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    • Journey to KimbaCamino Portuguese
      321

      Arcade to Pontevedra

      October 3 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 66 °F

      Nice walk today. Weather was decent, humid, thick clouds. My clothes were clean and dry but even with multiple passes with the blow dryer, my shoes and insoles were still a little damp. I kept part of my awareness on my feet, as always, watching for hot spots. I adjusted the laces a couple times, and, knock on wood, all’s good with my feet.
      A long slow up climb, mostly in the woods or past farms. Then pretty steep down paths. I had wanted to stop at a particular village but there was no Bolt or Uber service so I kept on and I kept on, walking all the way to my hotel, praying for strength throughout the last 2 miles.

      Pontevedra is a hopping city. Even at 8:30pm, there’s very active street noise.

      Inner Journey: I came upon a section of big rocks like with the old Roman roads. “Oh, I hate these rocks, its so easy to twist an ankle.” Relieved when a dirt path appeared 40 yards up the hill, then discouraged when there was another stretch of the big rocks. I thought, hating them isn’t going to help, so what if I say I love them? So I did, on all the stretches of rocks. I suspected that loving them would either remove them from my testing grounds or I would actually transform my relationship to them. It did become more fun. I wonder if I could approach other things/people/situations with that attitude, would my experience of them shift?

      Any bets? How ‘bout the big Orange problem in the news? Could I?      Read more

    • Journey to KimbaCamino Portuguese
      21111

      Pontevedra rest day

      October 4 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 64 °F

      This city is so alive, just not between 1:30 and 4:00pm, siesta time. They’ve turned the old city area into pedestrian only(plus a few delivery vans) so there’s milling, there’s cruising, there’s dog walking, there’s shopping and of course there’s sipping and watching.

      Lots of old churches, some are open for visitors, some dating from the 1400’s. Old mansions with family crests sculpted onto their exteriors. Statues, classical architecture government offices. On and on with old.

      I totally enjoyed my helado 🍧 sitting on a wall, watching people. Two-cheek air kisses instead of hugs, older ladies walking arm in arm three across, teen boys with rock star hair cuts and cigarettes, teen girls with lots of skin showing. Girls singing along to the buskers. Kids riding dads’ shoulders, little dogs straining on their leashes, other dogs unleashed, exploring smells then catching up with their humans. Life baby! Here it is in this town of so much old.

      Inner journey: wondering what pilgrims of old might have sought. In the beautiful round church of the virgin pilgrim, feeling a sense of bigger spirit, not something outside but extended and all encompassing. Individual expression within but linked.
      I asked again, to my higher self there touched, what’s next. And writing about this journey, and other journeys, came up. I am ok with that.      Read more

    • TravelerSüdwesteuropa
      11
      Day 43

      Nette Unterbringung in Pontevedra

      November 10, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

      Abends in Pontevedra fuhr ich Omar über den Weg und wir kamen ins Gespräch...
      Ich fragte ihn nach einem ruhigen Zeltplatz und nach 5min standen wir vor seinem Haus mit großem Garten.
      Er lud mich auf der großen Wiese zum übernachten ein, wir saßen zum Bierchen, Abendessen und Frühstück zusammen und ich konnte mein Rad zur Stadtbesichtigung unterstellen.
      Was für eine Gastfreundschaft 😊
      Muchas gracias por la hospitalidad!      Read more

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    • Überwintern im Süden 2022/23
      42
      Day 28

      Schönes Pontevedra

      December 14, 2022 in Spain ⋅ 🌧 12 °C

      ...die unendliche Geschichte unseres Stellplatzauscheckungsproblems...nach dem mein "alter" Kollege Michel für uns ein Telefonat mit der Betreiberfirma des Platzes geführt hatte (noch mal Danke dafür) und eine Zusicherung kam das im Laufe des Tages jemand käme der sich unserem Problem annehmen würde, waren wir frohen Mutes....

      Weit gefehlt...wir hatten 5h gewartet...nix passierte...😥

      Wir hatten als Problem unser Nummernschild ausgemacht, das hing zu hoch...also flux das hintere Nummernschild abgeschraubt und an vermeintlich lesbarer Stelle befestigt. Das hat auch funktioniert...aber leider nur bei der Einfahrt, nicht bei der Ausfahrt...

