Thursday, May 2, 2024 – Matosinhos to Vila do Conde

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As I was ambling out of Matosinhos I walked by this car repair shop.

What an interesting and eye catching way to advertise a car repair shop.

A few kilometers outside Matosinhos I ran across my first kilometer marker.

258 kilometers should be a piece of cake.

This stretch of the coast was flat out stunning.

This was a salt water swimming pool right at the water’s edge. Too cold to be swimming this time of year.
Jan loves lighthouses so I had to include this lighthouse in the blog.
This beach stretches all the way from Matosinhos to Vila do Conde.
Dad’s ashes.
I found this amazing beach next to a Catholic church and decided this would be a great place to spread some of dad’s ashes. He loved the water and he was a card carrying, never miss church on Sunday, Catholic for his whole life. This spot was perfect. Rest in peace dad.

Now it was time to find a place to spread some of my sister Anna’s ashes. I think I found the perfect spot.

I found this hippy dippy section of beach that Anna would have loved.
Rest in Peace Anna.
This is Anna’s stretch of beach now. Not a bad view.
This fishing enclave stretched for almost 1/2 a kilometer along the beach.
A little bit of funky fisherman art.

Now it is time for lunch. As I walked along that fishing enclave I decided that I was going to have fresh fish for lunch.

This is grandpa grilling my fish.
And this is my lunch. I don’t know what kind of fish it was but it was delicious.
Charlie Brown in Vila do Conde. This is for my mom. We both love Charlie Brown.
This is the bunk room at the Alburgue Santa Clara in Vila do Conde. I have the lower bunk on the right hand side. The hospitalera who checked me in assured me that she saves the bottom bunks for old geezers like me. Thank God! This is a pretty good deal for 10 euros.

After I checked in I washed and partially dried my clothes and had a moderately acceptable pilgrim dinner with two German women. I had fish and it was OK and they had pizza that was not very good. I am not sure why they expected good pizza in the fresh fish capital of the world.

That’s it for today from Vila do Conde, Portugal. I hope you are having a wonderful day wherever you are.

Steps walked – 33,135

Kilometers walked- 26.3

Miles walked – 15.7

Flights of stairs climbed – 9

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I've been retired from the Union Pacific Railroad since 2017. I've been planning to walk the Camino for about 6 months and can't wait to get started.

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