Recognizing that we are getting on in years, we planned a shorter Camino for this year, with shorter distances, shorter hills and shorter falls for me. Our plan is to follow the Caminho Portugues from Porto to Santiago de Compostela along the traditional central route and then make a left-hand turn and walk to the end of the world, i.e., Fisterra and Muxia. In 2014, we had walked from Lisbon to Santiago but that challenging Lisbon to Porto section is best left to more agile, young pilgrims, either young in age or young in spirit.

Our Camino route
Porto > Rates > Barcelos > Ponte de Lima > Tui > Redondela > Pontevedra > Caldas de Reís > Padron > Santiago > Fisterra / Muxia.

Before the walk
One more for the road
Completely unprepared and the craziest connection yet
Spelling errors, typos and bad grammar
Random thoughts on the day before we start walking…

Day to day on the walk
Day 1 – Smoooooooke on the water, a fire in the nigh
Day 2 – Smoke in the air, peace in our hearts, me on the ground
Day 3 – Back on the trail. Feet in the air???
Day 4 – A little rain never hurt anyone (that I know of)
Day 5 – A day of comedy and frustration
Day 6 – Almost a somewhat normal walking day
Day 7 – A sour start sweetened up by lemons
Day 8 – Drenched on a short day and gratitude for the pre-booked room
Day 9 – Salmon, cream cheese and avocado on Spanish toast 
Day 10 – Rain, rain, go away.  Or don’t. Just make up your mind!
Day 11 – Meeting new and old friends
Day 12 – A fast walk into Santiago to visit an old friend
Melanie’s thoughts on arriving in Santiago
Day 13 – Wow!  What a lovely walk with wonderful people
Day 14 – A long, hard, wet day.  We are pooped!
Day 15 – I was sick and tired of walking.  I mean “…while walking”
Day 16 – From Cee to shining sea 
Day 17 – Uno más para el camino