Last night we met all the peregrinos staying at Casa da Fernanda. There was Catherine & Blaine (Kansas), Clo and Jules (UK), Thomas and Sasha (Germany), Maria, Diette and Bodai (Denmark), Yasmine (Australia), Francis & Sarah (Michigan) and Ginger (Vancouver). After meet and greet appetizers by Fernanda, we headed inside for dinner followed by a Camino sing a long.
We got a late start (08:00) for todays 23K walk since we stayed for breakfast before leaving. The morning walk was spectacular. It was a mix of farm trails, gravel roads, etc. Everything we saw was worth stopping to take a picture.
After our morning cafe stops there was still cool things to see.
For lunch we arrived in Ponte de Lima. Ginger stopped by as well and bought herself a birthday cake. Ponte de Lima is a cool little city.
After lunch it was more interesting landscape and then the final ascent into Valada where we are staying in bunk room with Marshall from Netherlands who is walking from southern Portugal.
“Of all the paths you take in life, make sure some of them are in dirt”….John Muir
Wow! Looks beautiful!!!