Arrifana – before Vila do Bispo Tuesday, 26th December 2023 32,01 km – total 155,12 km I was quite warm at night and didn’t sleep very well. After three nights in a tent, sleeping in a bed felt unfamiliar. We pack up and start hiking at 8 AM. After about 3 kilometers, we stop for…
Rogil – Arrifana Monday, 25th December 2023 – Christmas day 24,05 km – total 123,11 km We wake up late. After the prosecco, I didn’t feel like getting up. While packing in the morning, I get bitten by 10 more mosquitoes. But at least there’s no condensation. We can’t have it all—either mosquitoes or condensation….
Cliff above Praia da Amália – Rogil Sunday, 24th December 2023 – Christmas Eve 32,11 km – total 99,06 km The car left at half-past four in the morning. Some fisherman probably went to catch fish for the Christmas Eve table. We get up at 7 AM. It’s noticeably warmer today; I even had to…
Almograve – cliff above Praia da Amália Saturday, 23rd December 2023 31,12 km – total 66,95 km The ocean didn’t take us! And my watch even says I had a peaceful sleep, so I must have come to terms with the possibility of death. The temperature dropped to 4°C, and we really don’t want to…
Porto Covo – Almograve Friday, 22nd December 2023 35,83 km We set the alarm for 6:30 AM. Jozef gets up and makes coffee, while I still lie in the warm sleeping bag. It’s 13°C in the room. For breakfast we have bread, cheese, olives, and tomatoes, followed by a Madeiran banana. We pack up and…
This year, we decided to spend Christmas away from Slovakia, in our natural environment—on the trail in Portugal. Our options were limited due to my work and the weather. We bought tickets to Faro, in southern Portugal. We are going to hike the Rota Vicentina, which runs along the southwest coast of Portugal. We’ve planned…
Sunday, 16th April 2023 We woke up at seven today, as Jozef had set an alarm. We packed our things, had some coffee, ate some watermelon, and set off north. First, we needed to refuel, so we had to get on the highway. We barely made it with the fuel we had left. We continued…
Saturday, 15th April 2023 Today, we had planned to go to Panaji (the capital of Goa) for the cashew festival. I checked the internet in the morning and found out that it actually starts at 6 PM, and coming back after dark wouldn’t be ideal. So, we made some coffee, went for breakfast, and then…
Friday, 14th April 2023 We got up at 6:20 AM! I really didn’t want to, but somehow I managed to drag myself out of bed, which, by the way, is about 80 centimeters high, so I have to jump down. I put on a freshly washed, still wet t-shirt, and we headed out. Jozef went…
Thursday, 13th April 2023 We had an alarm set, but we didn’t get up anyway. Jozef doesn’t even know there was an alarm. The plan was to go for a run or at least to the beach, but I have some stomach issues, and Jozef has two bumps on his hand from yesterday’s fall. We…