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September 13: 17k The Portuguese route of the Camino does not follow the ocean, we chose to take the alternate coastal route. In doing so we've found it lacks some of the pilgrim infrastructure as it takes you through desirable vacation spots. No 10e three course meals with all the wine you want. You're more…
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September 12: 18k – note: posts are delayed by a few days and pictures can be made larger by clicking on them. It felt soooo good to be walking again. These lazy pilgrims didn't start until after 11:00. Ten minutes into it we heard an enthusiastic Buen Camino from two women on the top level…
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Porto is a charming city of 235,000, but if you count the metro region it has a population of 1.5 million. Although it attracts throngs of tourists, it's worth a visit. Still on vacation we ate our way and drank good wine through the historic areas of town. We stayed in the highly recommended "Trendy…
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Serra de Santo Antonio, though a tiny village (population 750), was perched within an hour of the ocean and lots of history, thanks to our car rental, a Renault Captur: The town itself is famous for its caves, discovered in 1955 by a boy chasing a bird. We drove an hour eastward to the beautiful beach…
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The packed red eye flight out of Toronto put us in Lisbon, the oldest European city, even older than Rome. A charming touch are the buildings sided in hand painted ceramic tile, many intact over centuries. I wonder why North America hasn't adopted this building material rather than siding that needs eventual replacing. I remember…
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With limited wifi access, I'm writing with the intention of posting when internet is available, please excuse the delay. This was written on September 4th: We sorted, disposed of, or packed everything we owned. We boxed most of our lives into storage jokingly agreeing to be nice to each other because a packed up house…
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As soon as you seal a box another item will appear that belongs in said box. Wait for me, wait for me, says the reference book, I don't want to go into storage with the kid's books. After the garbage is collected, the one with that bin that holds a beloved children's book missing a…
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The majority of our possessions are going into a shipping container for at least 18 months, while our "new" house is waiting for permits prior to being rebuilt requiring a huge amount of stuff sorting. For me the items that are hardest to leave behind are made of paper: photos, letters, invitations, announcements, tickets, programs, the kid's artwork,…
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Moving after 18 years in our home, raising kids and providing living and storage space to many of their friends, is a full time job. I told C that at times I've felt far more stress in this experience than I ever felt in the job from which I retired. It's almost enough to send…
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I've written about my variety of roles since my girls moved out, leaving me in an house of men. From fraternity house mom to Burning Mom, I've now been dubbed the Trailer Park Mom. I try not to let it get to me as there is a natural end date to this predicament and I'm…
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