This is where I should have posted a photo of the breakfast hamper we were treated to the next morning, but we got so excited we forgot. It was an actual hamper, placed on a small stool by our table, with a thermos of coffee, a bottle of milk, another with juice, a choice of … More CP Coastal day 4 – Fao to Amorosa
Leaving Vila do Conde we had options – we chose to follow a long, quiet street straight back to the beach, and met two German ladies going the opposite way to follow their chosen path. The Wise Pilgrim app was invaluable on this walk, highly recommended! Safely back on the sandy path, we walked past … More CP Coastal day 3 – Vila do Conde to Fao
The next morning I spoke to the server in the top floor bar/café, who had walked to Santiago in seven days … he said he would love to do it again, but over two weeks next time. Finding our way into Matosinhos town centre was easy enough, and we saw lots of pilgrims starting from … More CP Coastal day 2 – Matosinhos to Vila do Conde
The first day of our Camino Portugués Coastal route was mild, overcast, perfect for walking. We packed up, left the building and made our way to the cathedral for a stamp before heading off towards the river. I am by no means a camino purist, but we had decided we wanted to walk out to … More CP Coastal day 1 – Porto to Matosinhos
When we came back to Porto, staying in a very nice room on a busy street in the city centre, we wanted to make the most of our last night before we started walking. We had a late lunch and tiny planning session in a lovely place called The Happy Nest, which has a garden … More Camigas in Porto
The next morning, after dithering about packing – Nanci’s suitcase, the Beast, was full to the brim after her Cinqueterre visit before arriving in Porto – we bimbled out for some breakfast. Down one of the streets leading to the riverside we found a café with smashed avocado sandwiches and eggs Benedict, so we started … More Camigas in Coimbra
It is high time, that I finally start writing up my notes from my adventure earlier this spring. It’s just that as soon as I got back, Life, which had been on pause, sprang back into action and demanded all my time and focus, so I barely even managed to think back to sunny days … More Camigas reunited 2023!
… and suddenly it’s April, and I am supposed to fly out to Porto later this month! How did that happen? How does it always happen? I feel like I have missed a month or something. The truth is, I have been trying to get stuff done to make room for my four week walk … More Micropacking
Andrew Suzuki, armchair philosopher, pilgrim and filmmaker extraordinaire, maker of essential Camino video viewing series Don’t Stop Walking and Beyond the Way, recently had an Indiegogo crowd funding campaign to raise money to make another series of videos or short films. Today he announced that he will indeed be making a series 2 of Beyond the Way – this … More Good news from Beyond the Way!
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