Hiking the Camino de Portuguese from Pontevedra to Briallos, Spain | June 2026 In a few of the previous posts, I’ve touched on one of the only negative sides we had been experiencing on our Camino, which was dealing with inconsiderate other pilgrims in the public Albergues, specifically within the last 100km of the trail…
Hiking the Camino de Portuguese from Redondela to Pontevedra, Spain | June 2026 Today’s stretch of trail was definitely one of the best out of our entire hike, and after spending the last couple days missing Portugal, this section gave us a new appreciation for the beauty of Spain! We woke up before dawn thanks…
Hiking the Camino de Portuguese from O Porriño to Redondela, Spain | Festa da Coca | June 2026 Despite the time change when crossing from Portugal to Spain and the fact that the sun wouldn’t rise until almost 7, people still began rising and shuffling around in the dorm room around 5, and rather than…
Hiking the Camino de Portuguese from Valença, Portugal to O Porriño, Spain | June 2026 This morning began at the break of dawn, as most of our recent mornings had, but today with renewed excitement because we would be crossing into Spain for our first time! We emerged from the Albergue all ready to go,…
Hiking the Camino de Portuguese from Rubiães to Valença | June 2026 Today was so much easier for me than the day before had been. I didn’t wake up sore, I took a little extra time wrapping up my blistered feet to prevent the existing ones from getting worse or developing new ones before slipping…
Hiking the Camino de Portuguese from Ponte de Lima to Rubiaes | June 2026 I’ll be honest — today was the hardest day of this entire hike for me. It started when I woke up, and I felt how sore my body was after yesterday’s long hike, and saw how many blisters were on my…