camino de santiago
Portuguese Camino Day8: The Second Third Begins
DAY 8: CAMINHA - SÃO PEDRO DA TORRE,16 miles, 35,820 steps. Leaving the municipal albergue in Caminha, we follow a riverbank bordered by an incredibly long bench that stretches between...
Portuguese Camino Day7: Exploring the Local Culture
DAY 7 - CARREÇO TO CAMINHA 10 miles 21. 992 steps. Leaving around 8am it is already getting hot, but thankfully there are several forest walks, but also several climbs....
Portuguese Camino Day6: Our World’s Third Most Beautiful Panoramic View
DAY 6: AMBROSIA TO CARREÇO - 13.28 miles 29,707 steps. After a restorative stay in a proper hotel, with a bathtub, dinner and breakfast, we took a rideshare and yellow...
Portuguese Camino Day4 – Ocean, Forest, and Fão
DAY 4 – AGUÇADOURA - FÃO 7 miles, 19206 steps. We could have slept late as today was going to be a just an 8 mile walk but the albergue...
Portuguese Camino Day1: The Camino Begins
Day 1 - PORTO TO MATOSINHOS, 5.85 miles 14,478 steps, 167 miles to go. Steve & Suzanne in front of the Porto Cathedral waiting to meet the grumpy ticket lady...
No Pain No Rain No… Spain?
No Pain, No Rain, No... Spain? It's official: I've completed the Camino de Santiago! Though I hiked the Camino as part of the 4,000-mile Trans European Alpine Route, it's a...
Camino Day 6: ‘Peppy Not Poopy’ all the way to Santiago
The theme of the day was coined by Mary in the morning as (and I quote) 'peppy not poopy' in reference to bathroom and Coca Cola stops all morning. That's...
Camino Day 5: From Hot Springs to Peppers and Monasteries
Each day is becoming harder and harder to remember, as if they're all becoming one blur! Mary and I have been having a great time out here, and it's weird...
Camino Day 4: Cafe Oases
Today was a loooong hot day on the Camino, so vamos lets step out some miles! The clockwork morning routine The morning routine has been becoming more and more seamless...
Camino Day 3: Short Walk to Pontevedra
It's day three, and our shortest day of the trip with 13 km / 8.1 mi to step out, so let's get to it! Part of our walk through Arcade...