Camino Santiago Portuguese, 3: O Porrino To Redondela

June 9th was another 10 mile day, to the city of Redondela and a pensione there, the Rua do Media.

"I brake for peregrinos!"

Memorial to impressive local climbers

"I have built a retaining wall that will last forever"--Pubius Maximus Firestonus

Early morning coastal clouds

At a rest stop along the way, a Pilgrims' shoppe

We stocked up; seriously

Down the road, someone has turned part of their property into a rest/
vending area for us peregrinos

Helping myself to an espresso

Wild gardenias

Among the nicer markers

Together with sun dial

Location

Another Roman mile marker

Map showing Roman interstates XIX and XX

"Another 8k!"

Billboard advertising as you approach towns

In a wood

A dozen or more of these large granite tables; randomly
located

El Corte Ingles is the Macy's of Spain; there are "Chinos" in every town, however,
that is, dollar/euro stores where nearly everything is made in China

This is how real peregrinos are supposed to dress

Peregrino costume at a store in Redondela

"Everything must go"; for retirement

Pilgrim Special at a resto in Redondela: bread, salad, wine/beer, pork loin and
frites; 7E

Entrance to the Rua do Media, a converted residence, 4 floors,
8 rooms; 36E

Another early AM departure; not a single cafe or pastry shop open for the next hour
or more; the Spanish are not early risers

Virtually since Vila Nova de Cerveira we'd been noticing these stone structures,
up on stilts as it were; and wondering what they were

Were we in Alaska, I'd say they were for hanging meat out of the grizzlies' reach;
evidently, the grizzlies here are pretty short