Exploring Gaia’s beaches
Rambling Duo
by dorcor6
8M ago
I convinced Al we could walk to the beach. The one I wanted to go to was only a little over 6 miles away. We were in Vila Nova de Gaia, I wanted to walk to Miramar and the beach of Senhor da Pedra. We walked out of town and zigged and zagged all over the place. We got to this small narrow road and as we walked along I saw a barbershop . Al was in need of a haircut and those little scissors on my Swiss Army knife wasn’t going to cut it. Ha! I stepped in the door and asked the gentleman there if he would cut Al’s hair. He explained that he was actually retired but he did cut hair by appointment ..read more
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Rambling around Porto
Rambling Duo
by dorcor6
8M ago
We headed out early today. We wanted to get some information on the Portuguese Coastal Way and see if there was a service for moving backpacks for us. We headed over to Porto and climbed those 230 steps! We started looking for the Cathedral and Pilgrim office. Cathedral at the top of the hill. After getting our new Pilgrim passports we walked around for a couple of hours. The city was incredibly crowded. We tried to capture some of the wall art. We decided to hop on a bus and head to the Beach. It’s several kilometers away and we decided to get a ride one way and take our time walking bac ..read more
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We arrived in Portugal.
Rambling Duo
by dorcor6
10M ago
We had a long walk once we arrived in Porto. I earlier mentioned that we were taking a train, I misspoke, we traveled by bus. Al had said it was just a short walk from here to Porto. I also thought it was just a couple of miles, 2 hours later. Turns out in the 5 years since we had been here, things had changed, imagine that. We had another nice experience, we met a couple from Oregon who had been in Porto for a month and today happened to be their last day. We walked most of the way with them. They told us about their month and we told them about our Caminos. Looking across to Gaia at the Mona ..read more
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Once in Finisterre
Rambling Duo
by dorcor6
10M ago
Once we made it to Finisterre we had actually completed two Caminos on this trip, we received two Compostelas but we decided to just keep walking. Let me back up, Al wanted to wait after getting to Fisterra to actually walk to the end, about 3 kilometers to the 0.0 kilometer marker. He wanted to watch the sun drop into the ocean. He said. “ We will get a bottle of wine, some corn nuts”. He had me at the wine but I will admit to a little corn nut addiction. I’ve already checked Amazon to see if I can still get these corn nuts in the states. Al assures me I can, but just to be sure I had to chec ..read more
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Well we made it to Fisterra.
Rambling Duo
by dorcor6
10M ago
We decided to carry our backpacks today, supposed to be a short day. hmm. I’ve heard that before. We will see. I thought these boats by the bridge looked nice. We had a nice easy walk out of town. We crossed over one beach and then circled another into Cee. We then went up through Corcubion. We could see this Church in the distance. Then we were there. We were just walking down roads, following another walker when we turned a corner and the arrows directed us to walk through an alley. Then we were going up. We entered some woods, which I always like. Loved the root system on this plant. growi ..read more
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Leaving Casa Pepa’s
Rambling Duo
by dorcor6
10M ago
We enjoyed Casa Pepa’s, someone here helped us to get hooked up with carrier service for our backpacks. So today we hope to get a lot of miles done. We will see. This church and cemetery were right outside of our Hostel I liked all the angels.Just to know where we started from. Very misty this morning. We were feeling great this morning, loved the misty fields and hills. We actually passed a few people, that’s new! They usually are passing us. After several kilometers , we started climbing up then down. In and out of small towns. We started climbing again, zigging and zagging. The mist had b ..read more
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Walking from Negreira to Santa Marina
Rambling Duo
by dorcor6
10M ago
This is a lovely little city. We walked around a bunch after checking in. Did our laundry at the laundry mat. We are kinda lovin the laundry mats. They are to me, extremely automated. You pay at one screen where you select what machine you are using, either to wash or dry. If you use a credit card it’s a cheaper price. The detergent and antiseptic is automatically added. I admit to not normally using one at home so maybe all laundry mats are like this now. I grew up with a strong dislike of going to the laundry mat. Bad memories. These have given me a new perspective and even fonder memories ..read more
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On to Finisterre
Rambling Duo
by dorcor6
10M ago
We had made it to Santiago before 1 in the afternoon. We had packed our lunch the day before so we ate in the square, the Plaza del Obradoiro, by the Parador Santiago. The Parador We assumed we would stay in the Monastery, we have stayed there 2 other times. It has over 2 hundred bunks, but reportedly, it was full. We couldn’t find a place anywhere in the older part of Santiago. We actually walked the French route in reverse for about 4km through the city to our Hotel. We went past it a few times because it was in the basement of a Frutarías and on the other side of a 4 lane highway. After dr ..read more
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Bruma to Sigueiro
Rambling Duo
by dorcor6
10M ago
We enjoyed our stay in this Albergue, even though I was TOPBUNK again. Have I mentioned that I seem to get the top bunk a lot. Well I do. A lot. Not a fan of climbing up that little ladder. Getting down, no issues, up, Ugg! This was built right into a hillside, showers and bathrooms on the left, we had to go outside to get to them, bunk room and sitting area on the right. The attendant here told us that we would not qualify for a Compostela once we reach Santiago . The rule from the church is that you have to walk the last one hundred Kilometers leading into Santiago to qualify. Those other 3 ..read more
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Sigueiro into Santiago
Rambling Duo
by dorcor6
10M ago
We were the only two in our Albergue last night. We chose to share a room instead of purchasing a private room but we didn’t have to share! No Top Bunk! There was a kitchen, a washing machine and it offered free breakfast. We got showered and then washed our clothes. We hung them out on the line under an enclosed porch. Then we went to the grocery store. We decided on a fresh store made pizza. I happen to really love pizza so that sounded good to me. We also got some salad fixings, bananas, apples and things for lunch tomorrow. We got a double whammy when we found we had no pan to cook the piz ..read more
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