9/21/23 O Porriño to Pontesampaio

As we were waiting in the albergue to go out to dinner last night we met Marshall (Denmark) again who is our bunk mate again. We got caught up on what’s going on the camino before we headed out for a burger (Tripadvisor #1 restaurant in town. Weird, right). Turns out the guy there performs magic tricks all night. Incredible.

We got an early start this morning again at 7:45 which is when the sun comes up now in Spain. We came upon an old Spanish guy while leaving town and it was the same old guy we met who helped us when we came into town yesterday. We walked with Antonio for about 3K as we tried to use our Spanish again. We haven’t spoke Spanish since our first Camino in 2016. Antonio was out for his daily 20K around O Porriño.

We later met Jeff and his son Doug (Buffalo/NC) and walked with them for a few K which makes the time go by fast. Our walk today was in and out of the rain. Luckily for both heavy downpours, we were in cafes.

We also keep meeting a nice mom and son from Perth, Australia. The mom’s name is actually Peregrina.

At one cafe we were finishing lunch and then the downpour came so I ordered a delicious chocolate croissant and a couple cups of cafe con Leche.

For those of you who are playing along at home…..yes, today was “Have fun with your hat day”.

We did 25 K today and it was a lot easier not having to walk on all that Portugal cobblestones. We arrived at Pontesampaio around 15:00 crossing the old Roman bridge.