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?”
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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”
POSTCARDS FROM ME
Today I’ve been working on my packing for our upcoming Camino…and I’ve been in a bit of a panic. The first Camino was a challenge because I’d never walked one before and I didn’t know what to bring for six weeks of walking. It took a lot research, talking to others who had walked one,Continue reading “POSTCARDS FROM ME”
THE PRE PRE CAMINO
Monday, August 28, 2023 We arrived in Paris on Saturday, August 26 for three nights. We’re visiting with my cousin; she is quite elderly. Whenever I’m in Europe I make a point to go and visit her. When we’re on the same side of the Atlantic it’s practically like being in the same neighborhood. TomorrowContinue reading “THE PRE PRE CAMINO”
AN UPDATE
There’s an old saying, “The best laid plans often go awry”. Or for the more religious minded, “If you want to make God laugh, make plans”. I had planned to re-post all the posts from my first Camino in 2019. I’m about to embark on my third Camino and I wanted to reflect on theContinue reading “AN UPDATE”
CATCHUP TIME
June 14, 2023 Dear Fellow Pilgrims, I have been writing this blog since early 2019 before I walked my first camino in September/October 2019. Along the way I made a lot of “digital” mistakes, but I have discovered better ways of designing my site, learned how to add pictures, link to other pages, and more.Continue reading “CATCHUP TIME”
One day I decided to go for a walk... 