April 2024

Today is my last day in Porto. I started out with breakfast at the hostel which was free. I then walked to the metro station “Trinidad” which is where you get the train to the airport. It’s about 10mins away. I just wanted to make sure and it gave me a reason to walk a […]

Taking the bus to Porto was fairly uneventful. Yesterday I planned to take a taxi to the bus station. I couldn’t even think of walking 1.5kms and figuring out where the terminal was. This morning I was, OK, I can do this. It’s just as well because no one was at the desk at 8:30

I was a little disoriented today. There was no structure. I did not have to walk anywhere, do anything or organize anything. I just had to be! I knew I wanted to buy some gifts to take home. I had to buy fruit for both my four hour bus journey back to Porto and for

I arrived in the square in front of the Cathedral at 10:30am after a 7:00am start from the hostal in Faramelo. I was heading out with Carolina, the older Dutch woman and the retired Australian couple. It was dark. I had my headlamp and someone had a flashlight. There were some street lamps, but some

After my 22km hike yesterday, I opted to split the journey to Santiago based on availability of accommodation. Tonight I will stay in Faramelo in an OK hostel. I was able to book a bed online and I will be staying with the same people I stayed with in Padron – Carolina a retired widow

Today I walked 22kms. I had planned to walk just 15, but the hostel, I was hoping to book for the night was no where to be found. I had to press on. There were ascents, but they were more gradual. The challenge with this walk was the loose stones going down hill. I’m averaging

From Redondelo, I had to walk 20kms to Pontevedera in order to be on track to arrive in Santiago on Sunday. Again the weather was amazing; the ascents were a challenge and the trails were busy. I met two women from Canada- NS & NB, who were walking together. They had a tour company book

In Redondelo, I was hoping to have a 3 course dinner in the evening at a cafe, I had identified earlier. I had read the menu del dia and presumed that it was offered in the evening as well. No that menu ends at 4:30 and after that it’s just bar food – sigh! I

Because my hotel was so far from the path, I called for a taxi to take me back to where I had left the trail yesterday. Unfortunately, although I could bring up the location last night on my phone, I couldn’t this morning. I could show the driver the little bend in the path, but

Today started out amazingly well. The ascents I was dreading through the forest were manageable and the entire walk was lovely. Only 3 hikers passed me. I was on the original route, however, the council had created another route, which has no signage as yet. It can be accessed via GPS, so maybe all the