Hotel Melia Maria Pita 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 ...

We woke up to find ourselves at a very local place. It was the beach the folks from a caruna come to to get away from the city. And most (as in everyone but us) of the people there had "summer" campers. So we made like locals and enjoyed the beach, Everett doing ...

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 ...

... drove to A Garita de Herbeira, the highest cliff in Europe. As we drove up the mountain, we passed wild cows and horses and pretty rolling hills with purple flowers-- I was reminded of the Scottish countryside. However, when we got up to the top, a huge cloud had descended onto the mountain, making it extremely cold, wet, and WINDY! We literally had to bend over double to fight our way across the fields towards the cliff, at which point we realized that A ...

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 wandered around time, and near the town square and harbor to eventually find a restaurant to eat at for dinner. Later, after my grandmother and Stee returned to the yacht, I went with some of the crew to find a busy dance club on a Wednesday night. We struck out so we found a small bar to hang out and drink for awhile.

We spent the night anchored in the harbor.

... told me that the ocean in Galicia is good only for fishing, not for swimming. I'll have to drag Mary here one day, because there are tons of guys that are right up her alley. And since anywhere in Spain has tons of women that are right up my alley, it's a good vacation spot for both of us!

So far, I have absolutely loved La Coruna. Who knew it was so good? If I did, I would have visited long ago! Though there is ...

... could have also visited from this port - however we chose to stay and see the city - We did some window shopping and everything looked so nice here so what a disappointment - fortunately the restaurants and cafes were open so after doing a bit of sightseeing in the city - checking out the churches and government buildings - we found ...

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 ...

... nog terug kom om met een aantal mensen (Shalom, Fred, Rien en Jan Bart) alternerend nog 20 dagen in de buurt van a Coruna te zeilen. Lineke blijft dan thuis, ondanks alles is het mooi en genoeg voor haar geweest. We hebben gezien hoe de invloed van de wind is op de zee. Alles is hier extra heftig als het hard waait. Je kan dan ook totaal geen voorspelling doen over wat deze 20 dagen ons zullen gaan brengen. De Ria waar we nu liggen is een prima uitvalsbasis om te gaan zeilen, maar de richting en de windster