Days 3 & 4, no walking: Vila Franca de Xira & Azambuja

I didn't walk on days 3 and 4. After a nap on the day 2 I felt so exhausted, more tired than I did before the nap. I ended up eating huge portion of kebab in just 9 minutes. I took a picture before and after, once I realized that the food was just vanishing from my plate.

After the nap I understood that if I continued walking today, I would just kill myself and decided to take the day off.

My day off started with one breakfast in hotel room, another one in one cafeteria and after checkout I found myself having my third breakfast.

I kinda felt like a Hobbit.

I got the protective glass on my phone changed. The previous one was pretty scattered and I managed to get some water between the glass and display, so it has been hard to use the phone properly for a few days.

I checked out from the hotel, roamed around the town before heading to the train station and off to the next city.

Of course it didn't go as planned and I managed to jump into a wrong train only to realize that AFTER the train terminated at the next station and was somewhere outside the station area. Oh boy... It didn't take too long to get me back to the station and catch the right train towards Azambuja.

In Azambuja we stayed in an albergue that had a lovely owner who shared stories from his own caminos. I felt very welcomed there. The albergue filled out quit fast. We hadn't been expecting it as the word on the Camino is that this should be a more silent route.

I consulted a doctor back home with my dehydration issues and I was told to have another day off. So the next morning when other pilgrims continued the Camino I was left in the albergue with a fellow injured pilgrim. We had breakfast and roamed the city until it was time for me to get my train.

I took a train to Santarem, visited Decathlon to get a lighter sleeping bag and some other things we need on the way. After that I shipped some excess stuff back to Finland.

I was very happy to see familiar faces in the hostel. And I'm really looking forward for tomorrow morning when I get to start walking again.

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