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Thank you very much for all your responses. I have contingencies but I guess I am more confident now using my cards in the local ATMs (bank-attached) in Europe.
Day 1 Porto to Aldeia Nova 18K's.
The overnight rain greeted us the next morning having us wearing our jackets for the 5min walk to the Cathedral, our official starting point.
The persistent 'light showers' soon had us adorned in our ponchos as...
Agree with taking time to soak it all in if time allows. We have reduced our average distance on our Camino Porto starting today to 16ks, with 22.5 the longest and a 10k snuck in for good leisure. Shorter routes allows the luxury.
Day 4-
Today was a tourist/rest day in Pueblo de Sanabria. I'm glad we took some forum advice to allow the extra day. We had a bit of sunshine the first half of the day for visiting the castle, which was extremely nice and interesting, with some...
Day 0? I’m here 😊and I start my slow coastal camino tomorrow! Feel blessed and recognize the privilege it is to be able to take this journey. Tomorrow a short walk to Matosinhos - just right for a walk in the rain! Am looking forward to being...
Progress they say. I think the main reason for the expansion has been the live music with some top Irish muso's performing. At least the old bars are still there to prop up.
I went to Brazen in 1994, oldest pub in Dublin, a hole in the wall dive for locals. Went back in 2013; all built-out tourist attraction 3x original size. Like that with a lot of places in Ireland
We arrived in Porto by train from Lisbon yesterday afternoon. Long haul from Australia via Singapore, Milan and Madrid departed April 23. Our first encounter with other pilgrams was when 3 seperate lone first timers saw our Camino patches on our...
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