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  1. Friend from Barquinha

    Alert Extremely nasty weather coming to Portugal and Galicia later this week!

    Latest map from the Portuguese meteorologist: Showing predicted accumulated rain from the 24th through to Friday, Oct. 4th. He adds: "Few people know this, but Gerês is the wettest area of the Iberian Peninsula, with impressive annual rainfall values..."
  2. Friend from Barquinha

    Washing on the Camino

    Maybe, but you haven't tried washing bedsheets by hand yet, I warrant!
  3. Friend from Barquinha

    Scam in Portugal, revised

    I can't help feeling you're giving Portugal a bit of a "bum rap." Yes, it's on the Portuguese caminho, but the town where this happened is actually in Spain, in Galicia!
  4. Friend from Barquinha

    Alert Extremely nasty weather coming to Portugal and Galicia later this week!

    ...Canadian myself, and of an age that I, myself, have been using metric for 50 years, but I know myself and lots of older Canadians who still pause, if rain is being predicted in mm...and think...hmm, how much rain is that? [Apologies to all Canadians who do *not* do that. Probably anyone under...
  5. Friend from Barquinha

    Alert Extremely nasty weather coming to Portugal and Galicia later this week!

    Good to hear it's changed. For the North Americans metrically challenged: 71 mm (millimetres) = 7 cm (centimetres) = close to 3 inches! (approximately 2 1/2 cm/in). That is ONE HECK of a lot of rain! If it's even close to that amount, I would be very careful anywhere there are streams; likely...
  6. Friend from Barquinha

    Alert Extremely nasty weather coming to Portugal and Galicia later this week!

    I just read an update in Publico about the weather for the week, and it adds details suggesting that north of the mouth of the Mondego (east>west river through Coimbra) will get the worst of the weather; Tuesday night through Thursday; heavy rain and possibly high winds as well. So anyone on...
  7. Friend from Barquinha

    Alert Extremely nasty weather coming to Portugal and Galicia later this week!

    '' From a Portuguese meteorologist who posts on X/Twitter: Translation of his comments: "And now the significant maps and predicted highs for the next 3 days! We consider everyone warned about the first autumnal event of the season! Let no one be caught off guard! Thank you for your...
  8. Friend from Barquinha

    Brierley Guide in Porto

    Not in any Porto stores--but a digital version is available. Maybe that might work?
  9. Friend from Barquinha

    Brierley Guide in Porto

    This is the website for FNAC, the big bookstore chain in Portugal. They have several stores in and around Porto--now to see if one of them has Brierley! https://www.fnac.pt/Pilgrim-s-guide-to-the-camino-portu-John-Brierley/a11279933
  10. Friend from Barquinha

    LIVE from the Camino Knee flare up and no room at the inn. Coastal rt

    Same here in Barquinha. Interesting. One family (mom and dad/2 taxis.) They're actually treated as part of the transit system, and somewhat subsidized. Easy to get a taxi in the afternoon. In the morning, takes a fair bit of pre-planning! Not so much school children, but definitely first-line...
  11. Friend from Barquinha

    For Sale/Wanted Looking for Albergue for sale on the coastal route, Portugal

    Here's what I've found to be the most useful real estate site. Sapo is a country-wide website, and this is their real-estate section: https://casa.sapo.pt/en-gb/
  12. Friend from Barquinha

    Avoiding the highway into Golegã

    Okay: local comment: (not as caminho walker, but as local who likes walking :) Which bothers you more? Walking along the side of a highway with plenty of trucks, or walking a bit farther, on what is already a long day. Highway N365 into Golega is going to have a lot of trucks, and does not...
  13. Friend from Barquinha

    What if your backpack gets lost?

    We had this happen in Lisbon a month ago, coming from Canada. We had 2 connecting flights; our first flight was late and just made the connection with the second, but the packed luggage didn't make it. If Porto is much like Lisbon, and I suspect it is, the delayed luggage for all airlines is...
  14. Friend from Barquinha

    Alert Fires in Portugal

    The worst is inland from Aveiro, just south of Gaia/Porto. But the entire northern area is scattered with fires. The humidity right now is very low, and that part of the country seems a tinderbox. I remember similar discussions happening back in 2018, when they had the very very awful fires in...
  15. Friend from Barquinha

    Alert Fires in Portugal

    Translation from Portuguese news this morning: "There are six motorways cut in the North and Central of the country: The fires continue to force the authorities to cut roads in the districts of Aveiro, Coimbra, Viseu, Vila Real, Braga and Porto. The indications remain: do not pass in places of...
  16. Friend from Barquinha

    Alert Fires in Portugal

    I would check out the fogos.pt website, which is a dynamic map of the country, to see how fire locations might be located relative to your route. Quite a lot of roads are closed in the areas south of Porto and around Aveiro. And you don't want to be around when they're firefighting, for sure...
  17. Friend from Barquinha

    LIVE from the Camino Trilho das Areias - Lisbon to Nazaré

    There's an interesting tram ride on the very old Sintra tram--from Praia das Macas up to Sintra. From there, you could catch the train back into Lisboa. https://www.sintraportugaltourism.com/transportation/sintra-tram-to-praia-das-macas.html It's a short but intriguing adventure!
  18. Friend from Barquinha

    Combining meds in one container

    I take 3 medications daily. When I'm travelling, I generally sort out X weeks' worth of them into one of those daily-compartment pill boxes. I take the labels off the pill bottles (I try to remember to save the previous lot, and use those, so the current ones still have labels), and wrap those...
  19. Friend from Barquinha

    Beverages on the Caminho Português

    Just looked it up because I hadn't heard of it. Now I remember it. I have seen jars/tins of it occasionally in grocery stores--it's not all that common or popular, I suspect. Not in one-serving packets, as you sometimes get it in hotels in Spain.
  20. Friend from Barquinha

    Beverages on the Caminho Português

    Panaché or radler--they should understand both. The commercially bottled stuff that's often sold in bars or cafés is Sagres-brand Radler. It's pretty good. It should cost about the same as a normal bottled beer. Probably about 1.5 euros, maybe a bit less in small cafés. Sagres is one of the two...

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