Food

Food in Portugal / Spain is so different from South African home or restaurant food.

Have a look at this article about special Portuguese dishes.

Portugal - breakfast was sweet cake

Portugal - grilled sardines in Porto is a must. Found in the city and at Matosinhos, on the coastal promenade

Portugal - in the mountain area trout is common

Portugal - Bacalhau (cod) is cooked in different ways, found all over

 

Salads are very popular

Francesinha eaten on the beach promenade in Porto

Bar food

Pintxos eaten at a bar

See the pimentos - sometimes hot

Sausage in a bar - sausage above burning oil 

16 June - Teo to Santiago de Compostela - Stage 12

Set off for Santiago

Arrived in a cool city

Collected my documents

Had accommodation in the huge cold Seminario Menor Albergue de Peregrinos. How priests lived in those rooms I do not know.

View from the albergue

  

Craved food, not all bread. Went to a bar and order nine pintxos. 

Compostella from the Pilgrim Office