Friday, October 14, 2016

Barcelos - Facha 32.02 km. October 14

Ardi 43,425 steps
Sid

17 degrees - but it felt much warmer!

Last evening we did a walk about of the town we stayed in
This was the bridge from our accommodations into the town where I found my friend the rooster

Fresh Flowers in our home for the night
We have fish for supper

Breakfast was included and it it the best one we have had, bacon, eggs,,fruit, toast.  It tastes great!

Our path
And we meet these girls...with quite a rack!
We met girls from Italy and have coffee with a couple from Ireland who are biking their way to Santiago 

A beautiful bridge...yet another one!
We intended to make the 35 km day much shorter, break it into two days actually.  Well it didn't work out.  We started checking for accommodation at 1:00 and didn't find anything until three.  It was worth the wait.  We are at
Hans from the Netherlands is our host.  We have a great visit with him, he came to Portugal 10 years ago to restore an ancient home for a guest house.  When the house was done, his wife left him.  He said the restoration was his dream not her..he has now fallen in love with a girl from Russia.  He walked us through his yard and garden
Kiwi...and
Pomegranates...he picks a couple for us to eat.  He also picked figs for tonight's salad.  I have never seen a pomegranate tree before!  Hans is cooking supper for us tonight, there is a young German girl here also, and he will cook breakfast for us tomorrow .  Sid and I are in an apartment suite which is beautiful....right out of international house hunters!

Today I emailed the Canadian Consulate with a contact I had made for Santiago .  The Canadian Consulate regretted to inform me that my passport could not be shipped out of Portugal.  Very helpful, especially since my helper girl approved Spain !  I'm sure this too will work out!








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