Today we left our hotel on a cool cloudy morning & walked 1.5 miles to catch a water taxi across the Minho River which forms part of the border between Portugal & Spain.

After a short 5 minute ride we were in Spain’s Galicia province & a new time zone. Spain is 1 hour later than Portugal.

You quickly realize that Spain is home to the Camino. There are many yellow arrows & signs pointing you in the right direction along constantly with well wishes from the Spaniards.

It was a treat arriving in A Garda from the port after only walking 2.2 miles. By far our shortest walking day. Almost like a nice rest day after the first four long hiking days.

Regional map- The red arrow shows where we are now in A Guarda, Spain; the green arrow shows where we started in Porto, Portugal