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Caminho Português 2024: Day 2

20 May 2024 Denise Ketcham 0 Comment

Leaving the coast for the Central Route

Yesterday, Sunday we continued up the coast for about 9 km before heading inland to join the Central caminho route. It was a day full of archaeological side notes. The route back inland was a bit tedious and often dangerous with busy roads and no shoulder. After about 24km we arrived at the first pilgrim hostel in Portugal (of the modern era that is).

Leaving our pilgrim hostel at 6:30 am. Very nice place converted from a school house.
Boardwalk amongst the dunes.
Archaeological evidence of Viking visitors.
Rocks used for spear polishing.
Megalithic tomb in the midst of a eucalyptus grove off of the trail.
Laundry drying and pilgrims napping in the yard of our pilgrim hostel in São Pedros De Rates village.
Simon (from UK) leads us in a classic rock sing a long after a communal pilgrim dinner. What a blast!

Our hostel host José made soup for dinner along with contributions. We crowded into the kitchen to eat and share fellowship. There was a strong German contingent today. Editing on my phone is proving very challenging and we’ve been exhausted so I’ll be a bit behind on posting.