Hotel Ibb Ensenada Sercotel 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 ...

... other than from the coach that took us on our tour. As we left Vigo heading north along a motorway, I realized how green everywhere was compared to when we went to Rojales and the South East of Spain last year. It reminded us both of the Lake District in Cumbria.

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.

... they might otherwise have. One of the solutions to this problem is a rotating schedule where the crew lives aboard for a nine week period and then return home for four weeks. A crew rotations system is not common on luxury yachts, but frequently used in the merchant marines. From what I’ve heard, the typical work schedule on a Merchant Vessel is working four weeks, then home for four weeks. Then, while they are at work, they will ...

Today our port of call was Vigo, Spain. It is in the Galicia region (northwest) and it is quite beautiful. It rains there a lot, but we had a beautiful sunny day. We had hired a guide to show us the area. The highlight of the day for me was going to a castle. It was amazing… both the building and the ...

... best known of these. It is of course the river which flows through Porto and is famous for its vineyards. After we arrived in Porto we found that the campsite was not up to the usual standards of the Orbitur chain (which we had been using since we arrived in Portugal), so we decided to limit our stay to a trip up the river and an exploration of the town. We spent a day meandering upstream following the course of this ...

... 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 ...

... is where people from Spain travel to buy towels (not sure why but they did have lots of towels for sale) and Em & Eric did get a set just to follow the tradition.  Tui was a much nicer place and the cathedral was lovely. On the way home we stopped in Baiona an old port city with a cool old fort.  We took the walk along the top of the walls (a 3 km walk).

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!)

... the world. Being protected and a National Park, they have done loads to protect the natural islands, and we had read that there are seals living in the vicinity of the island, but it is a greatly rare site, but we saw one, and he was so cute!! I named him Charlie. He was feeding in a little alcove where we were sitting and relaxing, going down for 2 or 3 minutes at a time before popping his little head back up and breathing!!!