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Hugs to you and Nel, Albertinho. I wish I could be waiting in Santiago to write out your compostela like last year! Really looking forward to hearing all about your trip, I will be reading your blog. Bom caminho, amigo. Laurie
Love it, Albertinho -- did you plan to be in Barcelos for the festivities? By the way, the link above doesn't let me get to the page, but going to the earlier link you posted, I can click ahead to the day to Barcelos, if that makes sense.
No Laurie we did not plan the festivities in Barcelos. This was coincidence but we like it. We stay an other night here and plan to go to Braga tomorrow.Love it, Albertinho -- did you plan to be in Barcelos for the festivities? By the way, the link above doesn't let me get to the page, but going to the earlier link you posted, I can click ahead to the day to Barcelos, if that makes sense.
Bom caminho, hugs to you and Nel, Laurie
oi pessoas !
Today start our third caminho . Alltough we are not in Portugal yet, it starts today.
It is complicated to explain why it starts today but I'll give it a try.
The Netherlands have a King- HM Willem Alexander and tomorrow will be his birthday .this birthday is a national holiday and many dutch like to celebrate this day by coming together in the bigger cities for a drink, a fleamarket (really !) and concerts of all kinds. Centers of celebration are a.o.amsterdam and Eindhoven.
Coincidently in Eindhoven in the south part of the country is the airport , we fly from to Porto tomorrow.
The Dutch railways expect big crowds direction Eindhoven tomorrow -besides that the scoccer team of PSV Eindhoven has become champion of the Dutch Premier Division so they expect even more people around.
We do not like to travel on a tight schedule so leave today for Eindhoven and if there is no public transport tomorrow morning, the airport is about 3 kms.away from our hotel . A nice warming up distance.
On the airport we will meet two people, Guus and Joke, who are biking to Santiago from Porto .
We do not know them but they are friends of my sister and my sister told me they are on the same plane.a small world after all.
Tomorrow afternoon we will be transferred to the albergue monasteiro do Vairão on the first route out of Porto via Vliarinho. (Not my advised route by the way as you know from many posts- I advise the coastal route usually via Matosinhos and Vila do Conde to Rates) but Vairão is allready out of the busy infrastructure of Porto and only 14 kms from Rates .
The backpacks are ready, both weigh 7 kgs , as before.
And ..we are ready for the caminho..
Here a link to our travelblog
http://caminho-portuges-da-costa.reismee.nl
It's time to go to Eindhoven.
Um abraço from Rotterdam
Albertinho and Nel.
It is raining cats and dogs now here . We stopped walking and stay at casa da Fernanda untill tomorrow and continue walking on tuesdsy next..T minus one week and than im leaving for Porto again
Whats up with all the raingear, Alberthino? I ordered sun for my camino
oi pessoas !
Today start our third caminho . Alltough we are not in Portugal yet, it starts today.
It is complicated to explain why it starts today but I'll give it a try.
The Netherlands have a King- HM Willem Alexander and tomorrow will be his birthday .this birthday is a national holiday and many dutch like to celebrate this day by coming together in the bigger cities for a drink, a fleamarket (really !) and concerts of all kinds. Centers of celebration are a.o.amsterdam and Eindhoven.
Coincidently in Eindhoven in the south part of the country is the airport , we fly from to Porto tomorrow.
The Dutch railways expect big crowds direction Eindhoven tomorrow -besides that the scoccer team of PSV Eindhoven has become champion of the Dutch Premier Division so they expect even more people around.
We do not like to travel on a tight schedule so leave today for Eindhoven and if there is no public transport tomorrow morning, the airport is about 3 kms.away from our hotel . A nice warming up distance.
On the airport we will meet two people, Guus and Joke, who are biking to Santiago from Porto .
We do not know them but they are friends of my sister and my sister told me they are on the same plane.a small world after all.
Tomorrow afternoon we will be transferred to the albergue monasteiro do Vairão on the first route out of Porto via Vliarinho. (Not my advised route by the way as you know from many posts- I advise the coastal route usually via Matosinhos and Vila do Conde to Rates) but Vairão is allready out of the busy infrastructure of Porto and only 14 kms from Rates .
The backpacks are ready, both weigh 7 kgs , as before.
And ..we are ready for the caminho..
Here a link to our travelblog
http://caminho-portuges-da-costa.reismee.nl
It's time to go to Eindhoven.
Um abraço from Rotterdam
Albertinho and Nel.
Find your place on the camino. We booked the first night arriving in Porto. Than just phoned the next place on the morning or the night before. In Portugal in common there is no problem.. Only at populair places like casa de Fernanda is is advisable to reserve some days before. We worked 3 days at Fernanda's as hospitaleiros and every night it was fully bookedHello!
I'm planing my trip in August this year from 8th of August. I have a question, how can I book place to sleep? Shall I book it in advance or I an just come and find bed for myself?
Thank you very much for your replay!
From my cold I recovered in the meantime Fernanda had very good "aguardent " strong stuffVery nice! And you can recover from your cold. Thank you for your blog, it makes me want to go back even more.
