Husa Bahia de Vigo

Feeling like a couple of drowned rats since having set ashore on the Continent, we felt it time to head south to Portugal with all haste. Having awoken to another damp morning, in Luarca, we quickly packed up and hit the road. Several hours later, and we found ourselves in Portugal, pitching our tent (the first time since leaving GB) on a pretty much deserted site (save for all ...

... 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.

... clean and prep the yacht after arrival in port. Out Captain is very good about getting everyone to work together to complete all the tasks at hand and to avoid a lone steward from being stuck in the laundry room for 18 hours in one day while the deck hands are off work and playing by 2 in the afternoon.

For dinner we ate Tapas in the city as well and returned to the yacht around midnight. We departed for Porto, Portugal a few hours later.

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

... by you know who. Towering over the town is the Miradoura de Santa Luzia, a hill topped by a basilica, which, even though quite modern, has become a place of pilgrimage. Its situation is not unlike the Sacre Coeur in Paris, but being built in the local granite its overall impression was a bit grim. The views were good though. On the hill behind the basilica lies an old Celtic village, subsequently taken over by the ...

I think we have finally found what we came for, today we are facing the Atlantic surrounded by a forested cove without a cloud in the sky. There are wild roaming horses, cycle and walking paths that link up secluded beaches and a place to free camp including a fresh water source from the hills. You couldn't really ask for much more its perfect for the type of trip we are on. The journey through northern Spain has certainly been varied, since we last wrote we ...

... 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).

The first day I was back, I got a chance to have a meal with Pedro and his family. At first with the meal, I thought, oh wow, that's not much food, but it was really good. We started with pimientos caseros and I never liked peppers before, but wow they were good. Oh and the sardines and clams, good ol' Vigo has a seafood landscape worth taking in. But then we went on to a soup and ham and melon. And finally we had a citrus chicken dish and even carne asada. Can't forget flan ...

... to the toilet i arrived in vigo. Vigo is a pretty enough city and i rather enjoyed walking around the port and the town during the afternoon. Its an odd city though, as you may look one way and see a beautiful seascape or garden and then look another way and see horrible construction, big ships and birds. Oh my all the birds and with them all the ****!!! That ...