Complejo Turistico Cova de Areas Meano

Today I´m headed for Vigo on the Northwest coast. Madrid has been good although tiring. It rained yesterday so I spent the afternoon at the Prado Museum. After that I walked forever, took a few pictures and ate some ice cream. If you´re ever in Madrid I recomend the Museo del Jamon, ham and cheese sandwich + beer = 2euros.

... you arrive at the city center. The only thing going for it is the view of the city, especially at night.

In the afternoon we went to the top of the Castillo de El Castro that has excellent views of the city by and harbor below. For lunch we bought oysters from a street vendor and then took them to a bar nearby where we ate the oysters with Lemon and drinks. Vigo, although larger than many of the neighboring towns is a much laid back city ...

... We also had lunch at a very nice fishing village. It is not a surprise that seafood is popular… some of the local favorites are mussels and octopus. …and of course they make a lot of wine, and we sampled some that was delicious. The end of our day was spent exploring Vigo’s old gothic quarter.

... wealthy where all there old buildings have been lovingly preserved. Then on to Leon, quite a big city and on to Astorga, where we by chance found a Gaudi building, there was also a bull ring next to our free camp spot, . I guess its only open at the weekend which is a shame as I would have like to have gone, not sure if Sharon approves being a veggie, though she tells me they don't kill the bull in Portugal so maybe there will be a chance to go there. In ...

On this last day it decided to rain, since Galicia is the wettest province in Spain I am glad the rain stayed away for most of the trip.  We spent the day visiting family and doing last minute errands (like mailing postcards).  We also had the best meal of the trip Jo's famous chicken and little potatoes.

Today we headed south.  When planning this trip I got Cadogan's guide to Northern Spain and it had 5 areas in it that shouldn't be missed in Galicia.  One of them was Tui (pronounced 2-ie) this town is on the river Mino which is the border between Spain and Portugal.  The bridge that connects the 2 countries was designed by Gustave Eiffel.  Valenca, the city in ...

We stayed in the home area today.  We went to the museum in the church Santa Maria a Nova (the new Saint Maria church, it's only from 1327).  The museum houses several older gravemarkers showing the different types of markings found.  We also walked the new boardwalk area and saw the rides that are getting ready to be set up for the Fiesta that starts Friday.   We came back to PortoSin to walk along the beach and soak up the fresh air and sun.

... Spanish version of pizza, a dough with toppings covered with another layer of dough.  Ours was pork and it was delicous.   After lunch we drove down the coast to Muros.  Basically it's across the river from Portosin on the same Ria (river).  We walked up the steps to the old churches and walked by the old laundromat.     The mountains in this area had ...

... a little further to Castro de Barona.  This was an iron age celtic settlement.  When Em told me we she go see it I looked at the info on www.galiciaguide.com here is a quote from that site "Additionally, expect the worse path you have ever encountered, it is truly appalling and highly dangerous and, without trying to cause further alarm, we crossed two areas splattered with blood, no doubt from ...

Notre marche de Tuy par O Porino, Redondella et Ponte Vedra Top 5 de la vie de pelerin 1- payer 3 euros pour coucher 2- manger du spagat parce qu on peut se faire a souper 3- Avoir de cordes a linge deja installees (pas piege a con!) 4- Spirit du pellerin...ca chante, ca souffre...tout le monde ensemble 5- Se rendre compte que meme si on a passe 30 ans, on est encore les meilleurs (hi!hi!)