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    • Dzień 12

      Vila do Conde to Povoa de Varzim

      23 września 2022, Portugalia ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C

      After lunch it was difficult to find the marked route, which was more direct to the town where I would stay. So again I meandered over to the ocean and just kept the water on my left. This took longer than expected, so I think I did walk further than required. Oh well. It was still a lot easier than the day I walked to Finisterre.

      Today is my first upper bunk of the trip. When I was a kid I loved the upper bunk. Not so much now. After a rest and a beer (the German in the room had some to share), I headed out for dinner. I tried a local sausage entrée. Not my favourite but not terrible either.

      I could see the sunset as the restaurant is on the beach, but it was not spectacular tonight, so no photo.
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    • Dzień 10

      Day 2 - Angeiras to Póvoa de Varzim

      13 kwietnia, Portugalia ⋅ ⛅ 64 °F

      Last night (our first night on the Camino) we stayed in an out of the way campground where Miguel spent 10 summers of his youth. We had a great little 2 bedroom cabin with a kitchenette and bathroom. We grabbed bread rolls, ham and cheese plus Fritos and Oreos from the campground store for dinner and forced ourselves to stay awake until 7:30pm 😂 Gosh we were beat!

      It is hard not to compare this Camino to the Frances route, but let me just say that walking all day looking at the ocean and listening to it crash against the shore all night is pretty heavenly. The fact that we have not encountered one proper hill is pretty crazy too. But that being said, the guys still have a few blisters to doctor and my hips are letting me know they don’t like carrying the backpack weight. Nothing I hope a little ibuprofen can’t handle. We are glad today’s 11 miles was a little shorter than yesterday.
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    • Dzień 4

      Day 3 - Vila do Conde to Póvoa de Varzim

      25 kwietnia, Portugalia ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C

      A very lazy day, where the walk was the equivalent of popping down to the shops. If “the shops” were located on a beautiful and busy seafront. Which somehow I forgot to take any pictures of, despite spending three hours sunbathing and snoozing on the beach!
      It’s the 50th anniversary of Dia da Liberdade, so it’s a public holiday and everyone was out celebrating by having a stroll - it was lovely to see.
      Tonight’s accommodation feels like luxury compared to the last two nights - my own double bedroom with an ensuite, for the princely sum of £25.
      Glad I took a down day, as the next few average about 25km a day, and yesterday I developed a tiny blister. As the guys at the pharmacy told me today, while I was stocking up on Compeed - não há gloria sem dor!
      Have decided I would like a pink house when I grow up - and also one of those tile things at the front. But mine will be of Darth Vader, or A.L.F., or Jean Luc Picard 😍
      Also, portions are huuuge. I made a valiant effort but couldn’t finish even half of my dinner.
      I have not met any cats today.
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    • Dzień 13

      Povoa de Varzim to Agucadoura

      24 września 2022, Portugalia ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C

      I started along the water again today, and then along a maze of boardwalks.

      The path was somewhat better marked today. At one spot there were 4 arrows all at once. To make up for the lack in other areas, presumably.

      Along the beach were condos with lovely views and roll shutters to keep out any nasty weather, and a bit farther were older homes with walls that blocked all views and weather. Built in different times for different priorities.

      I also saw a few camper vans parked along the ocean. Just like Walmart at home😆. Some were surfers.

      I stopped for café at a beachside bar mid morning.
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    • Dzień 11

      Reisebericht-Montag Nr 3

      22 maja 2023, Portugalia ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C

      Pause Nr 3 Bilder sprechen für sich. Gedanken hej jeij jeij .

      Aber alles gut Familie und Freundscjafzsbänder. Ich ordne, räum auf und bin mit meinen Tugendbausteinen beschäftigt.

      Und zwingen mich zu:

      Klaus ‼️‼️‼️‼️ Entschleunigung

      Mit LSF Stärke 50
      So ist die Bräunung gesünder und 10000x besser als Solarium 🤪

      Bis später

      Küsschen für alle restlichen Reisekaravanler für heute an euch von mir

      Mach jetzt in Portugal ne Siesta und 😴 ein wenig.

