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Valenca
Im in Portugal at last. Drove across what looked like a bridge that had been bombed recently and was now slowly being restored. This was the border crossing from Spain into Portugal. The first stop across the border was Valenca, a large fortified town atop of a ...
Here Vigo, here Vigo!
... then go off with Neil & Valerie to find a taxi to take us to Baiona, a little seaside fishing village about 12 miles away. It seems there is a set price €35 for the round trip and €17 for each hour waiting. Our driver is a lovely young boy but has no English so we have a lot of pointing and guessing as we go along!
We ask him to drop us at the Parador which is on the sea front occupying an old ...
Arrivederci Italia...Hola Espana!!
... one minute we were on the ferry and the next we were on land. Quite a feat.
The unhappy toddler next door had calmed down and we only heard her one more time during the night. We felt better this morning than after the last night train ride. Once in Rome, the luggage storage line was long and we didn't have enough time to see the Colosseum before we had to go to the airport. There is a train directly from Roma Termini to the airport. That is cool. ...
Yellow paint and oysters
... we supposed were from which they fish out the oysters, famous in this area. The whole area is flanked by three islands, rich in wildlife and with one or two nice looking beaches.
Having marched up to the top of the hill, we then marched back down again, via one or two buildings which are, literally, falling apart. There is a slight feeling of faded glory about many of the buildings in Vigo, which must have been beautiful in their day.
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Smoke and mirrors
... the other night when we were re-planning this jaunt, looking for other possible airports to start our adventures at, we both spotted Vigo lurking on the west coast, and decided that it really needed to be visited.
Naturally we are only taking one small piece of hand luggage, under 10kg. This always seems like the obvious thing to do when one is booking a flight, particularly if they want an extra £24 for every bag put in the hold; but somehow, ...
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