October 6, 2025 Camino Portuguese, Day 15 Total miles walked today 6.23 miles Cambados to Vilanova de Arosa Once again there is no elevation profile for this section of the Spiritual Variant. My feelings along the Camino Today was a very easy day to walk. It was so short that we felt confident walking alongContinue reading “MY FEELINGS ALONG THE CAMINO”
Category Archives: Pilgrimage
WHERE AM I GOING WITH ALL THIS?
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?”
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”
A FUN WALK TODAY
September 30, 2025 Camino Portuguese, Day 9 Total miles walked 12.41 miles Tui to O Porrino It’s good to be back in Spain. Portugal was amazing and the food was great. I struggled with the language. In Porto everyone spoke English but as we ventured northward it was all Portuguese. We had one hotelier whoContinue reading “A FUN WALK TODAY”
WHAT’S THE DEAL WITH THE SHOWERS?
September 27, 2025 Camino Portuguese, Day 6 13.8 miles walked total Balugaes to Ponte de Lima I have to talk about the showers today. Every shower I’ve encountered on previous Caminos work differently. It’s a learning experience every time. There’s a knob, there’s a dial, there’s something that looks like a stick shift on aContinue reading “WHAT’S THE DEAL WITH THE SHOWERS?”
A MUCH BETTER DAY
September 26, 2025 Camino Portuguese, Day 5 Barcelos to Balugaes Today we passed eight churches/chapels and I stopped at each one trying to get a stamp. One was having morning mass, six were locked, and the other one was open but no one was there and no stamp for the passport. WHERE’S THE MONK WHENContinue reading “A MUCH BETTER DAY”
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”
One day I decided to go for a walk... 