Day 13
Conimbriga to Coimbra, the last day of this walk. 14 kms walked
We left Conimbriga at 8.15 after some fruit and yoghurt at the albergue and a coffee at the cafe in the town.
After this we were looking for somewhere to eat our cheese rolls we had made ourselves in the albergue kitchen this morning. We found an empty bus shelter and sat there in the shade. A woman came out of a nearby house and shouted that we were at the wrong bus stop for Santiago and we should cross the street. We gave her a friendly wave with our cheese rolls. As usually happens, 200 metres further on was a park with picnic tables.
Interesting tiled house. Buildings decorated with tiles are very big in Portugal dating back to the Moors influence.
We were planning a final stop at cafe Araujo before the descent into Coimbra. The cafe was closed, padlocked, Monday I suppose. As we began to walk downhill a bus stopped at a bus stop right in front of us. Steve jumped on, paid €1.80 and within minutes we had arrived.
We have 2 nights in Coimbra before training to Porto.
13 days and over 200 kms walked. My fitbit says an average of 16 kms a day which is close to what we planned. It has not been our favourite Camino but it has not been difficult either and we have met many nice people along the way as well as visiting some interesting places.
We return to London on the 26th and fly home on 30th, arriving 31st.
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