      ...wieder durch die Rabatte vom Platz hätte nix gebracht, wir mussten ja "software-technisch" auschecken...

      Mittlerweile hatte ich einen recht geschwollenen Hals und ich stand kurz davor den Zahnstocher von Schranke zu eliminieren, besann mich aber eines besseren und rief erneut beim Betreiber an...mein Spanisch war durch den dicken Hals dann anscheinend auch verständlich und die Schranke wurde geöffnet...

      Ok, das Problem war dann endlich (hoffentlich) gelöst und wir fuhren durch regnerisches Wetter nach Pontevedra...hatte ich bisher nicht auf dem Schirm, aber ein absoluter Geheimtipp.

      Die Altstadt, eine der schönsten Galiziens, mit etlichen Arkaden, steinalten Kirchen, engen Gassen und urigen Bars und immer wieder tollen Plätzen mit Brunnen...uns hat es besser gefallen als Santiago...zumal es auch wesentlich leerer und günstiger war.

      Wir hatten das Glück das alle Kirchen offen waren und wir Teile der ein oder andere Messe mitnehmen konnten 😊

      Zum Halbfinalspiel Frankreich:Marokko landeten wir am Ende beim Bruder von Clint Eastwood...so eine coole Socke...in Levis 501 und Karohemd, es fehlte nur das durchgeladene Repetiergewehr das man aus Grand Torino kennt...aber leckeren Schinken und Wein in seiner netten Bodega

      Von daher im Nachhinein ein schöner Abschluss des Tages...      Read more

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    • Überwintern im Süden 2022/23
      1
      Day 29

      ...weil es so schön war

      December 15, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C

      ...sind wir gegen Mittag dann noch ein mal ins Städtchen gegangen. Der immer wieder einsetzende Regen tat dem Charme von Pontevedra keinen Abbruch.

      Auch bei Tag entdeckten wir noch etliche schöne Ecken, Gässchen und Läden...herrlicher Krimskrams und faszinierend Ausgefallenes...

      Ulli deckte sich noch mit leckerstem Gebäck ein, den berühmten Pastéis de Nata...sooooo lecker      Read more

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    • TravelerHappy Feet on the Camino
      111
      Day 13

      On our way to Pontevedra

      May 26 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C

      Our hotel Duarte had our breakfast all prepared at our own table this morning. It was a nice way to start the day. There were at least 24 Camino Walkers staying at the same hotel as us, and we all started off around the same time. It was a very beautiful walk today with some surprises along the way. The first Surprise happened as we were hiking up a very steep rocky trail. About 5 men on bikes rode down the same trail we were on. I could not believe they were riding bikes down this trail. I considered them daredevils. The next surprise was a man on a white horse coming up the same trail. It amazed me how sure-footed the horse was walking on all these rocks and small boulders.
      As we were walking along, we met a woman from Canada named Teri Lee. It turns out she is staying at the same hotel that we were headed for, so we decided to walk together. When we got to our hotel, our luggage wasn't there yet. So we went upstairs and rested until our luggage came. We took showers and met Teri and her friend for a walk through old town. We took more pictures. Michelle and I were getting very hungry, so we stopped at a small restaurant called. Natas D'ouro. The food was good and of course I had my daily cerveza.
      Then we walked through the amazing Sanctuary of the Pilgrim Virgin (pictures). Also, the 14th-century convent of San Francisco. (Pictures).
      Today was another amazing day! I'm looking forward to our walk tomorrow, which will be about fourteen miles.      Read more

    • TravelerCamino Santiago Portugese
      1
      Day 18

      Golden Girls: Pontevedra-Barro

      May 17, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C

      Walked along a train track today a la ‘Stand By Me’, but the crew I joined up with definitely had more a Golden Girls vibe.

      Soon after leaving Pontevedra’s lovely Old Town Shopping District (complete with Burger King in an ancient stone building), I run into Omaha sisters Ellen and Amy, childhood friend Jerry, of Phoenix, and “California Kelly”. Within minutes of starting up a conversation, someone drops an F bomb about all the walking. It’s followed by a crack about wine and ibuprofen.

