Dawn

Dawn

Sunday, May 30, 2010

Today saw us covering the first leg of our camino fom Tui to Santiago. Initially, this passes through several kilometres of delightful Galician countryside but, nearing Porriño, it deteriorates into a long via dolorosa through an industrial park and along the busy N550. This is allegedly the ugliest bit of all the numerous Ways to Santiago and who am I to disagree?

It’d be nice to say that an afternoon and evening in Porriño makes this all worthwhile but, in truth, this must be one of the more uninteresting towns in Galicia. Especially on a Sunday, when finding a restaurant serving quality fare is a more-than-Herculean task.

But there’s always the Albariño and Ribeiro whites and the Mencia reds. Which is why I’m writing this with a headache.

On to Redondela tomorrow.

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