I’ve sent this map to family and I haven’t forgotten my Camino family here. I am taking the path closest to the ocean. I’ll post where I am and hopefully you can follow along.
The map is from the Brierley guide book for the Portuguese Camino.
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My first night will be in Matosinhos which is marked at the bottom near Porto. I arrive in Porto the morning of Thursday April 4. I plan to take a train to the cathedral, get my stamp, say a prayer, have breakfast and then walk down to the river- the Douro- and then walk 13kms to Matosinhos where I have booked a six person dorm.
It looks like rain for a good bit of the time but I’m not dismayed. It will give everyone something to talk about.
Buen Camino