TODAY SHOULD BE OUR LAST DAY IN FARO, IT IS CERTAINLY OUR LAST NIGHT IN THIS CUTE SEASIDE APARTMENT, BUT WE MAY STAY ON IN THE CENTRE TOMORROW AS IT WILL BE FRIDAY AND THE WEEKEND COULD BE A LUCRATIVE NIGHT FOR LIISA TO MAKE SOME MONEY BUSKING AS WE DON’T WHEN WE WILL HIT A DECENT SIZED TOWN AGAIN… 

I TRIED TO RESEARCH THE CAMINO FROM FARO TO LISBON TODAY BUT FOUND ‘NADA.’ HOPEFULLY, OUR BLOG WILL PROVIDE INFO. TO THE NEXT ADVENTUROUS SOUL TO TRY OUT THIS CAMINO. IF WE FIND OUR WAY! 🙂 

AFTER SOME BREAD, EGGS AND TOMATOES WE TAKE A STROLL ALONG OUR SANDY BEACH, FINDING TREASURES ALONG THE WAY, MOTHER OF PEARLS, CURLY SHELLS AND HEART SHAPED PEBBLES.

WE TAKE THE BUS IN TO TOWN AS TIME HAS ONCE AGAIN ESCAPED WHILST WE WERE DREAMING. THE PATTERN IS SET, LIISA FINDS HER BUSKING SPOT, SALLY GOES OFF FOR SUPPLIES, CHOCOLATE FOR THE GULL AND FOOD AND WINE FOR LATER. 45 MINUTES ON AND LIISA IS 26 EURO RICHER. A KIND LADY APPROACHES US FROM A CAFE BAR AND ASKS IF WE WOULD ACCEPT SOME SOUP. SHE BRINGS OVER SOME CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP AND TELLS US SHE IS SORRY IT IS NOT MUCH BUT IT COMES FROM THE HEART. SHE MOST LIKELY THINKS WE HAVE NOTHING, WHICH IS NOT STRICTLY TRUE BUT HER GESTURE IS GENUINE AND WARM AND IT SWELLS OUR HEARTS A LITTLE. WE PLAN TO DO SOME RESEARCH LATER TO FIND A PLACE TO STAY TOMORROW AND WILL NEED A CAFE – WE HAVE FOUND THE PERFECT PLACE. A CAFE WITH A HEART. 

MANY PEOPLE TAKE THE TIME TO TELL LIISA HOW MUCH THEY HAVE ENJOYED HER SINGING EVERY TIME SHE BUSKS AND EACH TIME IT FEELS SPECIAL. A SMILE AND A COMPLIMENT IS AS VALUABLE AS ANY MONEY IN THE GUITAR CASE AND KEEPS OUR SPIRITS SPARKLING AND IN GOOD HEALTH.

LATER…

HI CAMINO FAMILY. IT IS 21:45 IN  THE MOOSE BAR (A VERY FRIENDLY AND WELCOMING LITTLE BAR) THE CAFE OF LOVE WAS CLOSED FOR THE NIGHT BUT THE OWNERS OF MOOSE ARE ALSO WELCOMING AND APPRECIATIVE OF LIISA’S MUSICAL TALENTS. WE HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING THE CAMINO PORTUGUESE FROM FARO TOGETHER. IT IS NO EASY TASK, THERE REALLY IS NOT MUCH INFORMATION OUT THERE (A GOOD INCENTIVE TO WRITE THIS BLOG I GUESS!)

LIISA EVENTUALLY FOUND A MAP SHOWING VARIOUS ROUTES UP TO SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA AND WE HAVE DECIDED THAT THIS WILL BE OUR GUIDE. AT LEAST WE HAVE PLACE NAMES TO TRY TO RESEARCH POSSIBLE ACCOMMODATION, AND THE PLACE NAMES ARE LAID OUT IN WALKABLE STAGES, SO IT’S AS GOOD A GUIDE AS ANY. ALREADY WE HAVE FOUND A REASONABLE AIRB&B AT 23EURO IN LOULE WHICH IS JUST SHY OF 19KM FROM HERE, AND A POSSIBLE COUCH SURFING PLACE IN SALIR ABOUT 16KM FURTHER ON. WE’RE JUST LOOKING AT THE NEXT PLACE ON THE MAP, AMEIXIAL, A FURTHER 21KM ON FROM SALIR, TO SEE IF THIS PLAN HAS WHEELS. AMEIXIAL HAS A POPULATION OF 439 PEOPLE AND PERHAPS NOT SUPRISEDLY, ZERO COUCH SURFING HOSTS OR AIRB&BS…. UPDATE TO COME… EITHER OR WE’RE DOING IT. WE TRUST IN THE ROAD! THE CAMINO WILL PROVIDE! 🙂