Today we walked into Porto! Porto is the place where most people walking the Camino Portugués begin their journey. We had heard that the way to Santiago gets a great deal busier from here on in. While there is excitement and energy from crowds we were pretty well used to and in a rhythm of quiet and mostly solitude.

The closer we came to Porto the busier it got…to be expected from a large city. And yes many people walking around with large backpacks and hiking poles ready to begin their Camino.

We crossed the bridge and went straight to the cathedral to look around and each to get a second pilgrim passport since we had pretty much filled up our first one from Lisbon.

Porto looks like a very interesting city and it’s unfortunate that we only had the one night there because there seems to be a lot to see.