Love your photos and blog! Brought back great memories of walking this with my sister in 2018. Ultreia!
Your photos complement your text so well. Don't you love the pointy peaks on Bill Withers' shirt! I hope the toes are doing well. What a great idea, right and left foot socks...
I walked to Matosinhos in 2019 and loved it! Elle, your blog helped me make my decisiin to do it.
Just curious. If you are meandering, can you find places to stay? We're slow walkers and we're concerned about lodging on the coastal route. Any info would be helpful.
I agree! I don't understand the advice to bus to Matosinhos, when the walk along the river is so lovely.
I will make notes and create a post at the end with all the stops we've taken... and any options we also see.
Fab pics. Wonderful narration. Enjoyed reading. Felt transported back to Portugal. Love that country. So much to see. And I could feel the atmosphere and the sense of lingering after a meal. Been there, done that. Easy to do in the meds
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It is wonderful... and people seem so genuinely warm. You'll have a beautiful walk.
... another fabulous day on the coast
I'm in Normandy. My husband is going to join me, after the Portuguese, to walk the Ingles and he has just this minute booked an Airb&b just outside Bordeaux for the first stop on his journey down by car! Small world.Anywhere near Bordeaux and SW France?
Your photos are beautiful, thank you for sharing. You make me look forward to my trip even more.Today was a transit day... we caught the train and a bus to Ponte de Lima. We had a great time beside the coast and now we're going to walk along the Central route
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I too, had a table in Combarro by the sea in 2019.
Sorry that you will miss out on your compostela but glad that you are walking again.Combarro to Armenteira
I started my journey earlier in September taking a small group from St Jean to Burgos... then I travelled to Porto with my husband and we've walked along the coast until we were in sight Spain, dropping back to the Central route at Ponte de Lima and yesterday taking the variante to Combarro... I've walked close to 700km but yesterday I had to take a taxi for 9.3km and thus no longer qualify for my holy year Compostela. I'm so sad.
After his seafood supper yesterday my poor husband yet again suffered sickness and there was no way he could walk the 9.3km to Armenteira. I considered leaving him to take a taxi and walking on alone but he really was in no fit state and it would have been a bit mean of me to leave him when he felt so poorly.
Sadly we have no flexibility in our schedule... so we had to move on
We took a taxi to Armenteira where tonight's hotel owner met us... I had a little while to visit the monastery whilst he sat in the shade. I bought him a little crucifix for his birthday... the nun squeezed my hand and told me it was unique
At least he was well today and we walked onwards... they do say its the journey and not the destination that matters... I keep telling myself that
wishing you a safe trip home. thank you for your amazing photos and blog. very much looking forward to following in your footsteps in 10 days.We're flying home tomorrow... it seems so long ago I started in St Jean and even Porto feels a distant memory. We have loved our camino and look forward to more planning now. Thank you for the kind words.. stay well folks... buen camino until the next time
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I walked out of Porto Sept. 29, 2019!Your music selection made the memories even sweeter! Muchas Gracias! Dee
