Today was 13 miles and 600′ of climbing.  We’ve covered 111 miles, so far, and 5600′ of ascent.

What an enjoyable day! It was almost entirely strolling along the beachfront leading to Vigo! Some minor ups and downs, but mostly flat and along the beach.

History lesson: When Chris Columbus returned from the new world on his first voyage in 1493, his first landfall was at Nigrán/Biona. While Chris didn’t debark there (he just re-provisioned), the first news of his new discoveries spread from there, inland to all of Europe.

The beach there is named Playa America (from his voyage)

and even his Captain, Vicente Pinzon, had a hotel named after him

Probably, the deckhand was named “baño” because there are a lot of buildings named after him!

We also made a discovery ourselves. We found a prehistoric relic, probably Neanderthal in origin. We think it is called a “phone booth”.

Some more walking along the beach

and we made it to Vigo and our hotel. We will stay 2 nights here, giving us a rest day tomorrow. Our feet will appreciate it!

TTFN!