Day 12 - Vigo to Redondela

Aaaaaaaand we’re off!

Paul’s first walking day and it rained aaaaaaall day - so glad we were able to pick up a couple of ponchos at decathlon yesterday. Even if Paul’s was too short, so it barely covered him below mid thigh 😂

We took the official route out of Vigo, as we really wanted to take a picture by the 100km marker, but couldn’t find it. We went from 102km in Vigo, and the next marker we saw was 96km 🤷🏻‍♀️ still, a fantastic, if tiring, walk through residential areas (bakeries every 200m it seemed), then uphills and amazing, flat forest walking until we reached Redondela. Descents are sometimes harder than ascents!

I outdid myself by booking a lovely two bed apartment on the river, just outside of town so for tonight we have our own little home. Very different from tomorrow’s hostel, which will be Paul’s first.

A massive dinner (yes, octopus again!) and amazing wine at €2.50 a glass has made me very happy and sleepy. Amazing to have Paul’s company for today’s walk- I’d really missed laughing like that.

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