Bom caminho. Probably see you in Santiago laterI am now in Porto. Starting my walk on Thursday, spending a day here
Bom Caminho
Just a general observation. On the coastal route we hardly see any pilgrims. Since we started in Viana do Castelo the day before yesterday we met a handfull other pilgrims. Everywhere we can find a place for the night without reservation ahead.
We have no internet connection other than wifi so were dependent on information of others. We thought that local people tried to intercept us and threatned by saying that the ferry should not sail and they had an alternative.@Albertinho
I have been looking for the info on the ferry and found out= it is not sailing yet
But Mario Goncalves is sailing!
He took me across the river last September.
And hopefully he will take me over in the end May.
It was €5 last time also. Mario´s boat was situated about 2-3 km to the west of the center of Caminha.
I crossed the river Minho with Sol from South Corea and Luisa from Italy.
Bom caminho
Life is good
Read my travelblog. Yesterday's story, Vila Praia de Ãncora to Caminha.Will be arriving in Porto in a couple of weeks from Coimbra. Excuse my asking but what river and what town do I find Mario. Thanks for the phone #. Looks like a fun trip across the river.
Albertiho - I have followed the yellow arrows from Baiona to Vigo and they lead you to a really nice walking path out of Vigo to Redondela. Very enjoyable indeed. The green arrows are for bicycles and pilgrims in wheel chair.
okay. We did not see any wheelchairs at all The hospitalero of Ramalloso pointed us to the green arrows.Albertiho - I have followed the yellow arrows from Baiona to Vigo and they lead you to a really nice walking path out of Vigo to Redondela. Very enjoyable indeed. The green arrows are for bicycles and pilgrims in wheel chair.
We do not head for Caldas de Reis Mel.After cool, overcast 7.30 start from Caldas de Reis today along the deightful Camino to Padron. Just before midday it also became very hot and wearying and an early arrival in Padron was welcome. A diversion off the Camino at Rua de Francos tomorrow before a short stage via o Milladoiro and a much anticipated arrival in Santiago Wednesday. Buen Camino a todos.
where are you now Johan ?I am now in Porto. Starting my walk on Thursday, spending a day here
Bom Caminho
Thank you AnnaWell done! Congrats! And now??
Unfortunately not.Adriaan for sure will know that path from Pieterburen in the north to the Sint Pietersberg in the south.
Bravo, Albertinho! And same goes for Mrs.
Give. Antonio our regards.. The Dutch couple who stayed in his "quarto de casal" last week.View attachment 18320
Hi Angelo, I have heard that they don't swing the Botafumeiro everyday. When where you there ? Do you know anything about what days they do it. I thought they did it everyday but recently read they do it on Friday night and on other days if its paid buy tour groups...Thanks! I did enjoy my second Camino. I attended the midday mass twice and on the second day they swung the Botafumeiro. It was nice!
The photos brought back good memories. When I walked into the bar all seats were taken and sat next to you guys on the stairs. Haha! It was a refreshing beer after walking in the heat (28 degrees)
Bom Caminho in life!
... I thought they did it everyday but recently read they do it on Friday night and on other days if its paid buy tour groups...
On last sunday for a week they swung the botafumeiro on the beginning of the mass. When we were there last year it swung about half way. So even that seems to differ.They swung the Botafumeiro during the Friday midday mass. A bishop from Italy was the celebrant and he had several pilgrim priests with him who concelebrated.
It wasn't swung the day before. Last year, when I arrived from the Camino Frances on a Wednesday, the Botafumeiro was out.
Not sure about the other days that they normally swing it.
Yes if a big group of tourists pay a few hundred euros the Botafumeiro will swing, too.
The left one is the fado or Portugese guitar. The right one is a normal so called Spanish guitar.Very good, Albertinho! Glad to know you had a good time back in Porto. How nice to be treated to a Fado Recital and to meet someone who writes it! It would have been great to be there. Cheers!
By the way the guitar on the right is that a Fado guitar? I heard they make good quality ones in Braga.
I put a link on the forum about a month ago about a group I am playing in recently but that is no jazz and am playing the double bass instead of the jazzguitar I shall see where I can find it.I stand corrected. LOL! Yeah the guitar on the left.
Nice to know that we have a Jazz musician in our Forum. Would be interesting to see a link of you playing.
Incidentally, I saw a Pilgrim walking with his Spanish guitar before reaching Barcelos. Was he a busker as well? I won't mind listening to someone like him.
I'm a fan of the music! I like the ensemble and how the instruments combine to come up with a nice tune. Lyrics in Portuguese, I guess? Thanks heaps. And it fits the bill...that kind of music is something you'd hear in Galicia, I reckon.You'll see the you tube vide directly when you click on the link.
I am not playing on that vid yet because as I saisd I joined it recently but my first gigs are withing a fortnight from now. First jazzgig is next sunday with a bigband but I haven't touch any guitar yet.
The camino is still in my mind.
https://www.caminodesantiago.me/com...june-from-porto-any-advice.32908/#post-293952
The lyrics are Galego , the Galicean language which looks like PortugueseI'm a fan of the music! I like the ensemble and how the instruments combine to come up with a nice tune. Lyrics in Portuguese, I guess? Thanks heaps. And it fits the bill...that kind of music is something you'd hear in Galicia, I reckon.
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