WE SAID GOODBYE TO ROOM ZAYA AND HEADED TO FARO. THE PLAN IS TO FOLLOW THE MAP WE FOUND, AND TRY TO RESEARCH A PLACE TO STAY 1 OR 2 DAYS BEFORE THROUGH COUCHSURFING, AIRB&B OR BOOKING.COM

WE HEAD TO FARO CATHEDRAL  AND RECEIVE A FRIENDLY WELCOME FROM THE GUY ON THE DOOR. HE TELLS US WE CAN CAN COME IN FOR FREE AS

WE ARE PILGRIMS! YAY! HE ALSO HAS CREDENTIALS (PILGRIM PASSPORTS) AND WE BUY ONE EACH (2 EUROS) HE ASKS US TO FILL IN OUR DETAILS (NAME, NATIONALITY, DESTINATION,ETC…) WHILST MOANING HOW ‘STUPID’ THIS IS AND HOW IT IS A SILLY RULES… 🙂 HE IS NOT KEEN ON DATA COLLECTION! LIISA AND I RECKON THIS DATA WILL SHOW THAT DURING THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2019 50% OF ALL PILGRIMS WALKING FROM FARO WERE ESTONIAN AND 50% BRITISH…:)

THERE IS A MUSEUM INSIDE THE CATHEDRAL AND LIISA FINDS SANTIAGO. WE CLIMB UP THE STEEP WINDING STAIRS OF THE TOWER AND WOW! THE VIEWS ARE FANTASTIC! THE TOWN, THE SEA, THE WETLANDS, AND A GREAT BIG STORK! 

WE GO FOR COFFEE AND LIISA MESSAGES SOME POTENTIAL COUCHSURFING PADS FOR TONIGHT AND TOMORROW IN LOULE. SHE PAYS ABOUT 50 EURO TO GET HERSELF ‘VALIDATED’ ON COUCHSURFING IN THE HOPE IT WILL GENERATE SOME MORE REPLIES TO OUR REQUESTS. A FEW HOURS LATER WE HAVE NO REPLIES… SO WE BOOK IN TO AN APARTMENT WE FIND ON BOOKING.COM THAT IS JUST 20EUROS FOR A TWIN ROOM – THE WELLCOME BACKYARD IT IS SO CUTE! IT HAS A SHARED KITCHEN, LOUNGE AND BATHROOM AND THE WAY IT IS ARRANGED MAKES IT FEEL IT IS ‘OUR’ KITCHEN, LOUNGE AND BATHROOM AS OUR ROOM IS WITHIN THE ARRANGEMENT. THERE IS ALSO A LARGE BALCONY, GARDEN AND ROOF TERRACE. IT IS SO CUTE WE DECIDE TO STAY 2 NIGHTS. WE WILL WALK ON SUNDAY! WE WILL, WE WILL, WE PROMISE!!!! ANOTHER DAY MEANS LIISA CAN BUSK ON A SATURDAY WHICH SHOULD SEE MORE PEOPLE IN TOWN 

WE HAVE A FUN EVENING WITH OUR NEW FRIEND HANS WHO WE MEET IN THE KITCHEN. HE IS FROM THE NETHERLANDS AND TRAVELLING WITH A FRIEND. LIISA PLAYS SOME TUNES, I COOK A SALLY VERSION OF CARBONARA, (A VEGAN VERSION FOR HANS) AND WE HAVE A GREAT EVENING!