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You make me laugh!!!!!!!!!!!! The shoes and coffee for real!!!!!!! But, I can at least answer the pole question in all seriousness. I put my collapsible poles in my carry-on luggage and they went through security fine both from the US and from LIS back to the US.
We are three ladies in their 60's, and we just returned from walking the Portugues coastal route. We had no trouble finding taxis when we needed (or wanted) them. There are definitely buses and trains between many of the cities. We took a taxi from central Porto to the lighthouse to begin the...
We jut got home from walking the coastal route from Porto. It was truly beautiful and Portugal has spent a huge amount of money on boardwalks, so walking on the actual beach is not necessary. As for places to stay, our last night on the trail was at Casa Parada de Francos in Rúa de Francos. It...
My experience with a hair dryer iin the EU was once in 2017 when I plugged my small electric hair dryer into my adapter to use in my hotel room and promptly blew the breakers on our entire floor at our hotel in Italy. I can't imagine that the hostels will be able to accommodate the voltage. I...
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