Portuguese Coastal, Part of the Primitivo, Week in Vigo
WynChar Diary, April 22
Camino walking: Grandas de Salime to Grandas de Salime, 3.7 miles in 2:46 hours, moving 1:30
Elevation: up 302 feet, down 302
Mainly a traveling day to get to the start of the Camino Primitivo. We started in Lugo taking a cute little (by bus standards) bus to A Fonsagrada (where we will spend tomorrow night) and then a taxi to Grandas de Salime.
In A Fonsagrada we stopped at a traditional Spanish bar, had coffee and free tapas and planned the rest of the day. One of the reasons we love Spain is going to little bars like this one.
In Grandas we checked into our room, very nice, roomy, and had the menu del dia in the bar attached to the hotel. Then we walked backwards on the Camino for 1.85 miles and then looped back, just to get in a little walking.
We were fresh and not carrying much weight but Grandas is the end of a stage so we met many tired pilgrims while going backwards. One guy was so beat he looked like a zombie and didn’t respond to our “Hola” but just kept trudging on. I have great respect for these 15-20 mile a day pilgrims but I am glad we only go 7-8 miles, or in today’s case, 3.7 miles.
Speaking of long days, tomorrow’s stage is 15 miles. You just can’t do short stages on most of the Primitivo as there is no place to stay between the main stages. That is why we arranged for a taxi to take us the first 8 miles tomorrow and then we will walk 7 into A Fonsagrada.
Local bus we took from Lugo to A Fonsagrado. It was a cross between a van and a big regular bus.Our packs in the “trunk” of the bus. (We were the only ones who had luggage.)On the busTraditional Spanish bar in A FonsagradaToday’s lunch. Together, we had everything they listed except the cheese cake.
