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    • Day 12

      Day Eleven: Sintra

      March 27 in Portugal ⋅ 🌬 14 °C

      Today, I managed to get a pretty good sleep. But these hostel beds get so hot I was sweating all morning. And to top it off, I woke up with a sore throat. A pretty bad one, too. It felt like knives when I swallowed. But that's OK. We power through. Decided to take public transportation to get to Sintra. It was quite the experience. It was so confusing to actually buy the ticket. Luckily, someone helped us buy it. When we finally got to Sintra, it was pouring rain and super windy. And too made it better our ticket wasn't working and we couldn't leave the train station. We walked around trying to get help and ended up having to jump a fence to get out. But when we finally made it, it was amazing walking into the garden, field, or whatever you would call it, and the rain really did make everything greener. This "castle" was on a hillside with a whole bunch of random ruins, buildings, and paths. We got to walk around in the forest around random walls and get a great view of the valley. There was even this well that went down into the ground. A lot of the descriptions they had around didn't make a lot of sense to me, but this well seemed to be made as an analogy for something. It was about the decent to hell and the light of heaven or something. But there were also some underground paths that were completely dark. You needed a flashlight to get around. It was so spooky and so fun to joke around with ethan in it. There was also the main mansion when the owners lived. It was extravagant and completely over the top, someone who really needed to flex his wealth. It was beautiful, though, for sure. Someplace I couldn't imagine living in. They had a separate pool room and a separate smoking/games room. There were some many different places nestled here that gave us a taste of different architectural styles and so much more. On the way back, we found yet another rooftop bar over looking an even crazier view! But we were both so tired. We crawled our way back home and went to bed early!Read more

    • Day 6

      Sintra

      March 27 in Portugal ⋅ 🌧 14 °C

      We finally made it to Sintra today after a few days of thinking about it. I knew Sintra was going to be beautiful, and it still blew my expectations out of the water. To get there we had to take a bus to a train station then buy a pass for the train. The pass worked great at the first station, and then we got to Sintra. we tried scanning our pass to get through the gates and it denied both of us. Even a local couldn't figure it out. He then tried to run behind someone who scanned their card, but the gates slammed in his face and completely bodied him. I laughed so hard in his face, true comedy. We couldn't figure it out either, so we just jumped over a wall to get out lol. We had to hop on another bus, which took us up to Quinta Da Regaleria, where a mansion is built on the side of a mountain on 4 hectares of space. There's so much to see there's no way we didn't miss something even though we spent 5 hours there. We explored caves and tunnels as well as just walking through the garden. Pearse and I made a few "skits" we think are funny. It's so hard to only pick 2 videos for the posts, though. We're off to Porto tomorrow now, so I'd say it was the perfect way to spend the last day in Lisbon.Read more

    • Day 5

      Burger Abend in Aveiro

      March 26 in Portugal ⋅ 🌬 12 °C

      Hinech hei mer zur Abwächslig mau mega Bock gha uf Burger und Bier, auso Tripadvisor und Google Maps konsultiere und los marschiere! 2-3 Vorschleg hei rächt viuversprächend usxe, vor Ort isch aber alles zue oder mönschelär xi… Uf em Wäg zur letschte Beiz hets e Schuppe gha wo uf e erst Blick nach Mexikaner usxe het, drum hei mer ne bim erste mau verbi loufe ignoriert. Ir Not si mer de zum Glück glich no go luege was es dert git und es het sech aus ächte gheimtip entpuppt mit hervorragende Burger und richhaltigem Biersortimänt!Read more

    • Day 11

      First Rainy Day

      March 26 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C

      Left the albergue in Calvinos this morning after a light breakfast of a cup of coffee a banana and some juice that I had bought last night. It was a beautiful albergue, but only 2 of us there. There was no place to eat in town, so we had to go ask the store lady to open up her minimercado for us. We made a pot of knorr swiss soup, had some meat and cheese. Also a few oranges that I had picked. Today was only a 21 km day, and finished in Alvaiazere. The weather today was rain on and off. No sooner than I put my raincoat on and the sun would come, and vice versa all day. This albergue is known for it's elaborate wax stamp that you get in your credential. (See pics)Read more

