The Longest Mile(s)

Today was the first day of our school Camino. 16 of our students, parents and staff joining myself along with our guide to embark on our journey we started in Baiona and ended in Vigo. While everyone was excited at the start by the end of the day, the reality hit hard. We were exhausted. It was a long day as we only averaged about 2 mph versus my 3+ miles per hour previously. we stayed together as a group as much as possible, stopping often to make sure that no one got lost and especially as we entered Vigo, as the mayor of Vigo for some reason is not a big fan of the Camino, so the city does not sponsor any signage within the city, which makes it difficult to follow the way. Fortunately, our guide is from Vigo so she was able to navigate the streets and get us to our hotel, with the shortest and quickest way possible.

I stayed towards the back for the most part, making sure that no one would get separated from our group and that I could help find the way back if we did get separated. Vigo is a very large city of about 300,000 people and is an alternative port city to Porto. It took over an hour of walking through the city to get to our hotel and are told it’ll take over two hours to walk out of the city to get back on the way in the morning. I was able to walk with some of the parents and students and get to know them a little bit better - where they came from and what life is like in their country I learned a little bit more about Australia and Greece.Leggi altro