Camino Pilgrim

Got up and on the road before 6am today, because the weather report said +33°C.

Today Portugal is celebrating having a religious holiday, so it took 12km walking to find the first open cafe. Had to make a stop every 4km thereafter because of the heat.

The good thing is that my body has become way more adjusted to extreme heat. Barely any sweating and the tempo keeps going strong. Hopefully, tomorrow we will be able to do 30+

Locals for the last two days have been so heartwarming. They wish you “good day and a good journey” when you pass them. People are more rural here, driving tractors even to cafes. One man with a truck even stopped by the road today to give random pilgrims cold water and some apples.

In the albergue today I met a Canadian guy, who said that there were a lot of pilgrims ahead of me that left this morning. Maybe I can catch them before Porto.

We will have a group dinner, most likely today, with food commonly cooked among pilgrims. It’s nice to stay in places with a supermarket nearby and a good kitchen at hand.