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What would you pick as the two or three best places to see along the Frances? June and I are planning to take the Frances from SJPP as “tour-grims,” (yup, by car). We walked from Oporto in 2010 and were in our early 70's then and now want to give our old bones a rest. But, we would like to...
Does anyone know of accommodations betwee Matosinhos and Vila do Conde. Brierley's 2010 update to his guide says it is about 23 K between the two and that is a bit much for our old bones!
Chris
I've read that many pilgrims from Porto take a bus or the metro out to Maia and begin their walk there, thus avoiding a walk through the city and suburbs. But we want to walk from the Cathedral. Are we out of our minds?? We'd appreciate it if some who have walked from the Cathedral would...
We're going to set forth from Porto in September. We know a bit of Spanish but no Portuguese. We can read some Portuguese but the pronunciation is very different. Has anyone had problems because of a lack of the language??
And, I love this forum. Loaded with info..... Chris and June
My name is Chris. My wife, June, and I live in Vermont, USA. We're beginning to plan a camino walk, probably in mid to late September this year. We're “senior citizens” now and will probably want to do shorter days or an occasional rest day, so the availability of accommodations is important...
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