diaries
from the road
Dear readers,
This is how I begin all my diaries, with a greeting! I write them on the road and send them home as email letters.
Camino diaries
Join my ten-day pilgrimage from Porto to Santiago de Compostela. Eleven entries test my resilience to bed bugs, teach me how not to flirt with the Portuguese, and capture my spiritual farewell with my grandad. 🥾
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![Santiago de Compostela Cathedral]()
day 10: 📍Cruces - Santiago de Compostela
The final day of my pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela.
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![the scallop shell - a symbol of the Camino]()
den 0: 📍Porto
The day before the Camino, preparing and wrestling with doubts before setting out.
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![the first sign pointing to Santiago]()
day 1: 📍Porto - Vila Chã
On the euphoric start and walk along the ocean.
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![walk along the ocean]()
day 2: 📍Vila Chã - Rates
On emotions along the way and the switch from the coastal to the central route.
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![the 199 km marker to Santiago]()
day 3: 📍Rates - Tamel
On pilgrim grandmas and charming Portuguese men.
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![church along the way]()
day 4: 📍Tamel - Ponte de Lima
On pilgrim principles and road hunger.
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![crossing the border into Spain]()
day 5: 📍Ponte de Lima - Tui
On overcoming myself and crossing the border into Spain. The longest day on the Camino, 35 km in 32°C.
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![lucky number 25]()
day 6: 📍Tui - Mos
On walking in Spain and the Camino’s first mystical signs.
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![mirror selfie along the way]()
day 7: 📍Mos - Pontevedra
On Kenya, the Rottweiler, and other pilgrims.
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![ice cream to calm down]()
day 8: 📍Pontevedra - Caldas de Reis
On the hardest day of the Camino, when everything drives you mad.
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![the best day: 33 km to go]()
day 9: 📍Caldas de Reis - Cruces
On the best day of the Camino, rain and signs from above.
