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Day 9 – Tomar – Out of the woods

Nine days since we started from Lisbon, feels quite unrealistic; has time really passed so quickly? Looking at the map we have advanced quite a bit into Portugal. However it’s just 1,5 hours drive with a car. And we have … Continue reading

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Day 8 – Golegã – Lessons Learned

After the catastrophical walking last time we agreed upon having a plan and the best plan I could come up with was perhaps to study the map a bit better. And so I did and at four in the morning … Continue reading

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Day 7 – Santarém – Titanic on Land

Finally a day of resting. Of course walking is nice but resting a day is also very, very nice. Santarém seems to be one of these lovely Camino cities with a rich soul and beautiful charisma. As all of them, … Continue reading

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Day 6 – Santarém – I plead guilty to hubris!

Well, after some days walking we thought we know the drill. Up early morning and in our case about four, going out about 4.45. Of course the last guest at hour hostel just arrived at 3.00 so they put out … Continue reading

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Day 5 – Azambuja – Walking together!

Third day of walking, the familiar feeling from last years Camino of hurting feet and knees are back. Today’s walk was more or less walking on roads with heavy traffic. What is a bull fight compared to eight heavy lorries … Continue reading

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