June 20
We woke up this morning in a decently large beach town in Portugal (Póvoa de Varzim). We packed up and then headed out to drop off our bags at a nearby hotel. With only our day packs, we began walking. Today we all started the day walking at our own pace.
I ended up about a mile ahead of Addie, Maggie, mom, and dad and stopped to have a cappuccino and a pastry at a cafe on the beach while I waited for them to catch up. Alastair was ahead of all of us on the trail. We stopped and took a break before we headed back out and walked together for about two more hours. We walked along the beach, on board walks through farms, and through small towns.
Around hour four of the day we stopped to have some tapas and took a load off. At this point we only had about an hour left so we stretched, gave ourselves a good pep talk and then began again.
We found our hostel, checked in, and dropped our bags off before going to the grocery store to buy more supplies for our ever growing number of blisters (11 and counting) and some snacks. Where we are staying is right on the beach so we changed into swimsuits and jumped in the ocean for a swim. The water was so so cold as we are on the Atlantic Ocean so we didn’t swim for too long. After our dip we headed to dinner and then finally back to the hostel where we are all about ready to crash and do it all again tomorrow!
Dagny
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