Last night we had dinner with another peregrino who was staying at the Hotel, Teo from Finland. The conversation was interesting and the restaurant people took good care of us. Simple moments like that are what we like about the Camino.
Today we got on the road by 6:15 knowing this will be our longest walk in years.
It was a 26.5 K walk to our bunk house albergue in Agueda. We got caught in a brief rain shower but the walk was flat and the day was cloudy. It was a long, hard day but we got through it.
We met a bunch of new people today on the road… Jean Claude (Switzerland), Maria (Russian from Brooklyn), two young Italian guys, and Kako (Tokyo) … all of them our staying at our same albergue.
We headed into Águeda which has some kind of touristy umbrella theme in town.
We met Kako again in town and walked the final 1.5K climb to Albergue de Peregrinos Santo António.
The normal routine at all albergue stops is shower, hand wash clothes, hang to dry and relax. Tomorrow is another day.
“It’s supposed to be hard. If it wasn’t hard everyone would do it. The hard is what makes it great”- Tom Hanks in A League if their Own
Wow, I just went through all your days of travel and pictures so far. It looks amazing!
My goodness that’s a loooooong walk Folks – once again awesome photos and I am exhausted 😩 I’m sure I will sleep well 😴
Beth & Tom. I love reading your blog and seeing the photos. I learn so much along the way of your journey. Thank you for sharing.