Here are a few more photos I shot between Lisbon and Coimbra. They were taken with an Olympus TG-4 in jpeg mode. The TG-4 is a small waterproof, shockproof digital point and shoot with a few bells and whistles such as the ability to shoot raw…. Read More ›
Coimbra, Portugal I don’t recall what I ordered that night. Sue and I did have a carafe of wine (they brought two for some reason, so we had a little more than one), still that has nothing to do with… Read More ›
As I swat mosquitos feasting on my face the scent of the river bank cooking in the sun fills my nostrils. Again the Camino has become so narrow and smothered with weeds that they brush against my body with each… Read More ›
Three days tromping around Lisbon seeing the sights and eating rich Portuguese pastries was the first phase of my Camino training program. It may have been a little late in the process and unorthodox but three days of climbing… Read More ›
The train had been stopped too long to just be picking up passengers plus we were not at a station. We were sitting on a sunny stretch of track with a view of nowhere when the diesel engines fell silent… Read More ›
I have always been a sucker for inspirational films that include travel across foreign lands. Especially those films where the protagonist hikes, sails, or bicycles the globe and along the way finds the insight, strength and courage to complete their… Read More ›
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