Andre, one of the workers from our hotel very kindly drove us to the outskirts of Coimbra so we didn't have to walk through the suburbs...

This morning we walked, or should I say struggled, up to Coimbra University Joanine Library, commissioned in 1717 by King Joao V. We...

We are in Coimbra, I turn on TV to see what has happened in the world, guess who pops up- Sam Neill talking about Cooks voyage to NZ. A...

We have three nights in Coimbra, time for Jay to recover from the bout of food poisoning. It's 8.35am and Jay is still sound asleep. ...

We had a nice chill day today, we went and had a nice breakfast of bread and cheese, and then relaxed for a bit. After that we took a...

Last night at dinner in an American themed restaurant in Conimbriga, Jay declared it was the best day so far, history, ancient ruins, a...

I started off the day very tired and very uncomfortable. The bed we had stayed in the night before was very uncomfortable and my feet...

Our accommodation in Alvaiazere had mixed reviews. Jay's bed was very hard, too short, with the result they got very little sleep. On...

We had a nice 26km walk, I was woken up at 6:11am today, which in my opinion is far too early. We started off walking by a river and...

We left Tomar at 7am bound for Alvaiazere, a 31km walk. Leaving early in the cool morning was perfect. The first few kms along a river...

We started off the day by walking down to a nice little cafe for some breakfast and it was also in turn a good place to watch the parade....

Visited a museum of contemporary art, some very interesting works. The curator notes were all in Portuguese which didn't help my...

Walking is a great time for sharing stories, some of which might be true! Jay and I have shared a number of tales of family events over...

Jay, Jelly, and Jose. Jay got to sleep in this morning until 8.30am! A very happy Jay. Instead of walking to Tomar we decided to take...

We started our 28 km walk at around 7:40am and ended it around 5pm, we also ended up taking a taxi for the last 7kms because the road was...

Another great day on the Camino. As someone said today, it's not for the faint hearted. We left Santarem at 7.45am, walked down the...

Today we decided that it would be best to take a taxi instead of walk. We ended up walking around a shopping center and l got KFC and two...

Views from the Moorish castle,Lyn and Henry from Melbourne, KFC treats.

The general consensus in the pilgrim community was that yesterday's route was terrible. We met a lovely Australian couple who live in...

We had a very long hot day today, 19kms to be exact. When we stopped for a 5 minute break, I jotted down some things in my journal and...