Day 7, To O Porriño

Camino Portuguese day 7: to O Porriño
Today was an especially long day, it was just over 31k or about 19 1/4 miles. For you step counters, todays walk was just less than 45,000 steps. That’s about a third more than I like, but it’s what worked out best when planning the stages (days) for this Camino. The fun parts were we made it to Spain yea! It just feels cool to be walking into another country. Just before walking across the bridge to Spain we took a quick walk around a Portuguese fortress in Valença. We saw a couple of Roman bridges and several medieval ones. This area is full of ancient canals that were used for trade and transportation. Some of the canals have virtually filled with silt over the millennia and you could tell where a thousand years (or more…) of carts and people have worn wheel & feet tracks into the stone in the surrounding roads. There was one place where the Camino split. Going left was a little longer but more scenic, so that was our choice. Even so, today had lots of walking on the narrow shoulder of roads. Not our favorite. Tomorrow we walk to Redondela. Less than 18k. Yea! Our feet need a break.Read more