All Change

Redondela is where the Central and Coastal Portuguese Camino meet and continue on the same route through Pontevedra, Caldas de Reis and Padron into Santiago so it's going to be a lot busier and not as much scope for my little meanders. This town has a feel of the French Route with lots of infrastructure in place for walkers. The hostel I'm staying in tonight is right on the Camino with walkers going right past the door.It is very new bright and clean if a bit characterless .... we are in curtained cubicles with 2 sets of bunks I'm sharing so far with Hugo a Portuguese cyclist his English is good it should be he went to Cambridge Uni ...He kindly offered to translate for me if I have any issues as he speaks Spanish too

I had a nice sleep after I arrived so I've showered and was thinking of heading out to explore but to be perfectly honest I'm quite enjoying just chilling in the hostel kitchen watching the new arrivals although I did notice an Irish bar just down the street selling Guineas for 4.50€ so who knows .
NB I did have a couple of really nice pints of Guinness that night and the lovely barmaid kept bringing little tapas one was even cheese and ham on Bread with BROWN sauceRead more