We are now back in New York and readjusting to the time zone and a much different pace. Sorry for the absence of a post in the last few days. While on The Way, we got into the rhythm of a self-imposed daily deadline. It is amazing how quickly we returned to our old non-writing, non-walking, …
We departed Santiago and Spain on Tuesday and arrived in Lisbon. We have spent the last 3 days unwinding from our Camino experience at the seaside town of Cascais. Great scenery, great weather, great seafood…no hiking boots. Although we took the last couple days off…we returned to “strolling” (somewhere between “sauntering” and “gamboling”) today …
Dave & I set a pretty aggressive itinerary for walking the Camino. We committed to 25-34 km daily, depending on elevation changes. We soon learned, in comparing notes with other pilgrims, that we had a more ambitious schedule with no “rest” days in the big cities and more kilometers/day planned. So we entered into a …