Afife to A Guarda 15km
October 4, 2015 Leaving Portugal It was with sadness in my heart that we left Portugal today. While the walk was hard and I could have quit quite a few times, in the end it’s the good times that will…
October 4, 2015 Leaving Portugal It was with sadness in my heart that we left Portugal today. While the walk was hard and I could have quit quite a few times, in the end it’s the good times that will…
October 5, 2015 The Best Pulpo and fellow Peregrinos Last night six Englishmen were also eating at the restaurant where we went for the best pulpo (octopus) I’ve ever had and to watch the world cup England v Wallabies game….
October 6, 2015 Wet Boots Wearing freshly laundered (again at no cost) clothes, I put off pulling on my still soaking wet boots until I could procrastinate no longer. We let ourselves out of the hotel at 8:00am. My feet…
October 7, 2015 Lost Credentials Packing up to leave this morning our credenciales were not where they should be. We have these documents stamped wherever we stay and a few places in between. We looked everywhere but they seemed to…
October 8, 2015 Walking out of Vigo We slept in and took advantage of the hotel breakfast. A toasted sandwich never tasted so good. Sampling the fruit we were given yesterday was a nice surprise. The size and shape of…
October 9, 2015 Stepping Back in Time Did you have one of these in your house when you were growing up? We did. This one was part of an eclectic collection of ‘stuff’ decorating the pub where we had a…
October 10, 2015 Differences and Similarities Today the walk from San Amaro to Pontecescures was pretty much the same as yesterday. Apart from a few more pilgrims including two couples walking against the flow from Santiago-with dogs! And sheep either…
October 11, 2015 One Long Day instead of Two Shorter Ones We walked from Pontecesures to Santiago, arriving a day earlier than expected. Queuing for our Compostela I write this as we stand in the queue to get our compostelas….
October 11, 2015 I interrupted my tale yesterday when we were finally called to the counter to get our compostelas and the certificates showing that we walked from Lisbon to Santiago. And I can promise we walked every step of…
October 13, 2015 Now that we’ve finished our Camino, I don’t intend to bore you with too many posts, but I’ve decided to continue my blog as a record of our trip. To this end there are a few things…