Day 5 Póvoa da Varzim - Fao Monday, 30/July/2018
Day 5 Póvoa da Varzim - Fao Monday, 30/July/2018
19 km 4 1/2 hrs plus 1 1/2 hrs
pause on the beach plus two short pauses
Last night after having found each other again we had a substantial meal
just before the hotel restaurant closed at 10 pm which meant that the meal went
on well beyond official closing time. There were several families like ours, so
the restaurant was quite busy well beyond 10pm.
Difficult getting up in the mornng, and then there was a huge breakfast buffet. In the end we left just after 10 am. The sky was grey, threatening rain and in the end it did rain a bit. We got out rain jackets and the rain protection for our packs, and I opened my magic umbrella. But this did not last. In the end we came across a beachside cafe which allowed Andrea and myself to sit under cover on the terrasse while the “children” went down to the sea and enjoyed hopping about in the waves. Seeing the pile of packs next to our table the friendly waitresses asked whether we were heading for Santiago and brought four big bottles of iced water and stamped our “credential”.
We are staying in the Fao youth hostel where we have private rooms with en-suite bathrooms. Dinner in a simple, but very good restaurant which was packed at 8 pm and stayed packed until we left at 10 pm. And I had my first squid of this trip in a “feijoada” of white beans. I used to associate the name with black beans in Brazil, but of course the name just means cooked beans in a sauce. Delicious anyway!
The 26 km which were announced for today in one of the guides did not materialize. Let’s hope the 24 km for tomorrow won’t either. The swim in the sea takes quite a lot of time. Grey skies announced for tomorrow as well which is good for walking!
Difficult getting up in the mornng, and then there was a huge breakfast buffet. In the end we left just after 10 am. The sky was grey, threatening rain and in the end it did rain a bit. We got out rain jackets and the rain protection for our packs, and I opened my magic umbrella. But this did not last. In the end we came across a beachside cafe which allowed Andrea and myself to sit under cover on the terrasse while the “children” went down to the sea and enjoyed hopping about in the waves. Seeing the pile of packs next to our table the friendly waitresses asked whether we were heading for Santiago and brought four big bottles of iced water and stamped our “credential”.
We are staying in the Fao youth hostel where we have private rooms with en-suite bathrooms. Dinner in a simple, but very good restaurant which was packed at 8 pm and stayed packed until we left at 10 pm. And I had my first squid of this trip in a “feijoada” of white beans. I used to associate the name with black beans in Brazil, but of course the name just means cooked beans in a sauce. Delicious anyway!
The 26 km which were announced for today in one of the guides did not materialize. Let’s hope the 24 km for tomorrow won’t either. The swim in the sea takes quite a lot of time. Grey skies announced for tomorrow as well which is good for walking!
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DINNER ON ARRIVAL
DINER A L ARRIVEE
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| OFF ON OUR FIRST DAY TOGETHER |
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PAUSE  |
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| SQUID - CALAMARS. |
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| IN FRONT OF FAO YOUTH HOTEL DEVANT L'AUBERGE DE JEUNESSE DE FAO |
Dur
de se lever ce matin. Il y avait un enorme buffet pour le petit dejeuner. En fait on est partis juste apres 10 heures. Le ciel etait gris, il menacait de pleuvoir et au final il a plu un peu. Nous avons revetu nos vetements de pluie et les protections de sac et j'ai ouvert mon parapluie magique. Mais la pluie n'a pas dure. Ensuite nous avons rejoint un cafe au bord de mer ou Andrea et moi nous nous sommes assises sous la terrasse couverte pendant que les enfants profitaient de la plage et des vagues. En remarquant l'amas de sacs pres de nous la patronne nous a demande si on allait a St. Jacques et nous a donne 4 grandes bouteilles d'eau fraiche et a tamponne nos credentials.
On
est installés à l'auberge de jeunesse de Fao où nous disposons de
chambres individuelles avec salle de bain. Avons prise le diner dans
un petit restaurant qui n'a pas désempli de 20 heures à 22 heures.
J'ai mangé le premier calamar de mon voyage avec une « feijoada »
de haricots blancs. Délicieux.
Les
26 km annoncés dans le guide se sont avérés faire 19 km. On espère
que ce sera de même mardi pour les 24 annoncés. Se baigner dans la
mer est chronophage. Ciel gris annoncé pour demain : l'idéal
pour marcher.
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