Day 11- Tui to O Porriño

Up an hill, down a hill… ups and downs seem to dictate our walking experience at the moment as the path follows the rolling hill terrain of Galicia. Based on our reading, this will continue as we near Santiago. We’re having a bit of a problem with the loss of an hour in the time change crossing into Spain. Since we’re in the extreme western part of Spain, the sun doesn’t rise till 0730 and it sets at 2130. The late sunset is great, but it’s really dark in the mornings at 0630 when we’re getting ready to hit the road. The answer we found is to dawdle a little longer in the morning. Easy enough for us slow travelers.We walked along city streets for a mile or two and then encountered five ancient crosses which marked the route out of the town as we departed Tui. Barely out of Tui, the Camino changed from city cobblestones to a lovely forest path. We soon came across Arian, whom we nicknamed ‘banana man’. He was a pleasant young fellow sitting on a crate on the side of the path. He had a…