5

      This wind has been far out at sea...

      12. toukokuuta 2023, Portugali ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C

      'scuse me, Ted Hughes!
      I slept like a log last night 😴😴😴. It was great to just stay in and chill and climb into bed (quite literally, I was on the top bunk😅) at about 9.00pm! With no kindle (coke incident🙄) it meant I could just close my eyes and relax, and I did!
      We left the 'guest house' at 7.30am after a small first breakfast of left over bread, cheese and watermelon; to walk so early was fabulous. We walked along the coast for a few kms before turning inland, which was brilliant as the wind miraculously disappeared 😆. Walking on the coastal boardwalks has been lovely if windy, but inland it's all cobbles that aren't so comfy or easy on your feet. After 7km we reached Apuila to find our second breakfast but we were on the wrong side of town (all the cafés were at the coast, we weren't), so another 3.5km to Fao it was! A gorgeous gluten and lactose free quiche set us up and OurJan definitely had a spring in her step after that🤭.
      Another stop at Marinhas called for a very welcome beer and some salty crisps and then it was just a few kms to Antas, where we're staying.
      Somewhere along the way (in Esposende, actually) I realised I'd developed a small blister on a little toe so stopped to dress it. No worries!
      It was good to see, along the way, that the Portuguese have questionable garden furniture taste as well 😜.
      When we reached Antas OurJan asked me to look at her blisters 😨. One of her little toes is very poorly 😕 so perhaps the new walking shoes aren't so perfect 😉. Next pair, OurJan!
      This 'guest house' is fantastic. It has all mod cons, a fridge full of beer and a pizza delivery driver who speaks English - result!
      It's bed again at 9.00pm, hurrah, and a 25km walk to Carreço tomorrow (although OurJan might well be taking a taxi!)
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    • Päivä 6

      Red vs Blue - what to do?

      13. toukokuuta 2023, Portugali

      Not Liverpool versus Everton, although I have to say if it was red vs blue, Everton would win every time! 😉 If only...
      Just 3 of us walking today. Very sensibly, OurJan decided to have a rest day for her toes, so she stayed in Antas for the morning and took a taxi to our accommodation in Carreço at lunchtime.
      We decided to walk the 25km to Carreço and set off at 0730 with a bit of oomph (only a bit...)😆. It was a fab walk through old small towns and villages following the blue route until we came to a decision point. Red (which would take us closer to the coast, which we were missing) or continue inland on blue? A joint decision to follow the red route meant it wasn't my fault 🤭😜😅. The red line on Google maps led us along some wonderful, ancient tracks and into small villages with no shops or cafés, so when we fell across a small café we fell into it for our first breakfast! Just one croissant and one 'thing' was left for us to eat, so we cut each into 3 and shared them. It was pretty much pure sugar, but we needed it! I have a brilliant 'builder's bum' photo if you'd like to see it! We continued, meeting an Irish couple walking the other way and stopping for a chat, and thank goodness I checked our route because we were well off track 🙄😅. Where's Julie when you (desperately) need her? So backtrack number 1 of the day...
      We finally reached the beaches and stopped for a very early lunch (or second breakfast) of cheese and ham omelettes (ordered), which arrived as cheese and ham toasties 🤭. But they were delicious and much appreciated!
      We walked on and actually found a boardwalk 👏👏👏 so we could walk next to the ocean. Fabulous! But said boardwalk ended abruptly and the route (had we followed it) went for kilometres over the dunes!!! No way!!! So, backtrack number 2... Unfortunately, this meant we had to walk the rest of the way to Viana do Castela on the road, which was very tiring and sometimes quite hairy! But we arrived in Viana after about 22kms and sat down for a much needed beer.
      It didn't take us long to agree to a taxi which took us to OurJan in Carreço. We're staying at a lovely casa, although the rules are a little strange 🤪. We had to be out of the kitchen by 7.00pm (no problem) but at 6.58pm the lady of the house yelled "no more cooking!" 😆. This suited us as we'd eaten and I'd just burned a bag of popcorn in the microwave 🤣🤣🤣. We retreated to our rooms, house stinking of burned popcorn, and are now preparing ourselves for Eurovision (popcorn-less, despite having 2 more bags in my backpack, but I'm not risking the wrath of her ladyship 😲🤭🤣).
      Moral of today's story? Everton. Every time! 🤣
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    • Päivä 45

