After 10 long days recovering from the nasty blister wounds Mandy and Karma went extra miles to get here. I was so excited to see them again and catch up in person. I had extended the Airbnb by 2 days from my original booking so they would have an easy place to land in this …
Out and about…
A bit. Wanted to test out the bit of healing to see how the feet would feel and hold up. After having visited the medical clinic for the second time and climbing up the hill to the market for more supplies I decided to poke around the neighborhood. I put my groceries away then walked …
Healing
It has been a rather dull number of days though I’m in an interesting city. Just haven’t been able to see much of it. I knew I needed to stay off my feet to let them heal, which is what I’ve done. As I approached the apartment on Saturday I was happy to glimpse a …
Porto
Saturday morning found Mandy and Karma rising early, taking their packs out of the room to organize things so they didn’t disturb the other 2 hikers still asleep. I kissed them goodbye wishing them Bom Caminoh. I stayed at the hostel until mid morning when I attempted to get an Uber. For some reason I …
Day 6 – Recalibrating
Mandy and Karma managed to walk the last 5 miles of yesterday’s section in the heat and into Santarem to the hostel. When they arrived they mentioned to the woman at the desk that it was their mom who came in with the blisters. “Ah, yes!” She said knowing exactly where to send them. Santarem …
Day 5 – A tough one
Oh, my! What a tale for today. Last night we found a great little place around the corner from the albergue to have a falafel dinner. It was plentiful and delicious. Back at the albergue everyone started settling in. Fortunately they have quiet hours by 10 pm. But that really didn’t mean it was quiet. …
Day 4 – Azambuja
We had a pleasant night at the hostel, getting up early once again. This one had breakfast included (a rarity!) so we went down with our packs ready and had a chance to eat and have a couple of espressos. A good start. We made our way through the rest of the town, leaving behind …
Day 3 – Blister walking
We all had a great night’s sleep at the guest house, waking early to start hiking while we still had some coolness in the air. We quickly ate the remainder of our pizza for breakfast then called for an Uber to return us to the spot where we left the trail. No cheating by cutting …
Day 2 – Povoa de Santa Iris
Castle lit on the walk to dinner Last evening was delightful with just a mile walk to a lively walking street with lots of restaurants to meet their friend, Erica. We had a delicious dinner with great conversation, learning about her interesting life as an expat living in Portugal for the past 7 years. Ended …
We’re here!
We finished with the Colorado diversion and headed to the Denver airport. We were happy to return the rental car knowing that for the next 5+ weeks most of our travel will be on foot. It was an easy check in and then an overnight flight to Dublin. With only some dozing I was rather …
