Hotel Ciudad De Vigo

... beach. We definitely had chosen the wrong day to surf here; tide going out, steep beach! Nevertheless, there are always other beaches and it was back up the coast to Fao, where Lym (Annabelle was a little chilly) once again donned his suit and out he went. Lo and behold, was up on the first wave, and the second, the third.... Following a meal of barbecued chicken risotto ...

Vigo was our last port of call on our cruise and I had given this place little thought and done no research, so it came as quite a pleasant surprise. Its a big place and quite spectacular when viewed from the height of the ship.. We didn't get chance to look ...

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.

We arrived in the Marina Davila Sport near Vigo early in the Morning from A Coruña. There are many Oyster and Mussel beds in the region and it is well known for its cuisine.<br><br>The marina is just about as unattractive as a marina could possibly be. It is located at the very tip of the commercial port with no trees or grass to be found. Then, to leave the Marina, you must travel through all the commercial warehouses and wind around the bay ...

... We also had lunch at a very nice fishing village. It is not a surprise that seafood is popular&#8230; some of the local favorites are mussels and octopus. &#8230;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&#8217;s old gothic quarter.

... wizened old lady in black sat enjoying the sun. It felt as if we were seeing the real Portugal and not something out of a holiday guidebook. However, it was time to move on in the direction of Northern Spain and the ferry home. Next day we intended to head for Santiago de Compostela, as pilgrims have been doing since the Middle Ages. Would we be blessed by the saint and earn our scallop shell? The next blog will reveal all.

... in the pouring rain. It also looked like the towns local hangout for the kids, hundreds were huddled under umbrellas just doing what kids do. Now it wasn't to bad at first and we were just going to rough out the rain for the night and hope the kids didn't stay to late, but we slowly seemed to be attracting attention and a few lads started eyeing up the bikes, I mean right up close while I was in the van cooking! I told them to clear off, well I could have ...

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 ...

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!)

... Franz Ferdinand from a pretty good vantage, behind the paid seating area. The show was great, though Jon and I seemed to be the only ones screaming the lyrics around us, and we pretty much went straight to bed when we got home. --------- Yesterday we got up late, as usual, to complaints by Anton's grandma that we were lazy bums and not using our time in Vigo wisely, and then went to the train station to head to Santiago de Compostela to see ...