      Neues Fähnchen 🇵🇹 und neue Batterie🔋

      28. lokakuuta 2023, Portugali ⋅ 🌧 18 °C

      Nach unserem Besuch in Santiago de Compostela, sollte es am nächsten Morgen weiter Richtung Süden geben.
      Doch beim Startversuch kam nur ein merkwürdiges Klack Klick, paar mal probiert und dann nix mehr....Tod!
      "Das hörte sich aber schon komisch an": Günther befürchtet es könnte der Anlasser sein!🫣🤔
      Nach ein paar Tests und Versuchen stellten wir fest.....-nicht der Anlasser ist Schrott, sondern die Starterbatterie ist hinüber. Warum auch immer?..........und Gott sei Dank🤪
      Durch Umpolen und laden über Solar, sprang die Kiste nach einer guten Stunde, oh jubel......wieder an! 🤸

      Nun erstmal los und irgendwo eine neue Batterie besorgen, aber wo🔋?
      Unverrichteter Dinge mit Fragezeichen im Gesicht, legen wir noch eine Übernachtung in Pontevedra ein.
      Wo wir am nächsten Morgen dann doch fündig wurden.........und da stand mir die Erleichterung ins Gesicht geschrieben 😁🥳

      Noch schnell eingebaut und weiter geht's!
      Unser nächstes Fähnchen ⛳️ ja, es wartet da hinten schon. 😉
      Juhu 🙌 geschafft! Da ist es 🇵🇹....Portugal ist erreicht!

      Und was soll ich sagen, hier schaut auch die Sonne 🌞 malwieder kurz vorbei😅
      Nur der Wind ist uns gefolgt, aber Sturm ist ja erst wenn die Schafe 🐑 keine Locken mehr tragen 😂
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    • Päivä 4

      4. Etappe - nach Viana do Castelo

      21. marraskuuta 2019, Portugali ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C

      Happy Birthday Piuma! ❤️🐾🦴

      Heute sind wir doch tatsächlich mit Sonnenschein gestartet (und es hat auch mit Sonne geendet).
      Der Weg führte uns durch das Städtchen Esposende und dann eine Weile der Küste lang, bis wir dann landeinwärts gingen.
      Caro startete vor mir und nach ca. 1 1/2 Stunden haben wir uns bei einer Pause getroffen, danach gingen wir den Weg zusammen.
      Gestern haben wir noch gedacht, dass die heutige Etappe ca. 22km ist, dass dann 28 daraus wurden, hätten wir nicht erwartet.
      Völlig k.o. kamen wir dann in Viana do Castelo an.
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    • Päivä 6

      Apulia: Lost and Found

      5. toukokuuta 2023, Portugali ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C

      So, Brigit from Germany and I are Camino besties now.

      I don’t want to get too mushy, but 10 miles of sore feet and chit-chat followed by wine, beer, and exhaustion are a potent mix. Or maybe it was that Camino magic that veteran pilgrims go on about.

      Whatever it was, Brigit and I found ourselves sharing shit you don’t share with strangers. We spilled secret guilts and wishes and sorrows. They poured out like the wine that started with “Oh, no. I can’t drink a whole bottle myself” and ended with a very amused waiter.

      We two side-by-side ‘peregrinas’ had spent the last four or five hours lulled by the rhythmic tic-tic unison of our walking poles on the boards. Walls come down when the biggest worry you share is where you’re going to pee next. I think, also, there is a safety in being pilgrims. Most of us here are seeking something…next… without quite knowing what it will be. That’s enough for a relationship on the road.

      But Brigit and I have dozens of things in common: two sons; one gregarious and the other shy; husbands who would rather stab themselves with a pencil than walk 10 miles a day; merino wool t-shirts. We also are driven at this moment in life to consider what we want our ‘next’ to be. It’s a heavy topic. We tried early during dinner to lighten the mood. The mood was not having it.