      Wer das letzte Foto im Sinn verstehen möchte, sollte bei Youtube folgendes eingegeben und dann das Lied und vor allem meine Melancholie durch zuhören des Textinhaltes verstehen:

      Tim Fischer- Verlassen

      Danke Tim und verstehe bitte, dass ich deinen anderen Song "Einsamkeit " mit aller Kraft versuche, diese aus meinem Leben zu verbannen.

      Soll ich IHN aufgeben? Soll ich IHN verlassen, weils besser wäre?Soll ich IHN verlassen weil ich sonst nie die Einsamkeit verliere? Soll ICH nicht schon längst begriffen haben, dass ER mich vor einem Jahr schon längst verlassen hat?

      Na toll...jetzt kommen wieder die Unsicherheiten,die Zweifel, die tausend unbeantworteten Fragen und wohl auch bald wieder die befreienden Tränen.

      Krass jetzt kommt hier gerade nach dem angehörten Tim Fischer verlassen als Zufalls-nächster-youtube-song

      Von Hildegard Knef - für mich solls rote Rosen regnen

      Hilfe Gott, doch Spuren im Sand von Gottfried Ephraim Lessing

      Hilfe camino- Was willst du mir sagen?

      Jetzt, ja jetzt sind sie da die befreienden Tränen

      Lieber Gott, lieber Camino, liebe Mutti, liebe allerbeste Freundin Elwira

      Ich liebe ihn und traue mich nicht, ihm es zu sagen, aus Angst vor Schmerz und Enttäuschung.

      Habe ich nicht gelernt

      Enttäuschung = aufwachen aus einer Täuschung, danke Gott, ich sehe die Dinge jetzt klarer, ich bin ENT-täuscht

      Enttäuschung bist du mein Lebensweg, der Weg zu ihm oder besser weg von ihm

      P.s. er hat mitteilungsverbot hier erhalten, denn ich habe Angst vor einer der grausamsten Tugend in mir

      Der Wahrheit

      😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

      An alle anderen. Bitte keine Ratschläge an mich

      Ich bin hier, um meinen Weg, meine Entscheidung selbst und meine Wahrheit selbst zu finden.

      Ich raste aus

      Nächster Youtube-Zufalls-song
      Nur nicht aus Liebe weinen

      Ich muss mich ablenken ich verstehe jetzt gar nichts mehr

      Leben was soll ich verstehen kämpfen für die Liebe oder aufgeben meinetwegen?

      Und weitere noch immer nicht geschlafen 6 Minuten später.

      Klaus der morgen hat es doch schon gesagt

      Und deswegen höre ich jetzt lieber wieder

      Wind- lass die Sonne in dein Herz ❤️

      Ich muss zu mir stehen zu meinen Gefühlen, zu meiner Überzeugung zu meiner Liebe

      Was für ein emotionaler Tag
      Und ich bin Klaus, der emotionale Klaus, endlich wieder ein Stück ich gefunden. 🥳🥳🥳🥳🤠

      Letzter Beitrag hier

      Nach weiteren 10 noch immer nicht geschlafenen Minuten. Angezogen bei song Wind hören, erkannt so wie manchmal auf Arbeit ist nicht die Lösung auszurasten, bringt doch für einen selbst nur negative Gefühle.

      Klaus schon vergessen

      Carpe diem

      Vorwärts, auf mit dir mit Blick nach vorne. Wie der Camino... geht immer nur vorwärts wer zurück läuft kommt am Ziel nicht an,verpasst das Leben.

      Klaus du bist was wert glaube an dich und deinen Lebensweg

      Die Antworten kommen, es ist noch nicht der richtige Zeitpunkt gekommen um sie zu erfahren
      Denn Klaus, du selbst bist noch auf einen Weg, hast selbst noch zu verstehen.

      Frage; hast du nicht selbst Anteil warum seit einem Jahr funkstille, maast es dir an hier durch Text zu funken als besser still zu sein.

      Wieviel Wahrheit verträgste denn selber? Kapiere es doch endlich, halte dich an die Regeln des Lebens

      Mist wieder alles falsch gemacht
      Und doch muss ich hier mich mitteilen denn brauche ich Zuflucht im Falle von Enttäuschung.

      Wird dann aber jemand noch da sein für dich ?