    • Day 10

      Day Nine: A Relaxing Reset

      March 25 in Portugal ⋅ 🌬 15 °C

      So it turns out that after partying a little too hard, you have no energy the next day... so, no crazy sightseeing today. But that didn't ruin the lisbon experience. We ended up walking around and finding e-bikes. I thought they would be like the scooters where they just move for you, but it turns out they assist your pedaling. With both of us too stubborn to admit anything, we ended up traveling on the broken ones as well; and with the big hills we had to bike, we were very dead. Turns out about 75 percent of the bikes are broken. We tried quite a few. And later in the day I finally found a new one, and it was night and day. But before I continued by our bike adventure, we did stop around downtown for a coffee, burger, and even a massage. And holy, the massage was amazing, my man moved in ways I didn't think were possible. But man, I was sore before the end of the day. After this, we got back on the bikes for a casual 30-minute ride to a birthday dinner of my dad's family friend. One, it wasn't 30 minutes, and two, it took us through the sketchy areas. It took us a full hour, and we even had to go through a homeless camp on the way. Not to mention, it was pouring rain the whole time. I felt horrible when we arrived, but luckily nothing started yet, so it all worked out. But I'm not sure if it was a cultural thing or just there, but dinner started at like 8:45, and we didn't finish eating till close to midnight. But it was still a very cool experience talking to some locals, drinking some good wine and relaxing. Even had a chance to speak to a local lawyer. Every day, I feel more and more inclined to suck it up and go to law school! But who knows? I still have a lot to experience here in europe!Read more

    • Day 4

      Lisbon Day 2

      March 25 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C

      It was a pretty chillaxed day today, I think we were both pretty tired from the night before. We went for a couple of e-bike rides around the city. We learned the hard way that most of the bikes add almost no assistance, so the hills sucked lol. I felt like I was trying out for tour de France. We had a dinner party at 8:00 last night. Google Maps said it was a 30-minute bike ride, so we grabbed more ebikes, thinking it'd be faster. Nope, it took us an hour still, lol. It was worth it, though, because we had an amazing birthday dinner with Helena and her friends. She was very generous to us!Read more

    • Day 10

      Highway Forest Repeat

      March 25 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C

      Had a long 32 km day. Made it to Calvinos, just past Tomar. The day was a mix of beautifull forest, and road walking. This camino has waaaay to much road walking. Best thing today, was picking an orange right off the tree, cutting and eating it. Best orange ever. Here are some picsRead more

    • Day 13

      Salema -> Lagos 🏁

      March 24 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C

      Es ist geschafft! 🥳
      Die letzte Etappe des Fischerpfads hat es mit 27km und 750 Höhenmeter durchaus nochmal in sich - eventuell bin ich aber auch ein wenig verwöhnt, durchaus möglich 😏
      Wie auch immer, der ersten Fernwanderweg liegt hinter mir und meine Füße freuen sich schon auf etwas Pause 😴

      Ich bin sehr froh diesen Weg als meinen ersten gewählt zu haben, da er nicht nur unwahrscheinliche Landschaften zu bieten hat, sondern auch wohl zu den schönsten Küstenwanderung auf der Welt zählt. Ich bin sehr dankbar über das großartige Wetter (nur 2 Stunden Regen), die blühende Blumenpracht, die der Frühling mit sich bringt, tolle Naturspektakel rund um die Störche und die lieben Menschen die ich kennenlernen durfte. Es freut mich aber auch, dass ich den Weg so problemlos bestreiten habe können ohne größere Blessuren davon getragen zu haben. So kann es von mir aus weitergehen 😌
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    • Day 9

      A Haunted Village!

      March 24 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C

      Quinta Da Cardiga is a completely abandoned town. Has a very creepy feel to it. Ideal location for a horror movie. While walking today, we came across many free lemons alng the trail. They were great for cutting up and putting into our water bottles. Tonight in Atalaia. Tomorrow Tomar! Have a look at the pics.Read more

    • Day 11

      Porto

      March 23 in Portugal ⋅ 🌙 21 °C

      /db Auf dem Weg nach Porto noch eine treppenlastige Kirche “Bom Jesus” besucht.
      25.03. Nun stehen wir seit vorgestern auf einem Campingplatz 🏕 an Portos Küste - bzw. auf 2, haben heute gewechselt. Werden nun bis Donnerstag hier bleiben, da das Wetter in den nächsten Tagen sehr regnerisch 🌧 wird und ich noch arbeite. 👨🏼‍💻
      Joggen war ich gestern auch mal wieder. Kleines 8km-Läufchen an der Küste. 🏃🏻‍♂️ War super.
      26.03. Angenehm und beneidenswert ist das Wetter grade nicht (s. Bilder), aber dafür gab es heute morgen einen Regenbogen 🌈 im Atlantik 🌊- blöd, da kommt man nicht so gut an den Geldtopf 💰.

      Ok/Ich war es leid diesem Mann beim Arbeiten im Camper zuzugucken und habe mir ein Uber gerufen und bin nach Porto reingefahren. Ich habe unzählige Kirchen besucht und bin fünf Stunden durch diese Stadt gewandelt. Es ist schön mit mir allein. Eine ganz neue Erfahrung.
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