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Hi, I live in Lisbon, so I might help clarify the issue :)
Some years ago the restaurants/bars were in a crisis and become annoyed with people asking for tap water with ice cubes and not consuming anything else, so they started denying it.
As...
I think I have! ;)
Your plan is amazing. Bom caminho!
There is a free Wise Pilgrim community app for the Nascente that you can download. Alternatively, the web version starts here:
https://wisepilgrim.com/the-camino-nascente-in-algarve
There...
If you sponsor the use of the botafumeiro - as well as the certainty of seeing it in action, you do get a number of reserved seats close to the censer itself. The main event should clearly be the Mass; but a proportion of the congregation wait...
Halve the weight that you are carrying. You don't need that stuff.
Start by walking 10-12 klms and listen to your body. If it is tired then stop and rest or stop for the day.
I don't like stopping until I have finished for the day but that is...
I am not sure what to think about this.
On one hand, on this forum and elsewhere I have long been a proponent of a more even distribution of pilgrims across various routes (essentially, away from the Francés). I just don't think it makes sense...
A piece from La Voz de Galicia commenting on the remarkable growth in numbers walking the Camino Portugues and especially the Coastal variant. The president of the local Amigos association attributing much of that success to easy access to Porto...
When you order a Caña, it will usually be nice and cold and you can always get another one if you want. A large beer for me gets warm before I finish it.
For a larger glass of draught beer I would ask for a jarra. A caña is a small glass of beer on tap - not bottled. Cerveza is a generic term for beer - can be either bottled or on tap and served in a range of sizes.
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