Álvaro Lazaga walks from Lisbon

peregrina2000 said:

Just saw today that the well-known camino addict has hopped from Mérida (after walking from Algeciras to Cádiz to Mérida) to Lisboa and is on the Camino. When he walks in Spain, people inevitably know him and come to say hi. If any forum members are out and about, he is a very friendly and effusive guy.

I was happy to see that the walk along the channel north of Sacavém seems to have been cleaned up a bit.


This is his 49th camino in the past 12 years! All are there on youtube — no ads, no self-promotion, he just does it because he loves it.

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peregrina2000 said:

I need help with the meaning of something Álvaro said on today’s video. In Mealhada, he had leitao, which is roast suckling pig, famous in Mealhada. He compared it to the cochinillo in Segovia and I think he said — “El cochinillo de Segovia está muy bueno, pero éste no le anda la zara.” (or maybe no le anda a la zara).

What does the last part of the sentence mean? I am thinking that perhaps he is saying that Mealhada’s roast pig is better than (or at least as good as) Segovia’s. But I don’t know what the expression means.

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peregrina2000 said:

So that is very high praise coming from a Spaniard!!!!

Just wondering if other meat-eating peregrinos would agree with his recommendation of the Rei dos Leitoes as the best place in Mealhada.

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peregrina2000 said:

Loving Álvaro’s videos. I thought the whole route looked awfully well maintained, except for that little bit when he took the turn-off to go to Terras de Bouro. I remember from when I was hoping to walk this route last fall (never happened, sadly), Wendy and Nick had some good advice about not taking the left hand turn-off that Álvaro took. My guess is that the right hand trail is much more traveled (by day hikers more than pilgrims) because it stays with the Roman road and, according to Wendy and Nick is easier because it avoids a descent followed by an ascent.

People who are not going to sleep in Terras de Bouro will not need to take that detour. That would likely be anyone who slept in Candelas, 16 or so km from Braga, who would go on to Campo do Geres on their second day, I think.

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