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- Time of past OR future Camino
- Portugues (2013), Caminho Costa (2013), Frances (2014, 18) Mozarabe (2017), Portugues (2019)
Hello Fellow Pilgrims,
As my title states (and my name implies), this will be my second pilgrimage to Santiago through Lisbon, and I am starting in the beginning of February. I am hoping that my girlfriend and an Italian friend of mine (whom I met while walking the Camino Frances) will be joining me, but I have not gotten 100% confirmation from them just yet. Therefore, I am looking for fellow pilgrims who are walking along this route to help share the costs of groceries and accommodations.
Unless something has drastically changed in the past 2 years, there are not many albergues on this route, especially south of Porto, so walking solo can cost a bit. On my last Portuguese Caminho, there were multiple times when my girlfriend and I had to drop 30-40 Euro a night for a hotel room because that was the only game in town. In regards to groceries, for example, I am not thrilled of the idea of hauling a 6 pack of yogurt around because the grocery store did not sell single serving cups.
I do know that you can crash at some of the firehouses on the route for free, but would you really ask? If you could, I admire your nerve, because I couldn't ask a volunteer firefighter (which a lot of them are in Portugal) after he/she has just trained all day or worse, fought a fire, if they can make the effort to set a up a shower, a place for me to crash, and if I could use their kitchen to cook my dinner.
So a little about me, I am college educated and medically trained, have working knowledge of Spanish and Portuguese, very easy to get along with, in my late 30's, and plan on using a snore guard. I have been to Portugal 6 times (including 2 Camino treks through Portugal), so I know the country and the logistics needed to get around with minimal stress. I also have working knowledge of French, Italian, German, Korean, Japanese, and Hebrew, so please forward this to any non-English speaking pilgrims if you know of any doing this route when I'm walking. Lastly, I only mentioned that I am starting in the beginning of February, because I am flexible as to the exact date I can start.
So thank you for reading this long thread and if you are doing the Caminho Portuguese on another date, feel free to ask me any questions, because I must admit, other threads I have read here do not emphasis how far some of the walking distances from town to town are, and how much walking on cobblestone and pavement sucks. Though, at the same time, I think most fail to express how beautiful Portugal is, how wonderful the Portuguese people are, and how amazing the food is![Wink ;) ;)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Buen Camino/Bom Caminho
As my title states (and my name implies), this will be my second pilgrimage to Santiago through Lisbon, and I am starting in the beginning of February. I am hoping that my girlfriend and an Italian friend of mine (whom I met while walking the Camino Frances) will be joining me, but I have not gotten 100% confirmation from them just yet. Therefore, I am looking for fellow pilgrims who are walking along this route to help share the costs of groceries and accommodations.
Unless something has drastically changed in the past 2 years, there are not many albergues on this route, especially south of Porto, so walking solo can cost a bit. On my last Portuguese Caminho, there were multiple times when my girlfriend and I had to drop 30-40 Euro a night for a hotel room because that was the only game in town. In regards to groceries, for example, I am not thrilled of the idea of hauling a 6 pack of yogurt around because the grocery store did not sell single serving cups.
I do know that you can crash at some of the firehouses on the route for free, but would you really ask? If you could, I admire your nerve, because I couldn't ask a volunteer firefighter (which a lot of them are in Portugal) after he/she has just trained all day or worse, fought a fire, if they can make the effort to set a up a shower, a place for me to crash, and if I could use their kitchen to cook my dinner.
So a little about me, I am college educated and medically trained, have working knowledge of Spanish and Portuguese, very easy to get along with, in my late 30's, and plan on using a snore guard. I have been to Portugal 6 times (including 2 Camino treks through Portugal), so I know the country and the logistics needed to get around with minimal stress. I also have working knowledge of French, Italian, German, Korean, Japanese, and Hebrew, so please forward this to any non-English speaking pilgrims if you know of any doing this route when I'm walking. Lastly, I only mentioned that I am starting in the beginning of February, because I am flexible as to the exact date I can start.
So thank you for reading this long thread and if you are doing the Caminho Portuguese on another date, feel free to ask me any questions, because I must admit, other threads I have read here do not emphasis how far some of the walking distances from town to town are, and how much walking on cobblestone and pavement sucks. Though, at the same time, I think most fail to express how beautiful Portugal is, how wonderful the Portuguese people are, and how amazing the food is
Buen Camino/Bom Caminho