October 5, 2025 Camino Portuguese, Day 14 Total miles walked today 9.36 miles Armenteria to Cambados There is no elevation map for Armenteria to Cambados Because we had rain and wind yesterday it was cold. So we didn’t make it to visit the Monastery at Armenteira. On the other hand the weather changed to sunnyContinue reading “WHERE AM I GOING WITH ALL THIS?”
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RAIN RAIN GO AWAY
Come again after I go home October 4, 2025 Camino Portuguese Day 13 Total miles walked 7.91 miles Combarro to Armenteira You know the song The Ants go Marching One by One Hurrah Hurrah? It’s sung to the tune of When Johnny Comes Marching Home Hurrah Hurrah. My husband started singing that song and nowContinue reading “RAIN RAIN GO AWAY”
BLISS
October 3, 2025 Camino Portuguese Day 12 Total Miles walked 8.57 miles Pontevedra to Combarro There is no elevation profile for Pontevedra to Combarro as we are switching from the Central Route to the Spiritual Variant. Last night I prepped my big backpack and took it downstairs for the transport company to take. Then weContinue reading “BLISS”
TWO BIG UPHILLS!
October 2, 2025 Camino Portuguese, Day 11 Total miles walked today 14.81 miles Redondela to Pontevedra Wow! Today started off in an interesting way. We stopped in an ice cream establishment that also offered breakfast. As usual I did my little cleaning up because as a pilgrim I feel grateful for all the people whoContinue reading “TWO BIG UPHILLS!”
MY BIGGEST WORRY TURNED OUT TO BE A FLOP
OCTOBER 1, 2025 Camino Portuguese, Day 10 Total miles walked 11.97 Porrino to Redondela LOOK AT THAT ELEVATION MAP! It’s the second highest summit so far and even worse…check out the nearly vertical descent on the other side. I worried about this day for weeks. Well guess what? It was nearly all pavement, the inclinesContinue reading “MY BIGGEST WORRY TURNED OUT TO BE A FLOP”
THE GREAT ASCENT
September 28, 2025 Camino Portuguese Total miles walked 11.66 miles Ponte de Lima to Rubaies The day has come for our first real ascent and the highest ascent on the Camino Portuguese. The path started out innocent enough. Lots of flat land meandering through vineyards, corn fields, and forest. We had a good stop atContinue reading “THE GREAT ASCENT”
FOLLOW THE MONK
September 25, 2025 Camino Portuguese, Day 4 Arcos to Barcelos 12.88 miles total for the day There is no elevation profile for this day as Arcos is between the Coastal and Central Routes. This morning as we begin walking we were passed by a monk going up an incline. It was a bit of aContinue reading “FOLLOW THE MONK”
I LIKE TODAY’S STORY
September 24, 2025 Portuguese Camino, Day 3 7.48 miles walked Vila do Conde to Arcos While there is no elevation profile for this day as Arcos is between the Coastal and Central Routes I did note that my fitness tracker said I climbed 4 flights. I say more than 4 because I walked up theContinue reading “I LIKE TODAY’S STORY”
AND SO THE CAMINO PORTUGUESE BEGINS
September 22, 2025 Porto to Matoshinos – All elevation profiles are from Wise Pilgrim, The Camino Portugues. Total miles walked 9.4 miles Today we begin the Camino Portuguese and I must say it was an exceptionally beautiful walk. We began at the Se Catedral across the street from our hotel Se Catedral Tapestry, a traditionalContinue reading “AND SO THE CAMINO PORTUGUESE BEGINS”
PORTO, PORTUGAL, WHAT’S IT LIKE?
September 20, 2025 The Portuguese Camino It’s our first full day in Porto and I have to say it’s much like Paris. No there’s no monument to compare to the Eiffel Tower and no art museum to compare to the Louvre, but there are two things we discovered today that scream PARIS!!! Of all theContinue reading “PORTO, PORTUGAL, WHAT’S IT LIKE?”
One day I decided to go for a walk... 