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Day 20 Grijo to Porto

Posted on May 20, 2012 by Judy

18km. A very cold start to our walking day, with rain on and off for most of the morning. We didn’t get breakfast at the Residencial we stayed at last night, so we walked 3+km to Grijo and got coffee … Continue reading →

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Day 19 Sao Joao da Madeira to Grijo

Posted on May 19, 2012 by greg

18 km. The final stretch to Porto according to John Brierleys Camino Portuguese guide is a gruelling 34.3km. The only option to break it into smaller chunks is to stop at Grijo, which we aimed to do. It rained on … Continue reading →

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Day 18 Oliveira de Azemeis to Sao Joao da Madeira

Posted on May 18, 2012 by greg

10km. An easy day with just a few hours’ walking, interrupted by a coffee break, a stop for lunch and a visit to a Lidl supermarket – they are similar to the Aldi business model. Yesterday’s stage plus today’s stage … Continue reading →

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Day 17 Albergaria-a-Velha to Oliveira de Azemeis

Posted on May 17, 2012 by greg

22km. We woke up to a cloudy overcast and cool day. It really looked like it was going to rain, but it didn’t. The hotel we stayed in didn’t offer breakfast so we went to a nearby busy pastaleria for … Continue reading →

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Day 15 Mealhada to Agueda

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Judy

25km A long hot day, spent walking mostly on paved roads.We missed an early arrow as we set off, but quickly realised thanks to Greg’s GPS. Then an hour or so later, I walked on ahead of Greg and completely … Continue reading →

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Day 14 Coimbra to Mealhada

Posted on May 15, 2012 by greg

23 km – It was a late start because we had decided to post the tent and thermarest inflatable mattresses back to Australia, because we did not think we would need them anymore. As well it would be 3.7kg of … Continue reading →

Rest Day Coimbra

Posted on May 14, 2012 by greg

Sunday in Coimbra. We did the kind of things that most people do on holiday – slept in, had a late breakfast, walked around and explored a bit, sat in a cafe eating cakes and drinking our preferred caffeinated beverage … Continue reading →

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Day 13 Condeixa-a-Nova to Coimbra

Posted on May 12, 2012 by Judy

22kms plus a bit. Last night we stayed at a town that is a couple of kms off the Camino. We wanted to break a 30km stage into 2 shorter stages, and Condeixa-a-Nova had a couple of residencials and some … Continue reading →

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Day 12 Rabacal to Condeixa-a-Nova

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Judy

14km. Late start to the day because we wanted to have a look at the Roman Museum next door to the albergue, and it didn’t open until 10am. Well worth a visit, with lots of artifacts from the Roman villa … Continue reading →

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Day 11 Ansiao to Rabacal

Posted on May 10, 2012 by greg

18kms. Another sunny day (we’ll stop talking about the weather soon, I promise. It’s just that sunshine is still a bit of a novelty to us after 2 weeks of rain every day). The Camino Portuguese guide by John Brierley … Continue reading →

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