Hotel Hesperia A Coruna La Coruña

A slow morning saw us arrive in A caruna around 2:30p for a quick tour. A beautiful city where we had an excellent lunch (more kids running through the streets while we devoured raciones and wine. Yum!!) A 6ish departure for our long drive to Llanes in Astoria. We finally ...

... the "Um, are you planning to sleep tonight" comment.

And excellent dinner of seafood paella while the kids ran around was followed by a drunken night of dancing with the locals. Hillariuosly fun until 3am. Seriously.

                           

Our day went very much according to plan. Nice!! A morning enjoying Sao Joao de P. with pastries and coffee and strolling the tiny streets. An on time depature had us in Santiago de Compostela by 3:30 after enjoying the amazing country side. A quick tour of the amazing ...

... not) assortment of creatures that I'm pretty sure were doomed to be that night's dinner. I was totally grossed out, and I don't even eat those things, but somehow no one else seemed to mind! After the beach, another girl and I went to the bathroom before we got back on the bus, and when we set out for the bus, it was 4:29... and the bus was supposed to leave at 4:30! By now, we have learned to take Nuria's threats of punctuality seriously, and so we ...

We left early this morning for the airport to fly to Galicia, in the north-west corner of Spain. Before our lecture, the only thing I knew about Galicia was that Santiago de Compostela (more on that later) was up there somewhere, and that it was full of scenery, so I can't say I was that excited. Once our plane touched down and we felt how much cooler it was here than in Madrid, the place started growing on me. We drove straight to the city ...

We left Bilbao Spain yesterday for a 19 hour cruise along the Spanish coast of the Bay of Biscayne. This rugged coast is scattered with cliffs, small beaches, fishing villages and many hills. Being aboard was a great chance to catch up with my grandmother and to hear how my family was doing back in California.

We arrived in A Coruña in the mid-afternoon and went to ...

... I went to the one with the hottest senorita working there. When I think of cheese ladies, I think of some butch old lady in lederhosen with an accent like Arnold Schwarzenegger's. Well, this cheese lady certainly shattered that perception, and surprised me that all that cheese didn't melt under such natural Spanish hotness!

The tower is actually a lighthouse dating from 2 BC, and is the oldest functioning roman ...

Next stop La Coruna, Spain and Happy May Day - all shops in this really cute, charming town are closed today! &%$# La Coruna is on the Northern tip of Spain and is a clean - charming city. The weather was getting cooler and we were happy to have a nice sunny day today. La Coruna is about an hour north of Santiago de Compostela - so ...

Today we visited A Coruna, it is most famous for the Torre de Hercules.  It is the world's oldest functioning lighthouse, it was built in the 2nd century.  Legend has it that Hercules slew the giant Gerion here and buried his head where the tower now stands.  When we got there they were closing up and the first man we spoke with did not want to let us in, but the second man talked to Eric & I who do no speak Spanish and he took pity on us and let us go up quickly.  We ...

... gaan we over stukken die niet meer dan 80 cm diep zijn en worden verschillende keren door rubberboten aangehouden die duiden dat het voor ons te ondiep is. Ovni's met ophaalbare kiel kennen ze hier vermoedelijk niet. Als het ons te gortig wordt, we maken een snelheid van bijna 5 knopen, maken we een tussenstop om het water nog wat verder te laten opkomen. We zijn nog nooit zo diep het Spaanse achterland ingezeild. Net voor Betanzos en zijn lage brug laten we het anker opnieuw ...