jayceebee
New Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- Porto - Vigo (May 24)
Pamplona - Burgos (April 23)
Bag is packed, weather forecast looks like rain, but we've got our waterproofs at the ready!
My partner and I fly into Porto tomorrow evening, then we'll spend the night in Matosinhos and start from there on Wednesday.
Due to time restrictions we won't be going all the way to Santiago - we've only got a week of walking, but we're hoping to make it to Vigo if all goes to plan. Then bus it back to Porto and spend a day there before our flight home.
We did Pamplona to Burgos on the Frances last year and fell in love with the rhythm of walking and the chance to connect to ourselves, each other and other pilgrims while moving through such beautiful landscapes. Definitely made me want to do more and explore other camino routes, hence this year's adventure. Maybe not a true pilgrimage by some people's definitions but there was a lot of meaning for us in last year's trip even just doing a partial route.
We pre-booked private rooms at each stage last time and were so grateful for the space and quiet of that so we've done the same this time. I've had so much vicarious pleasure from other people's on-the-way updates over the years and am hoping to be able to post my own this time, subject to wifi/data availability.
I started researching the camino at the end of 2019 with the hopes of starting in March 2020... and we all know what happened to plans around that time! So I've been lurking on the forum for a few years now and I'm really grateful to have had access to such a treasure trove of wisdom, support and community. So here's to hopefully contributing to that in some small way once our journey begins!
Thanks for reading.
My partner and I fly into Porto tomorrow evening, then we'll spend the night in Matosinhos and start from there on Wednesday.
Due to time restrictions we won't be going all the way to Santiago - we've only got a week of walking, but we're hoping to make it to Vigo if all goes to plan. Then bus it back to Porto and spend a day there before our flight home.
We did Pamplona to Burgos on the Frances last year and fell in love with the rhythm of walking and the chance to connect to ourselves, each other and other pilgrims while moving through such beautiful landscapes. Definitely made me want to do more and explore other camino routes, hence this year's adventure. Maybe not a true pilgrimage by some people's definitions but there was a lot of meaning for us in last year's trip even just doing a partial route.
We pre-booked private rooms at each stage last time and were so grateful for the space and quiet of that so we've done the same this time. I've had so much vicarious pleasure from other people's on-the-way updates over the years and am hoping to be able to post my own this time, subject to wifi/data availability.
I started researching the camino at the end of 2019 with the hopes of starting in March 2020... and we all know what happened to plans around that time! So I've been lurking on the forum for a few years now and I'm really grateful to have had access to such a treasure trove of wisdom, support and community. So here's to hopefully contributing to that in some small way once our journey begins!
Thanks for reading.
Last edited by a moderator: