Arcade to Pontevedra

I actually don't mind the rain.  The temperature is 60-65 and so staying warm is no problem.  In fact, being too warm is a big problem because of lack of ventilation when wearing rain gear.  The walk to Pontevedra was easy and rainy and green and the camera stayed under cover.  The rain quit when I reached Pontevedra.

Lunch.  Look closely.  Polvo in Portuguese, pulpo in Spanish.  Yes, you guessed it - octopus.  There was a canopy set up on the sidewalk outside a bar.  A man and his wife were boiling pulpo and serving it with olive oil and seasoning.  So I sat down with a cold cervesa and had lunch.  What does it taste like?  Not chicken.  More like scallops or lobster, very firm and the suckers are nice and chewy.

The alburgue in Pontevedra.  Large, clean and very well organized and full.  I'm sitting in the dining room looking through the reception area to the dark cave dormitory in the distance.  I has a capacity of 56 and about half were mountain bikers.  

The Sanctuary of the Pilgrims.  This is a very unusual church and the floor plan is in the shape of a scallop shell.  Pontevedra is filled with camino symbols.  

A closer look at the tower of the church.  The three figures are all dressed in historic pilgrim attire: hat, staff and scallop shells.

The ponte vedra (old bridge) in Pontevedra.  I crossed it in the rain (sigh) on the way out of town.