The addiction has taken hold, we are back on the Camino

Porto Cathedral..... 
.....where we had our credencials stamped


After we completed the Camino Frances in 2010 my wife Pauline and I were chatting with a number of other peregrinos outside a bar in Santiago. It emerged that our fellow countrywoman, Patricia from Downpatrick, had just completed her ninth Camino, eight from St Jean and one from Porto. When Pauline heard this she was taken aback and said, "Why would you want to do it again, I've done it once and that's it". Patricia's response was, "Just you wait. You'll be sitting by the fire around Christmas time, thinking back on your Camino, and looking forward to experiencing it all over again".

 Patricia was right and in the depth of winter we were planning another Camino. Pauline was insistent that we would not walk the same route and so we settled on the Camino Portugues. At the time we decided that the best way to get to our planned starting point was to fly from Dublin to Lisbon and take the bus to Porto. I had visited Lisbon briefly in 1967 (for a football match - another story) and never got back to see the city properly. This was my opportunity, so we spent a couple of nights in Lisbon and a couple of nights in Porto.
Lisbon

Lisbon

Next: Our Day 1 - Porto to Vila do Conde

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