Friday May 27 Vigo to Redondela
I left early this morning to avoid the predicted afternoon rain which, of course, never materialized. I am sitting looking at a beautiful view of water, small treed islands, small homesteads, village and town across the way, each alternately highlight by sun.
Again, I took the contrary path along the waterfront. I walked along the arc of the bay, the Cies Islands at the focus. The tumultuous Atlantic is behind; I am now following the bay and the fluvial plain of the Rio Redondela a tributary of the Rio Vigo. I have just passed San Simon, the setting for the beginning of Jules Verne's "Around the World in 80 Days."
There are many hundreds of porous rafts anchored in the delta. Apparently the fishing boats tie up to them. Do they dump their load? Do they clean fish there?
(This is attempt number 8 to get this blog out. I had three more paragraphs and 5 inserted photos just vaporize.)
I wonder what she is spraying onto the grapes.
Redondela
I can hardly contain myself. 8 cyclists from South Africa, Durban area, have joined me. A gin and tonic; the first cocktail on this trip. I still stick to the pledge I made to myself as a teenager: never drink alone.
I joined them for dinher. Although I had placed my order with the chef when they placed theirs, dinner arrived and there was none for me. My first 4 choices were not available. Finally I asked for the larger prawns. My plate came with a cold, hard crab the size of a softshell. Ì could not scratch, suck or chew a thing. Shrimp from one neighbor, tortilla from another; padron peppers for me to share,. Lots of chatter and laughter. It was wonderful to have dinner companions.
This is the point where all the camino paths from Portugal converge. I could see planes flying low to land in Tui, the 100 km mark of the radius to Santiago. How many fellow walkers will I see tomorrow? There are a lot of cycling pilgrims staying at my hostel/hotel tonight.
(Attempt number 9 here. )
I have enjoyed walking alone.!
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