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Week 15: Praia da Foz to Troia
April 16th to April 22nd
- Day 99: April 16th: Praia da Foz to Barragem de Morgavel - 12 km.
12 km done for a total of 1258 + 12 km = 1270 km
- Day 100: April 17th: Barragem de Morgavel to Santiago do Cacem - 25 km.
25 km done for a total of 1270+25 km = 1295 km
- Day 101: April 18th: Santiago do Cacem to Foros da Queimada - 16 km.
16 km done for a total of 1295+16 km = 1311 km
- Day 102: April 19th: Foros da Queimada to Praia da Aberta Nova - 14 km.
14 km done for a total of 1311+14 km = 1325 km
- Day 103: April 20th: Praia da Aberta Nova to Lagoa Formosa - 25 km.
25 km done for a total of 1325+25 km = 1350 km
- Day 104: April 21st: Lagoa Formosa to Comporta - 15 km.
15 km done for a total of 1350+15 km = 1365 km
- Day 105: April 22nd: It's Casey's Birthday!! Comporta to Troia - 15 km.
Casey's birthday starts with a very moody weather..we had to take out our tent in the rain and had an involuntary cold shower: in less than a minute our shoes and clothes were dripping. We rapidly ruled out the "walking along the beach" option..which left us walking along a busy road toward Troia..our next destination.
Here the fine you can get for driving or parking on the dunes is following a strange logic: very variable range between two very precise price from 249,40 to 29927,97 euros...who gets what is unclear...They probably adjust the price of the fine according to the brand of car you're driving: expensive for the rich ones, semi-cheap for the poorest ones.
Today we are walking from shelter to shelter...the rain dictates our pace.
It is pouring rain, we've just had a true shower which cleaned the crust of salt, results of us walking on the beach a day earlier, out of our clothes.
We are waiting in the little cafeteria until the heavy shower stops and swap our thoroughly wet hiking shoes for our sandals...Very elegant!
Perfect gift for Casey, the sun came out for a few minutes and offered us a double rainbow.
After a very rainy day, walking totally soaked, we are celebrating Casey's birthday in a cosy italian restaurant. At last we can get dry and have a warm meal.
15 km done for a total of 1365+15 km = 1380 km