Potevedra is a city that deserves to be explore, however we had schedule to keep and we departed in the morning. Diana left at 7:45 am and I followed at 8:55 am.
The morning are always pleasant as you depart from sea level and start climbing the mountain and very soon you find yourselves surrounded by trees and water streams
Today, I was fascinated with the different techniques the people in Galicia plan their vineyards. It is very different from how is done in France, the U.S. and many other places.
They start by growing the vines as shown in this picture. Notice that there are not lines
They then build the lines on the top and end up with a canopy as shown in the following pictures
The fruit is underneath and protected from the sun. I feel that it is a better technique but the fruit will have to be picked by hand.
I also saw another technique that actually grow the vines as a bush., no lines. I think that these are Mecías grapes vines.
Today, we were surprised by the number of “pilgrims” we found in El Camino. I put quotes on pilgrims because, they are tourist of el camino and they occupied the coffee shops and breakfast places like a plague. After walking for almost 5 miles, we found the first coffee shop and it was packed with people. The True Pilgrims said, where did these people come from? We know they didn’t come from Pontevedra, because, they were not ahead of us in the mountains. My theory is that they were bussed to a place near el camino, right after the mountain for them to start the walk there.
We are planning to leave tomorrow at 6:30 to 7:00 am to avoid the “Tourist Pilgrims” all together.
A proof they are tourist was our albergue lobby was full of oversized bags waiting for them to arrive.
Changing subject, today, was a relatively easy day, 14 miles. Here are some pictures from our adventure.
Yes, there was beer in between. 🤣
Going to sleep now, tomorrow, Padrón
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