      Scheiße

      Ich muss jetzt 40 km laufen, nicht um wegzulaufen, sondern die richtige Antwort in mir zu finden

      Ich verlasse mich jetzt auf den Zufallsmix,Denn dieser scheint heute meine beste und ehrlichste reisebgleitung zu sein
      Und wenn ich heavy metal hör, was ich wegen Aggressionsgefühlen nicht mag

      Hab ich nicht mal gelernt, über Wut lässt man dann doch am besten los
      Hauptsache man verletzt niemanden mit seiner Wut
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    • Dzień 20

      Day One Potuguese Camino

      31 maja 2023, Portugalia ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

      43,000 steps👍🇵🇹
      Day #ONE on the Portuguese Coastal Camino. Metro to Matosinhos then walk to Povoa Varzim…. 43,000 steps ….28km. 👍🤞❤️🤞❤️🇵🇹. Great board walk, and really well signposted. Went thru some great little fishing villages. Restaurants dot the coastline. There is a real effort to rehabilitate sand dunes and protect migratory seabirds.
      All went well til Greg, my walking buddy for the afternoon took a bit of a diversion trying to find the hotel, then I discovered I was staying elsewhere!!! So an extra few kilometres!
      Coastal walk and the beaches are gorgeous but the last 8km was very urban and you really had to look out for Camino directions.
      I went looking for dinner, spotted a nice restaurant and hit the jackpot. Food was free as they were celebrating first anniversary of the business. Best and biggest prawns I have ever eaten. Gorgeous sunset.
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    • Dzień 8

      Day 3 on the Camino

      1 października 2023, Portugalia ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C

      We started the day by the coast where it was foggy and misty. Good facial moisturizing 😀 In the afternoon we walked through a lot of agricultural areas, had lunch in Apulia and finally through Fao before crossing the river and we were welcomed on the other side by the Bom Camino sign painted on the road. In a forested area we came across a cairn of stones and other small things people had left in the middle of a forested area. My favorite was a little package inviting folks to take a bandaid if they have blisters. Some interesting monuments to the women of the sea and to workers coming into Esposende and a gazebo that reminded me of Gilmore Girls. 23 kms! A long day. Czytaj więcej

    • Dzień 6

      Our first day Caminoing

      18 września 2022, Portugalia ⋅ ⛅ 77 °F

      Today was meant to ease us into our Camino journey, the shortest leg of the trip. We started out fine although neither of us got much sleep last night. We got ourselves sorted and out the door of the hostel by mid morning, got our pilgrim’s credential stamped at Se Cathedral then jumped on a train headed for the coastal town of Vila do Conde. From there we followed the old aqueduct (built in the early 1700’s, now just remnants) inland to the town of Sao Pedro de Rates to follow the Central path of the Caminho Portugues.

      The route we took today was a shortcut of sorts between the Coastal and the Central routes of the Camino. Even though it isn’t really part of any Camino route, just a link between the two, the way was well marked with yellow arrows. A couple times the path we took didn’t quite match the proscribed route but we made it to Rates by late afternoon.

      Mostly we walked at the edge of narrow cobblestone roads: We walked through some upscale neighborhoods as we left the coast, winding through fields of feed corn as we got further inland.. At one point, I kid you not, there was a large baseball stadium with bleachers and everything , surrounded by corn fields. I did not see Shoeless Joe Jackson but he was probably nearby.

      Since it’s Sunday there wasn’t much traffic. We did have to press ourselves up against a stone wall at one point to accommodate a very big, very speedy piece of farm equipment but otherwise it was fairly peaceful. A few stretches ran through shady stands of eucalyptus trees along dirt roads which was a welcome relief from the sun baked cobbles. It was hot.

      We walked for a couple hours, made a pit stop at a little cafe, walked some more, took a break at a bus stop to tend our sore feet, walked some more. But just like your mom in the pool when you were learning to swim, the finish line kept moving farther away.

      Eventually we made it to our destination, Casa Mattos, about 6 hours after we left Vila do Conde, taking about 50% longer than I had expected. But you know the best part? Since our lovely hospitaliero doesn’t speak English, my boiled brain had to translate his oh so rapid Portuguese on the fly. I kept speaking French and Ellen was throwing her Spanish around. It wasn’t pretty. The good news is he thinks we’re German. Not sure why but I’m fine being an embarrassment to Germany. They can handle it.

      But the house, rooms, and surrounding gardens and vineyard are gorgeous. There are other pilgrims staying here but we were in no shape to make new friends. We took showers, washed our clothes, and passed out. I have no idea how we’re going to do this again tomorrow. More of it.

