Starting from Lisbon on September 25th

[Petya-n]

Hi, I will be arriving in Lisbon on September 24th and plan to start the next day . This is my first Camino and I will be happy to have some company at least in the first few days. Anyone walking on the same time?

 

[La Barre]

Hello Petya-n, Welcome! I will be starting in Lisbon, from Parque das Nacoes youth hostel on Sept. 23. I like to amble, and do about 15 to 20 km per day, so chances are you will catch up to me and probably pass me. Would be happy to walk with you if you do.

 

[peregrina2000]

Hi, I will be arriving in Lisbon on September 24th and plan to start the next day . This is my first Camino and I will be happy to have some company at least in the first few days. Anyone walking on the same time?

Hello Petya-n, Welcome! I will be starting in Lisbon, from Parque das Nacoes youth hostel on Sept. 23. I like to amble, and do about 15 to 20 km per day, so chances are you will catch up to me and probably pass me. Would be happy to walk with you if you do.

It seems to me that a fair number of forum members will be walking from Lisbon this fall. If you use the guides we have written (available in the forum's Resources section, there are three -- Lisbon to Porto, Porto to Santiago, and how to do short stages between Lisbon and Porto), it'd be great if you could report back with comments and suggestions for the 2016 edition. We can't update it without people there in real time, so I always try to badger those starting in Lisbon and a few usually help out. Sorry if I'm a pest. Bom caminho, Laurie

 

[La Barre]

I will certainly try to help with as much information as possible. I do tend to get distracted and not remember names and places but I will try extra hard this time. And thank you for putting this together it has already helped a great deal in setting a sort of rudimentary itinerary.

 

[richeyboy]

Hi, I will be arriving in Lisbon on September 24th and plan to start the next day . This is my first Camino and I will be happy to have some company at least in the first few days. Anyone walking on the same time?

Hi Petya,
I will be starting from Tomar, a few days north of Lisboa, on the 1st October so we might meet up. I will keep an eye out for you and in any case you now know what I look like not that means anything as there do not seem to be too many pilgrims around at that time of year - not like the Camino Frances at any rate. And if we don't buen camino.

 

[Petya-n]

Hi, thanks a lot for your replies!
I was thinking to walk alone but as the time passes, I am starting to feel nervous about it.
I have downloaded the guides from the Resources section and I am trying to adjust them to my schedule. My flight back home from Lisbon is on Oct 24, so I have to reach Santiago by 22nd. I will certainly try to send feedback, if not during my trip, at least when I am back.

Buen Camino!

 

[Rayne Stroebel]

Hi, I will be arriving in Lisbon on September 24th and plan to start the next day . This is my first Camino and I will be happy to have some company at least in the first few days. Anyone walking on the same time?

Hi Petta-n,

I arrive on the 25th and will start on the 26th from Lisbon. I plan to mostly walk the coastal route.

 

[peregrina2000]

Hi, thanks a lot for your replies!
I was thinking to walk alone but as the time passes, I am starting to feel nervous about it.
I have downloaded the guides from the Resources section and I am trying to adjust them to my schedule. My flight back home from Lisbon is on Oct 24, so I have to reach Santiago by 22nd. I will certainly try to send feedback, if not during my trip, at least when I am back.

Buen Camino!

Hi, Petya-n,
I think it's understandable that you are feeling nervous - it looks like this may be your first Camino, so I'm sure that compounds the feelings that everyone feels before starting out. Some anxiety, some nerve, some trepidation -- but it all melts away when you start walking. Leaving from Lisbon you are unlikely to meet many people before Porto. I have walked that route and was totally alone, but that was in 2008. Things have changed dramatically since then -- many more albergues, much better marking, and more people. I was never afraid and nervous nervous about my safety, but one thing you could do to really set your mind at ease is bring along the SOS pilgrim help line phone number. It's a phone line staffed by multi-lingual Via Lusitana volunteers. You can call them with any problem, day or night, really. 915 595 213 from within Portugal. I know the people who are in charge of this line, and they have helped pilgrims in all sorts of situations -- lost in a forest, looking for a place to stay, how to get money, etc etc. It should give you that added bit of comfort you need while you're alone.

The hostal/albergue owners on this stretch (in Tomar, Santarem, Golega, Alvaiazere, etc) are also wonderful resources. I wouldn't hesitate to call Mario in the Hostel Santerem with any problem either! Bom caminho, hope it is a very wonderful experience for you. Laurie

 

[Petya-n]

Thanks, Laurie!
This is just what I needed to hear

Hi Petta-n,

I arrive on the 25th and will start on the 26th from Lisbon. I plan to mostly walk the coastal route.

Hi Rayne, I will follow the interior route from Lisbon to Porto , have not decided yet which road to take after that. Are you heading to the coast straight from Lisbon?

Thanks.