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I didn’t post yesterday, because the going was rough and I was exhausted by the end. Fortunately it didn’t rain. Again I set out early on my own and – you guessed it – got lost. I finally found the path on a rather cold and damp morning. I walked for 15kms on a boardwalk […]

Vila Cha is a small town, with very little commerce. Fishing seems to be by individual fishermen or small families. There are two restaurants and a small, very small grocery shop. It was really just the front room of their house. The hostel is lovely – 18 beds in bunk bed style. There is a

At the Fishhouse hostel I booked a bed in a 6 person dorm. There was a nice sitting area outside on what might have been a roof garden without the plants. However, it did have a large orange cat. Myself and three other women – two from Germany and one from Holland, who All spoke

My Camino actually started at Pearson airport. I met 5 other Canadians – all retired women – who were walking the Camino too. We hung out and chatted before the flight, met after the flight and helped each other buy the train tickets into Porto. Everyone was staying in Porto today, so after getting my

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. My first night will be in Matosinhos which is

Today was a busy churning through the check list day: 1. Get haircut. Done 2. Return 2 purchases that didn’t work to MEC. Done. They were a) a new waist pack because the one I have and like, keeps unclasping. I didn’t like the one I bought. It was too stiff and ugly, so I’ll

I promised a post about my second meeting with the Toronto chapter of the Canadian Company of Pilgrims. Again it was amazing. These are very ordinary people doing extraordinary “things.” I knew I was really looking forward to hearing the keynote speaker Dennis Garnhum talk about his book, “Toward Beauty,” which I have read. (It