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The hill back there was our target of the day. Mandatory selfie of the day. Ponte de lima. Not surprisingly, the town has a bridge. It was much better than the monastery the first night. Nice, cosy and warm. Pasta Had to run (literary) to the store 3 km away, to buy some pasta, since we had exactly nothing to eat. Barely made it back in time, before they closed. Checking out, how much further we have to go, to reach the albergue and hoping, if it's still open by the time we reach it. Statue of pilgrams. Last rays of light. Stopping after crossing the hill. Don't need to say, our spirits were not high at this point. Realizing how far we have to go, and to top it off, we had to go over a hill, through the forest, so it was darker even sooner. because it is cork oak! How cool, I've never seen it in real life before! Why does this tree have number on it? wuf, wuf Third day, we were walking quite a bit outside the urban areas, through fields and forests. Stand full of cookies, you took a package and left 1€, - quite cheap. Though I have to admire them, no-one was there to check if you paid. I've heard stories that in Japan, they have whole markets in the countryside running on that mentalities. Another guard. The first days were quite warm, I actually got a bit sunburned over my neck. It was nice, to cool our feet in the river. This was still before, we realized how much we have to walk yet. stone bridge ... well hello there, wuf, wuf! Mandarines Reconfiguring watter bottles mandatory horse pet. 190 km left. Mandatory daily selfie another dog. Tangerines were growing basically everywhere. From time to time, we found drinking water fountains, which we took advantage of. It would not be possible to carry enough water for whole day with us. Graphic road sign (bottom right) Having backpacks packed so tightly with everything needed for hiking, it was sometimes hard to find space for food and as we later found out, we could not count on being able to buy new food supplies each day. Well at least designers of this backpack thought of everything and installed nice external baguette holder. :) Did not expect to see that. Despite path being of religious origins, you don't see much signs of religion, except churches in every village and hills. We also got a stamp. Jakob doing his best to persuade us (and Nina), to play some games after walking the whole day. Surprisingly, there was no interest. In the evening we had dinner for pilgrims, it was surprisingly good and cheap. Stop in a bar, for a quick afternoon snack. I found out, that carrying a variety of nuts, is the most efficient calories/weight food I could bring with me, although after a couple of days, I got bored by them and switched. ... of a rock? Taking a close up ... A stop at a really really small, old school store. We later found quite a few of this, random houses provided drinking water and some local fruits for pilgrams, for free. Walking during the second day, took place away from the paved roads. Ruins of mill

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