Category Archives: The Portuguese Way

We finished! It was an interesting Camino indeed. Not quite as spectacular as the last Camino we walked, the French Way but it was good and at 140 miles it was pretty tough. The weather for today, our last day, … Continue reading →

Well as we knew today’s weather was worse – a lot worse. Yesterday it was raining, today it was pouring. Knowing we had a tough day ahead we left early, still dark out, and just accepted we would be soaked … Continue reading →

Well this is supposed to be the dry season for this area… So not this year. It lightly rained yesterday on our rest day and today, our walking day, it is pouring rain. Weather reports are calling it a red … Continue reading →

Today was just a simple day. Have breakfast,do laundry, see a couple of churches and an open market. It was drizzling all day which is ok on a rest day since it sort of forced us to stay in and … Continue reading →

Today is Sunday and we just completed our last day of a 5 day stetch. Tomorrow is a rest day and we need it We have walked over 58 miles in the past 5 days. Starting on Tuesday we will … Continue reading →

Not much to report today. It was mostly just a long 12.8 mile walk mostly in an urban and country community setting. We are actually north of Redondela by about 2 miles. Redondela didn’t have great choices for lodging but … Continue reading →

it was our first walk day on the Camino in Spain. What a difference from Portugal. The Camino today was so much nicer. Sorry Portugal but Spain really knows how to design a Camino route! So the rules of the … Continue reading →

Espana! We made it to Spain finally. Although we are in the first city on the border the change is noticable. Hard to explain here what’s different but we like Spain. We took an off Camino route again for 5 … Continue reading →

So last night we were studying the weather hoping that the forecast of rain would somehow change to beautiful sunshine. No chance. At 8AM it was drizzling and by 9AM it was a pretty good downpour. We ended up walking … Continue reading →

Today is a much needed rest day. Only 3 priorities – do laundry, go to the top of the mountain to see the church Sanctuary of the Sacred Heart of Jesus / Mount of Santa Luzia and go to a … Continue reading →

Well we thought our last day before tomorrow’s rest day would be short and quick. Unfortunately we calculated wrong and instead of 8 miles our day was over 11 miles for 6 hours. Add to that we left Antas at … Continue reading →

It was more of a standard Camino day and slightly easier since we only went 11 miles. We were finally away from the boardwalk and now walking through towns. So for the past three days we have booked over 37 … Continue reading →

It was a shorter walking day today of 11.7 miles for 5 and a half hours. Today we started through the city of Vila do Conde and finished the last 7 miles along the ocean. It was heavy fog most … Continue reading →

The first Camino day finally arrived and just like the start of our first Camino the weather is less than perfect – light rain. Oh well this time we are more prepared. We chose to start on the outskirts of … Continue reading →

Porto is Portugal’s 2nd largest city. There are many things to see, too many for the amount of time we have. That said, there are so many tourists here! We started the day early by visiting the Cathedral to get … Continue reading →

We finally left for Portugal! We started planning this Camino back in February and it seemed so far away back then. Today we left our front door at 10AM and made it to our Porto hotel door 22 hours later! … Continue reading →

We hope we are much better prepared for the Camino this time. Just as in 2022 we have done all of our own research, planning, bookings and travel arrangements. It will be just the two of us and of course … Continue reading →

We are starting to plan our next Camino this time starting in Porto Portugal, up to Santiago de Compostela. This Camino will be shorter (140 miles) than the 2022 French Way (490 miles). Just as we did in 2022 we … Continue reading →