Monday Sept 30, Porto

Hotel “Star in Porto”

My first Camino in Spring was for me such a great experience, that I decided to do another one, before winter starts, and decided to do the Camino Portuguese, from Oporto to Santiago de Compostela about 230 kms. So, this time my longtime Spanish friend Maria is joining me on this journey.

I arrived in Porto yesterday (Sunday) in the afternoon, and Maria was flying from Sevilla via Lisbon to Oporto and was due to arrive a couple of hours later, so, after my flight from Amsterdam arriving in Oporto, I quickly went to the hotel, checked us in, set up an Uber account, and went back to the airport.

Unfortunately, the flight from Seville got in too late into Lisbon so Maria missed her connection, and then the next flight out of Lisbon was delayed so finally Maria arrived @11.30 pm.

And I guess you all know nothing is more boring than spending time at an airport, but I was happy when I saw her coming out of the arrival hall.

Monday was a beautiful sunny day. We spent all day in Oporto and WOW, what a beautiful city it is. Never saw a more beautiful city (I must admit the weather cooperated, but the different colors of that town are spectacular, I highly recommend anybody to go and visit Oporto on a sunny day.



We collected our first stamp at the Cathedral and the second one at the Information Center. To get the certificate of completing The Camino you’ll need 2 stamps daily from any store, church, hotel, restaurants or bar and you have to walk at least 100 kms on the Camino before entering Santiago.

After spending a beautiful day in Porto, we went back to our “Hotel Star” by bus and here I tried my first glass of Oporto in honor of my Mom who used to drink as aperitive when I was a kid. (Many will follow during our trip in Portugal).
























































Comments

  1. PeterOctober 3, 2024 at 5:32 AM

    Quite a story. I miss just one little detail: you were going to enjoy a 100% real PORT in Oporto to commemorate mammie. If you haven’t done that so far, please do it now. Cheers. 🍷

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