Friday Sept 2. Splendid.

 Only 15 km today. We are taking our time and enjoying the wonderful hiking weather. Around the corner and beginning on Sunday we are looking at a week of rainy days😔. I will be so grateful for that bulky poncho I have been carrying. 

Not a problem yet but pretty sure I’m going to need more data soon. We are headed to Tui today but I don’t see a Vodaphone store there. I have googled the procedure for “topping off” my phone but cannot figure out how to do it. When we are in hostels or Albergues there is always WiFi but not when walking. If anyone has some advice I would surely appreciate it.

Yesterday we left this beautiful hostel. A shared room for 3 with single beds was €15 each. Sophia, the hospitalera provided us a wonderful breakfast layout for an additional €5. We made sandwiches with some of her offerings and took them along for lunch. I can recommend this lovely place.


Our journey took us through gentle hills and over Roman bridges. One of the big differences from the Camino Frances is the lack of Cafes along the way so we were happy for the take along lunches. 


David with Valencia/Tui beyond


Roman road info 😳

I am typing this on my phone at 6:40am in the dark Saturday morning while the others sleep still. We stayed last night at an upscale hotel/Albergue in Pedreira named Quinta do Caminho. Pretty sure pilgrims don’t realize what opportunity they have here when passing by. We 3 are the only ones in this room that has 3 bunk beds. We all got lowers!!  Well worth the €17 each. We ate dinner in their restaurant last night which wasn’t cheap but the menu was very creative and different. Well done Chef! And thank you owner Luis for your hospitality. 

Today we are walking a short distance - 9km and have booked an apartment for 2 nights so we can investigate the cities of Valencia (in Portugal) and Tui across the river in Spain). The time will change when we arrive in Spain it will be one hour later. 

I’ll update you tomorrow. Have a great day you USAans! Sure wish I could share the upcoming rain with the west coast 😢

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