Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time. -Steven Wright
Porto to Barcelos
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Dinner in the restaurant at our Hotel Bagoeira in Barcelos.
Rejuvenated after a coffee stop. Caffeine is a wonderful thing, specially an espresso or in Portuguese a bica.
And we keep on walking.
All the little capelas along the way had beautiful old carvings on the wall.
It was so hot that day that the sheep huddled against the cool stone wall in the shade for some relief.
Day 2 and we are off to Barcelos through the cornfields.
At the end of the first waling day after nearly 18 km, this bed looked especially good.
The tiles on the church in Arcos near the Quinta Sao Miguel where we stopped for the day.
A wayside shrine
Houses in Portugal are commonly faced in blue tiles or azulejos and there are often religious tiles included.
And the sign above the fountain says our hotel is still 5 km away.
Refreshing stop at a fountain on a very hot afternoon.
Friends forever.
She looks like a lost peregrino.
Multiple yellow arrow say that this is the right way.
The way markings were clear – DON’T TAKE THIS ROAD!!
Wild life at the bridge.
Medieval bridge near Villarinho.
We also walked on busier paved highways, not our favourites.
Part of the way we walked along quiet country roads through eucalyptus forests.
Our first stop for coffee was at Cafe Ramiro. They were selling Camino tee shirts as well as coffee. Coffee was great but we decided against tee shirts as we surely would see many more Camino Portugues shirts along the way. We never saw another and Stacey and I came back at the end of the trip to get our shirts.
I could usually be found peering at something through the camera lens.
The first part of our walk was on cobbled pavement.
Early on day one, we were all smiles.
We started our first day walking with a good breakfast at our hotel in Porto
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