Mougas to Baiona July 27th

Johanna, Cem, Cristina and I set out next morning to follow the Camino along the coast road – and then through the hills.

After many miles of walking, we found ourselves in Baiona, where the Camino wound through narrow streets and alleys, with glimpses of the harbor through the houses. We took a break in a cafe by the main church and, fortuitously, the priest walked by – so we asked if we could each get a stamp for our credencial. He told us to wait and hurried off to retrieve the stamp pad. Then he took us through a little door to the side of the altar into his office and very officially took down all our details – passport number, date of birth etc. and proudly stamped our credenciales.  ( the photos below are of Baiona and the church there where we had our credenciales stamped.)The albergue where we planned to stay was in A Ramallosa five kilometers further – so we put on our backpacks and continued on. We crossed over into the town on the picturesque Roman bridge in the photos below and then dragged ourselves up the final hill to the albergue Pazo Pias – a converted manor house (more luxurious than we were used to.)

We were starving – so found the nearest cafe for a late  lunch.  I was still hungry so I set out, unsuccessfully, to find a supermarket. Later I  discovered the supermarket with Cristina and, so as not to go hungry again, I proceeded to buy enough food to weigh down my backpack the next day!

I was hoping that Martina and Giulio  would appear – but Martina texted that her leg was hurting and so they had taken the bus a couple of stages ahead.

In the evening we walked back down the hill to the village center, where we found some other pilgrims from France and Finland, familiar from a previous albergue, and joined them for a tortilla – this resembles a potato-filled omelette and is a staple dish in this part of Spain).