      We did manage to haul ourselves out of bed long enough to go out hunting for dinner. There are a few restaurants in town but the first was closed, and the second had run out of food. We ran into a group of 3 German women, peregrinos who all lived in the same town but had only just met on the Camino. They joined us in our search for food and we all ended up sharing a table at a the only open restaurant in town. We sat outdoors on the main square as the setting sun lit up the whitewashed buildings. They were a fun group.
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    • Dzień 6

      Rates!

      24 czerwca 2023, Portugalia ⋅ 🌙 68 °F

      Today was a longer walk than I thought! 16 miles! So hot! So many cornfields! I kept wetting my buff to help with my neck sunburn from the day before and the general heat with no shade. I’m proud of us for finding our way from the coastal to the central, when the way was not always clear. We never got lost! So thankful that beds have been fairly easy to come by! Albergues have not been as full as I expected. Another 10 euros for bed, shower and a place to wash and hang my clothes! We share our room with 4 French people who can not speak ANY English. We mostly play charades to understand each other. This evening we sat at an outdoor picnic table enjoying the cold air and visited with, Alex… another French man, while bats flew overhead! Czytaj więcej

    • Dzień 4

      The perfect diet...🤔😂

      11 maja, Portugalia ⋅ 🌬 17 °C

      We'd decided to leave a little earlier today as we had beds booked at the albergue in Aguçadoura which would be released if we weren't there by 1500. As today's walk equalled yesterday's (22km), we reckoned 5 or so hours of walking at a gentle pace, plus 2 for rest stops, would be just about right. So we left our lovely accommodation in Labruge at 0800 and, rather than heading back to the coast, joined the route just 100m from the accommodation. Confusingly, that was the coastal route, even though it wasn't on the coast! We're actually walking as much as we can on the Littoral route, i.e. right next to the North Atlantic. Hope that makes sense!
      A quick visit to the church to light a candle for Nigel (well, at the feet of St James on the mini roundabout!), miss him and think some happy thoughts about him, and we were on our way. The sun was out, but it wasn't hot, and was really good walking weather. The road surface was cobbles for much of the first part of our walk, and we passed lots of farmland, but we kept up a good pace and were looking forward to a first/second breakfast (I'd already had a bread roll from last night's supper) when a very nice man (a very very nice man!) asked us if we'd like some bread! He was the travelling bread van man and wanted to treat us 🤗. How could we say no?!! So we chose a bread roll each, thanked him profusely, and nibbled (scoffed in my case!) our lovely, freshly baked rolls as we walked into Mindello, where we stopped for a coffee/coke. We couldn't face a second/third breakfast so, apart from a good rest for our feet, that was it, and we were off towards Vila do Condo. We'd got thoroughly lost here 5 years ago so it was good to be able to point some other pilgrims in the right direction 😂. We stopped for a coke at a posh cocktail bar, Sid tried to dive headfirst into mine, and then we were off again. It's great being able to stop whenever you please, but today we were aware that we had to be at our destination by 1500, or we'd be stuffed!😂
      From VdC we walked uphill and inland for a bit, then back down to the seaside at Povoa de Varzim where we stopped for 'lunch' - our first proper gelato - and a large one at that. It was delicious, of course, and hopefully the first of many.
      From here, we walked the Littoral route all the way to Aguçadoura. As well as being next to the sea, it was incredibly windy! Amazingly so. But at least it wasn't raining.
      We found our accommodation at the albergue with about 10 minutes to spare 👏👏👏 which was good as we saw a few pilgrims turned away! After a shower and some sock washing, it was time for a bimble around Aguçadoura and a trip to the church which, for such a small town, is absolutely massive. The obligatory Camino beer followed, then a trip to the mercardo for tonight's supper - sardines 😋😂. So our diet today has been varied and not really very healthy, but delicious all the same!😄
      We climbed into our (top) bunks - ouch - at 1935 and will be here until the snorers, farters and/or coughers wake us up. Either that or the early risers! Well, unless we're the guilty ones...
      23km tomorrow and hoping not to get wet, although we will be headfirst into that blinkin' wind!
      Oh, and I have a blister. A BIG one (not).😱 Where's our Jan when you need her?😂😂
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