Group busking. Similar to a group we saw in Coimbra. Street scenes- Jay' favourite place, a candy shop, the queue for the bookshop, and...

A great day in Porto, the second largest city in Portugal and the home of port wine. The city is vibrant with people from all over Europe...

Yesterday in Grijo the weather was almost the perfect temperature for walking. Today in Porto it is pouring with rain. Our accommodation...

Some of the constants on the Camino are the wayside shrines, capella, small chapels, and statues in the front gardens. My Aunty May had...

We started today very late because we got our bags taken to our next location and the taxi arrived at 9am. We stopped at a cafe close by...

From Albergaria A Nova to Sao Jaoa de Maderia on a very hot day. We passed through the heritage site of Bompasta, to Oliveria de...

Just another day on the Camino, but there is always something special that happens! We started the day in Agueda, a beautiful morning...

Jay had said most of what today was about. The best part was our shared meal and lively conversation with fellow pilgrims this evening....

We started off the day by getting a taxi a bit closer to our final destination. We had been walking for a few minutes when Grandma...

Andre, one of the workers from our hotel very kindly drove us to the outskirts of Coimbra so we didn't have to walk through the suburbs...

This morning we walked, or should I say struggled, up to Coimbra University Joanine Library, commissioned in 1717 by King Joao V. We...

We are in Coimbra, I turn on TV to see what has happened in the world, guess who pops up- Sam Neill talking about Cooks voyage to NZ. A...

We have three nights in Coimbra, time for Jay to recover from the bout of food poisoning. It's 8.35am and Jay is still sound asleep. ...

We had a nice chill day today, we went and had a nice breakfast of bread and cheese, and then relaxed for a bit. After that we took a...

Last night at dinner in an American themed restaurant in Conimbriga, Jay declared it was the best day so far, history, ancient ruins, a...

I started off the day very tired and very uncomfortable. The bed we had stayed in the night before was very uncomfortable and my feet...

Our accommodation in Alvaiazere had mixed reviews. Jay's bed was very hard, too short, with the result they got very little sleep. On...

We had a nice 26km walk, I was woken up at 6:11am today, which in my opinion is far too early. We started off walking by a river and...

We left Tomar at 7am bound for Alvaiazere, a 31km walk. Leaving early in the cool morning was perfect. The first few kms along a river...