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07-25-2109 – We got up very early this morning … made coffee (needed it) …to hustle over the Luis I Bridge to Porto in order to catch the first train north to Braga.  I bought some things last night for our breakfast on the train, and for a picnic lunch later if the weather holds…

As to not make our 12 days of daily life too mundane for you, we are going blog a little differently and highlight our Porto/Gaia stay into topics rather than daily posts…Enjoy! We loved our little apartment in Porto…Porto is located just up the Douro River close to the Atlantic Coast. Porto is the second-largest…

July 16, 2019 – We were up, had breakfast and were checked out by 9:30 and were off to our next destination…Portugal!!!  We will be in one apartment for 12 DAYS and we are so excited to settle in a bit somewhere.  It is very cool to be able to see all of the sights…

July 15, 2019 – It was kind of a lazy morning this morning. We got up and got ready to go, ate breakfast but then got on our computers to get some things done. We planned to get out by 9:00 but by the time we finished up it was nearly lunch time. I think…

July 14, 2019 – Today is Sunday and we woke up excited that Wayne didn’t have to go back to the room later and work….but as we were planning our day and looking at what we were going to see, we were bummed to see that some of the museums we wanted to go to…

The Camino de Santiago is known in English as the Way of Saint James.  It is a network of pilgrimage routes in Europe leading to the shrine of the Apostle of Saint James the Great.  This shrine is located in the cathedral at Santiago de Compostela, where tradition has it that the remains of the saint are buried. Saint James was one of the Twelve Apostles of…

July 13, 2019 – We really loved and enjoyed our time in Oviedo.  It was nice to spend a couple of days, get some things done and have a larger and more comfortable room. We got up, packed and checked out of our fun place.  We had to lug our bags back to the parking…

July 12, 2019 – We had big plans today physically.  We planned to walk a lot so we were up and out the door early.  We stopped at a café to fuel up on some tasty café con leche and an egg sandwich.  Why can’t I make coffee like that? We took off from Oviedo…

July 11, 2019 – HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRACE!! We woke up this morning kind of tired.  Our room is awesome and big, but it overlooks a busy street and apparently a loading dock for a major department store in Europe called El Corte Ingles which is down the street from our pension.  (By the way, a…

July 10, 2019 We got up early before leaving León, to go see the Cathedral.  We wanted to try to see the cathedral in each town that we visit.  After we checked out and lugged our stuff to the car, we headed over to the cathedral.  When we got there, we stepped inside the cathedral…