To Santiago de Compostela: 82 km
Walked today: 21 km
Total walked: 610 km
We were late leaving this morning. It was almost 7 am. The hour change from Portugal to Spain had a bit of impact on our sleep. Since we were right at the centre of the city we could hear people partying until 3 am.
Very soon we found an open coffee shop so we stopped and as we drank her coffe and my tea we started to see our new friends from yesterday go by.
Through the day we will meet them over and over again. It is a pretty big gang and we tend to arrive to coffee shops, restaurants and even the hotel pretty close so we seem to overwhelm the attendants.
The group includes people from Germany, Austria, Russia, Denmark, Australia, Holland, New Zealand and us Canucks but of course I also represent Mexico
We are still in the Via Romana XIX so we keep finding neat Roman things, a few sections are still in the Roman cobblestone, today we saw distance military markings and a solar clock (see below).
The Camino markings are now under 100 km so we feel that Santiago de Compostela beckons. One of our friends, a fast walker is already there.
The trail today was really just to get through Monte Corriedo. A steep 235 m climb and then an even more steep way down. With the temperature going to over 30 C, it was a bit hard but it also waz a short walk of under 20 km.
When we arrived to Redondela the whole gang got together for lunch and then we split. Some stayed at the municipal albergue and some, us included, went to a hotel by the beach.
We rested a bit, we had a walk on the beach, and had dinner with the gang. Which was a delight. And now early to bed.
The plan for tomorrow is to take a taxi back to the Camino and walk to Pontevedra.
Today we pray to San Ignacio de Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus, my educators. We ask him to pray for all the Christians that are being prosecuted and to grant them his protection.
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