Baiona to Vigo

We started with all our rain gear on, as the forecast was rain for the next 6 days. But it miraculously stopped in the early afternoon, and the sun and partial blue sky cheered us. More hills today — we think the steepest yet. So far we’ve met and chatted with pilgrims from Ukraine, Italy, Estonia, Austria, Britain, Ireland, Canada, Germany — Helen from Australia wins the prize. Women seem to outnumber the men … and more seem to be traveling with their friends rather than their partners (like us)! A few times this week we’ve gotten off the Camino path, but today was our biggest blooper. We usually get to our hotel by looking at google or apple maps when we’re really close. We looked too early today, and instead of hiking the trail near the water’s edge and getting off within 3 blocks of our hotel, we ended up hiking waaaaaay up to the highest point in the city (318´ in elevation, where the famous Horse statue is) then down again. (On the attached map, yellow is the Camino and red is more or less our path.) All we could do is laugh when we realized our mistake! (And keep our legs up on the hotel room wall even longer until the aching settled a bit! Beer, wine and pizza helped, too. )Read more