Walking Beside the Sea

We chose the Portuguese Coastal as our first Camino partly because large water speaks to my soul. What a fabulous choice it was with the sea always at our shoulder. Here's how I remember it:

The light off the Atlantic changes the whole day. Sand holds the long shadows of late afternoon; boardwalks lift you over the dunes; the tide decides when you rest. You walk slower, not so much from fatigue, but from wanting to linger.

Salt, shadow, and the wide grey-blue that refuses to hold still--these are the images we brought home.