Todays’s walk was an uninspiring 27K walk on either sidewalk or cobbles. We left Porto just before 07:00 and saw some new peregrinos along the way but not many. We did meet an older Portuguese man going through one town that walked with us a little bit and was very kind.
Around midday we stopped under a shaded area where another peregrino was resting. Luiz is from Porto and this is his first walking Camino. Previously he biked it and he was intrigued to see how walking it would be.
Sometime around 3:00 pm we got to Vilarinho (the town that fun forgot). Our albergue which is a small mix of private rooms and a bunk room. Beth and I are staying in a private room today which should help getting out in the morning without worrying about disturbing others.
The morning routine consists of taping our feet to prevent blisters and smothering our toes in Vaseline. We sleep in the clothes we are going to walk in. Then load the backpack which is a compression bag of our clothes and a clear plastic bag of toiletries or medical stuff.
We stopped at a mini Mercado on the way in to be able to make sandwiches as we weren’t sure of the food situation in this one horse town. We will be having ham, salami and cheese on a PORTUGUESE ROLL in Portugal!
“When you follow the crowd you lose yourself. When you follow your soul, you lose the crowd….”
That’s called a torta (Mexican sandwich)😀.