Camino Portugal 2018
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Oct 21-23, Recuperating in Sitges!
I am not sure how I ended up in Sitges, just south of Barcelona but it may be because it’s so close to Casteldefells where we spent time as children fifty (OMG) years ago. My father had rented a villa.… Continue reading
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Part 2, Day , Oct 18 to Santiago de Compestella – Last day
Postscript… I just realized this did not get published. Oops. Better late than never…. I only had 25k left but I was in no rush. I had 2 days before I had to be in Santiago to meet Diny. Diny… Continue reading
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Part 2, Day 9, October 16 – Caldas de Rais to Padrón
Bad news and good news. The good news is I managed, after many emails, to snag a booking in a hotel that is a 15th century stone monastery that saves 20 rooms for pilgrims. http://www.hsanmartinpinario.com/ I started emailing for a… Continue reading
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Part 2, Day 8, October 15 – Ponteverdra to Caldas de Rais
Things are breaking down today, or have been over the last few days but accumulating: First the blog is 5 or 6 days behind. I will blog out of order. Live with it. I hub a cold. It is raining!… Continue reading
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Part 2, Day 2, Tuesday October 9th, Labruge to Rates
There were ten in the room last night. No bunk beds and a bonus: my bed was last so I had a wall next to me AND a window! He who controls the window controls the heat! I find it… Continue reading
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Part 2, Day 1, Monday October 8th – Porto to Lebruge
It is pitch black. I am somewhere in Porto. The bus station is only a bus parking area. No building, no all night café. Nothing. It is 6:30 in the morning. I collect my backpack and reorganize it. I am… Continue reading
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Day 11, Oct 7th, Burgos to Porto, Portugal
I left Cathy at the bus station in Burgos with two other pilgrims who had dropped out. The wife had stumbled going into a pub and sprained her ankle. They too were heading to Bilbao. The cathedral bells were ringing,… Continue reading
Liz Hammond-Kaarremaa 