Day 5 – A Guarda to Baiona

Life for us most of the time is full with a lot of unwanted input, but we got living life accepting them. We have so much noise and light pollution that we don’t understand the opposite to that. We get many unwanted e-mails and phone calls that we just delete or ignore. That is our daily life. I am not talking about the good things like cocktails and cooking time, that is a good thing with friends and family.

Today, I found my Camino Portugués “Sound of Silence”.

Diana left the flat at 6:45 am and I left at 7:30. It was dark and the streets in A Guarda were empty. As I walked toward the outskirts of the town, a sense of peace and fulfillment embraced me. There was complete silence and almost no light pollution and the only thing present was the sound of the ocean to my left. I recognized that as my “Sound of Silence” and it stated with me until sunrise. Here are some pictures from that moment.

As I continue my long walk for the day, I was welcome by Saint James. It is always nice to see him.

I walked for 4.3 miles without coffee, which is a crime if you know me. But at that point I joined Diana on a very small place close to the water and we had great coffee and freshly made Tortilla Española, so good.

Diana and I continue walking and stopped to rest about the 7.0 miles mark, I took a 400 mg Ibuprofen and spread Bengay on my shoulders. We saw a single sail boat on the ocean and decided to take a selfish.

I started to walk and Diana followed me later, I found a restaurant at 1:00 pm. You would think that at this time lunch menu is available, but NOOOO, you are in Spain, the only menu available was breakfast. So we managed to have something and I ate my food with two beers, very important. If I have not being clear, beer is the fuel for the camino, while wine is the pain killer at night. Two very important food groups

While walking I came across something that I saw on the camino Frances when I entered Galicia.

Those building are the family silos for their grain.

Now, allow me to ask my wife, I want to have hydrangeas like this in our house. It makes a nice hedge 🤣🤣 please, please

Diana has being fascinated by this tree, it is every where

Today, we knew that it was going to be a long day, but it was harder than we expected. 4 miles before we reached Baiona, there was about 1-1/2 miles of heavy climbing, which felt really bad after 15 miles of walking.

Steve Niehaus, I know that the camino Frances was hard but this one felt hard and Diana really wants to have a conversation with you.

While going downhill, I needed to boost the battery on my phone. I found a very small bar and asked for a beer (my 3rd of the day) and they help me with my phone. While having the beer, the owner asked me, can I tell you something about the history of Baiona?, I said, I would love to hear that. He then proceeded to tell me that Baiona, was the first port that Christopher Columbus landed after he discovered America and the town had a replica of La Pinta vessel. This is what I found about Baiona.

“Baiona (Bayona) Galiza Spain

In the days of the famous voyages of Christopher Columbus, Baiona was the first port to hear about the discovery of America and today a replica of the Pinta is permanently moored in the harbour. Baiona’s fascinating history attracts almost 35,000 tourists each summer with yachts from all over the world sailing into its port in preparation for their transatlantic crossing.”

Here is a picture of La Pinta replica

Remember, I said that it was a hard day, well it was and when we arrived to our apartment we didn’t want to go anywhere, we ordered food delivery and I went to a local grocery store for wine, water and breakfast stuff (tomorrow).

We did almost 48,000 steps or 21.23 miles

Well, I believe that my feet are going to be on strike. Tomorrow is an easy day, only about 12-1/2 miles.

Until tomorrow edition