Leaving Redondela and getting in the path was easy today, it was just outside our albergue.
Diana left at 7:20 am, I followed at 8:45 after making lunch for all of us. The morning was cool and beautiful. We entered the path in the mountain very fast on steady ramp.
Diana was energized and today, she walked fast. I joined her about mile 5, we walked together for a while. I stopped for another coffee and she went ahead. About 3 miles later, I found her again
Getting close to Pontevedra you find some very old and interesting Camino markers like these ones
Entering Pontevedra, you do it by crossing a Roman Bridge, it is always a great feeling to walk in something that has being standing for a long, long time
Now, a little bit about Pontevedra.
During the 12th century Pontevedra rose as an important commercial centre; it reached its zenith in the 15th century as a trade and communications hub. Pontevedra was the main Galician urban centre. In fact, Pontevedra has the second largest “old town” in Galicia, only after Santiago de Compostela.
Today, after watching clothes and taking a power nap, Diana and I when to the old city part of Pontevedra and walked the town. The amazing thing is that we added almost 3 miles to our walk today.
Any way, we had a great time eating croquetas and wine waiting for the restaurants to open. As always, we had an excellent dinner.
We attended the end of a pilgrim’s mass and took picture with the priest and other pilgrims.
These are some of the pictures from our evening walk around town.
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