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”
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”
REMEMBER, EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS ON THE CAMINO IS A STORY
…But why does it always have to be my story? September 23, 2025, Day 2 Matosinhos to Vila do Conde Camino Portuguese 15.22 miles today All map and elevation profiles are from Wise Pilgrim, Camino Portuguese. Please let me know if they do not appear. I loaded them into these draft pages before leaving homeContinue reading “REMEMBER, EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS ON THE CAMINO IS A STORY”
LAST DAY IN PORTO, PORTUGAL
September 21, 2025 Camino Portuguese Last night after I posted we proceeded to have a most exciting evening. We chose an Italian restaurant called La Salumeria. After winding our way through lots of twisty tiny streets we found the place. But alas they were full and of course we didn’t have a reservation. We wereContinue reading “LAST DAY IN PORTO, PORTUGAL”
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?”
THE DAY HAS COME
Let it begin September 18, 2025 The Camino Portugues It has been months since we decided to walk the Camino Portuguese and those months seemed to stretch forever. If I missed a walk, tomorrow would be there to take it. And now here we are waiting for an uber to take us to the airport.Continue reading “THE DAY HAS COME”
One day I decided to go for a walk... 