      So, we got right down in it - sharing our fears and guilt and lost dreams - two days after having met. It was a long dinner. We ate many meats and cheeses. (Pork and dairy are big here.) We got a little weepy. We saw ourselves through each other’s eyes. This is a breathtaking thing when you are tired and drunk and are ripe for reflection and revelation.

      They say, “The Camino provides,” but I did not see this coming. I feel lucky that it did. Traveling light apparently includes dropping my emotional baggage. Brigit and I were able to lighten each other’s loads, and as a result our own. We’re both closer to our next thing, whatever that may be.

      As she would say, “It is good. It will be so. We will make it so.”
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    • Päivä 15

      Der trulli Strand- meine Medizin

      15. helmikuuta 2023, Portugali ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C

      Eigentlich wollte ich den ganzen Tag im Bett bleiben, aber der Baulärm war unerträglich, also bin ich aus der Stadt geflüchtet. Ich wusste garnicht, dass es so nah an Porto einen Strand gibt.
      Ich werde den ganzen Tag auf die Wellen schauen, chillen und gesund werden.
      Das Meer ist meine Medizin!!!
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    • Päivä 6

      4.Etappe Fao-Viana do Castelo

      11. toukokuuta, Portugali ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C

      Es geht wieder los :-) ! Heute ist es noch bedeckt und angenehm kühl . Unser Bett hat die ganze Zeit gequietscht 😂🤭. Die erste längere Etappe für uns … sehr einsam heute am Meer entlang zu gehen. Frühstück nach 6,4 km 😂🙈. Wir hatten auch echt HungerLue lisää

    • Päivä 2

      Tag 2 - Vila do Conde - Fão (22km)

      12. toukokuuta, Portugali ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C

      Nochdem i gester so ziemli alles falsch gmacht ha am 1.Tag (zviel gloffe, zwenig trunke&gesse, nöd ihcremt etc.), isch hüt an erfolgriche Tag gsi.

      Bi gester Obed no go froge wegere Decki zum schlofe. Die Dame ah da Rezeption het dänn aber gmeint, wenni da Überzug übercho ha, dänn hani alles 😪 Ih als sehr emotionale Mensch&völlig übermüedet sind mer dänn gad Träne ko (hahah peinlich). Reaktion vo ihre hani dänn nöd erwartet: "isch da din erste Camino? Riss di zäma, hör uf brölle und morn Morge laufsch du miteme riese Grins do use" - ok, die Antwort hani glob genau brucht! 😅 (ha übrigens dänn doch no ah Decki übercho, hend nur ah Sprochbarriere ka 😝)

      Am nögste Morge bini am 7ni losgloffe. zerst no völlig Lost, ha da Camino nochere Stund dänn aber doch no gfunde (immerhin i die richtig Richtig gloffe) 😉 Die erste 2h wieder alles da Küste entlang, recht eitönig mit da Zit 😬 Ziemli windig isches au direkt am Meer. Bi dänn drum froh gsi isch da weg nocher dur da Wald..
      Zum zmittag hets es Pilgermenü geh (günstig & riesigi Portione) und notürlich endlich mis wohlverdiente BIER 😍 Unterkunft hani dasmol vorreserviert (Hostel mit Pool). Mue das schöne Wetter no usnütze, wenns ab morn go Regne kunnt 😬

      Eigentlich hani dä Blog welle kurzhalte, isch nix druss wore
      , egal😅

      No ah paar Erkentnis zude Länder-Stereotype wo wiedermol zuetreffid:
      - Die Dütsche wo gern über Geld redet, wa d'Unterkunft kostet, wa s'esse kostet - WHO cares!
      - Franzose wo sich da Landessproch nöd düend ahpasse, mit Bonjour anstatt Bom dia grüessed
      - Amis wo der am liabsta alles verzelled

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    • Päivä 5

      After Coffee Day3

      3. syyskuuta 2022, Portugali ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C

      Really starting to get annoyed with this app lost the footage before I stopped for coffee . I've tried to give you a sense of a lovely morning ...just as I was about to post this I was joined in my room by the landlady and two German Fraus of around 50-60 the look on their faces when they saw me in the room probably showed as much surprise as I felt. A small room with no curtains on the beds and shared bathroom will be an interesting night developing a protocolLue lisää

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