      ‘No way I’m letting these ladies get away from me,’ I think. ‘These are my people.’

      What follows is a raucous day of story sharing and shit talking. The three friends are of my generation. Kelly is a youngish mom they adopted about 20 minutes before I came along. My foot was already feeling better (thanks in part to last nights Vicodin, because something had to give), but there’s nothing like a gaggle of kvetching midwesterners to make you forget your troubles and pick up the pace.

      We share life stories. We share our favorite freaky “Twilight Zone” episodes. We share lunch. The sisters, who are Catholic, can rattle off the specifics of the Fatima story as quick as they come up with a one-liner. How’s that for a combination?

      Within a couple of hours, they are giving me shit about my navigation skills. “Well, Tammy said we were three miles away five miles ago,” becomes a repeating jab from Jerry. I feel loved.

      Ten miles goes by like buttah, but I have to peel off at Barras while they trudge on to Caldas de Reis. I give hugs all around and collect What’s App numbers so we can stay in touch. Some folks you lose along the way. Some you keep.

      The next morning, the Omaha Three and Cali Kelly crew are checking on me after a harrowing stay in a private home, but that’s another story.

      Chances are slim I’ll see this crew again. They have limited time so are walking more miles per day. But I’ll hear from them when they reach the finish line and will cheer virtually for their accomplishment. Because they are part of my Camino family - the ones I’d want to sit with at the big family gathering, cause they’re the fun crew.

      What a happy, happy day it’s been.      Read more

    • TravelerCamino De Santiago - Portugues
      1
      Day 19

      Day 11 - Redondela to Pontevedra

      April 22 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 77 °F

      Today started out hard. Tough hills to climb and as we expected, lots of pilgrims. You can always tell all the newbies to the trail as they look cleaner and smell fresher and they are more chatty. It seemed the 3 of us walked today in unusual silence. Maybe it was because after 11 days of walking together (plus days spent beforehand in Porto) we had run low on conversation topics. But I think we were subconsciously sad because we knew this was our last full day as a walking trio.

      Tomorrow Tom and I veer off on the Espiritual Variant of this route and Miquel will head straight to Santiago. Our route will take us a day or two extra to complete and we may or may not see Miguel before he flys out of Santiago for Barcelona.

      Today’s walk started hard but the whole day was beautiful. By early afternoon the pilgrims were all spread out and we spent the rest of our day on the most amazing trail that seemed to go on forever along a creek, in the shade, in 75 degree weather. Tonight we are in Pontevedra after a 13.8 mile day. This small city looks fun and our last night with Miguel will be celebrated. ❤️      Read more

    • Portugal/Spain Camino
      2
      11
      Day 12–13

      Day 8 walking

      April 24 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 50 °F

      Walked 14.6 miles today. My knee is hurting, but I’m stretching and doing my exercises before I walk and at night. We walked from Pontevedra to Caldas de Reiss. Nice hotel. Exhausted. Dinner was not great. Basically ate bread and French fries and gelato on the way home. Cold tonight. Turned on the heat in my room. I’m happy to be sleeping in a queen bed tonight. My room has a nice skylight. Luggage service picked up our bags today and no issues. We put extra poundage in the van. Three more days of walking. Night. We continue to pray for so many prayers. Loving the new Anne Lamott book on audio and also started Remarkably Bright Creatures on audio. Also listened to NPC sermon from Sunday and Chelsea Handler’s podcast with Monica Lewinsky. Both great listens. Thanks for following along.Read more

    • Camino de Santiago
      1
      Day 12

      Psalm 130 Forgiveness and Mercy

      June 12 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 59 °F

      Today our Psalm is a beautiful reminder that God is a forgiving God. When we cry out for mercy He is there giving his generous redemption to us.

      Today as we walk we consider the places we need to cry out for mercy and ask for forgiveness, knowing God is there.

      We also consider those who have cried out to us and we need to extend forgiveness to.

      May you have peace and joy today knowing you are forgiven, it is God’s habit!      Read more

    You might also know this place by the following names:

    Pontevedra, Pontevedro, PTE, ポンテベドラ, 36001, Понтеведра

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