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    SATA/Azores Cancelled Flight

    Thank your peregrina2000 and Friend from Barquinha! You get the Azores. These beautiful nine islands, the Azores, have hosted me 5 times, and have cajoled me into climbing Mount Pico (on Pico Island which isn't too touristy), the highest point in Portugal. It's only a 7 hour hike (or less) for...
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    SATA/Azores Cancelled Flight

    The good people at Azores Airlines have provided me with superb flight and customer service the last decade. They've willingly rearranged flights for me before. There is a flight I usually take from Toronto to Porto via the Azores and it leaves Wednesday evening on June 5, arriving the next...
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    SATA/Azores Cancelled Flight

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    What are most people finding as the daily expense of a 2-3 month Camino walk?

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    Camino Portuguese alone or with someone

    Here’s a great resource for walking out of Lisbon. If you google “Elle Bieling, first day out of Lisbon” who happens to be an active member on this site, you’ll find an informative, current introduction to the evolving Camino walk out of Lisbon. She adds an enjoyable perspective to the variety...
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    Santiago to Lisbon.

    At least 15 years ago, a couple of us strolled south from Tui to Fatima, a significant part of your proposed walk. Although it was certainly not a popular route at that time, it was most engaging, even amusing. This was in the day before GPS use, so Brierley’s guide and arrows (blue arrows to...
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    Certificate in Fatima?

    Perhaps the second greatest prize is the Fatima shirt, opposite colours and arrow direction, and extremely rare on the streets of SdC. 🙃
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    Asking for Encouragement to Continue the Camino

    A few years ago, a French airline dropped this jetlagged Canadian in Paris. At 6:00am I found myself looking for a ticket machine in the Paris underground. The idea was to transfer to a train bound for SJPDP. Long story short, I got off at the wrong stop: three robust, talented young men...
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    Can I attend mass or prayers at Armenteira on spiritual variant

    The nuns sang wonderfully. We six assorted pilgrims were welcomed last December. We simply arrived at the set time.
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    Accommodation in Nazare

    That's a relevant question to which I await an answer. Having walked into Nazare earlier in the day last time, I hopped on a bus back to Fatima, where the Hotel Aleluia was available for 30 euros in December. That said I've stayed there briefly a couple other winters where a decent hotel could...
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    Fatima-Tomar

    Yes, it was a glorious walk from Fatima through quaint Portuguese countryside a couple of Decembers ago. You’ll arrive in Tomar with a smile on your second day. The 4 day Camino from Nazare on the coast to Tomar via Fatima is a delight in either direction. The Camino Ninja app worked well for...
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    Fatima-Tomar

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    Thinking of walking Lisbon to Porto around Christmas 2023

    December is a great month to start out from Lisbon. It was surprising that when I did this walk in December 2021, many albergues and hotels were open. Hopefully, my reflective link below gives you some ideas. Hotel Aleluia in Fatima was a highlight as far as a clean, affordable and friendly...
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    Cobblestones on the Portugues

    When the ankles feel cobblestone, they start to stretch their horizons, and the feet, well they’re on an adventure – something between dancing and reflexology, and of course the eyes, they’re smitten by the art, a myriad of patterns and so many colours. It’s no wonder that this pilgrim has...
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    Travel from Canada to Porto

    Ah, routes to the second largest city in a country from the second largest city in a province, often slightly less straight forward. I'm 3,000 km north of you so I've already flown to legs of Air North to get to either Vancouver or Victoria. But here's what's worked for me: Air Transat often has...
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