May 10th, hills again today but really pretty as we hiked in the fog through the valley towards Coimbra. It was a3.5 hour hike till we got to the first coffee opportunity, but they had no pastries or anything else

Last nights dinner, at cafe in the town of Rabacal ,as the various pilgrims we have met arrived

some artisan pizza, chicken and salad,,,all good. Actually I have found that no matter what we get we are happy, normally we are so hungry we could eat a horse, then come back for the rider.

coming into the village of Conimgriga, we crossed over a freeway and could see the pilgrims headed to Fatima below us on the highway, and right there was the evidence of the 5 pilgrims who lost there lives a few days back, a shock to thee senses for sure, it doesnt not get more real than that.

it made no sense, we were on the pilgrim trail, and they were walking a short cut on the highway, can't fathom that.

Tonight is in the town of Coimbra, this town was once the capital of Portugal, until 1255, until it was sacked by a marauding force, most likely a group of drunk Texans.

The old town here has been declared a world heritage site, total population of 100,000.

coming down the hill into town, about 1 minute after taking this photo, I heard my name, it was the Porto Rico gang who have injuries and took a cab ,they found a place for us all to stay, so I downed "Leonard the Girl Elephant", as I was tired of carry her today, sat on my ass with the gang and had a beer.  The end,,,,for today