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Here Vigo, here Vigo!
... is back on board, another good evening and our first show! Sue Denning the cruise director is doing her one woman show which is wonderful, where the woman gets her energy is amazing. She is all over the ship, she is on the dockside ( in the stilettos ) seeing everyone off when we dock, she is the voice on the muster and crew drills, introduces the shows and replies to the "attention to detail" cards! A standing ovation is truly ...
Arrivederci Italia...Hola Espana!!
... and went to the restaurant. A celebration was in order for sure. Celso told the chef what we could eat and that we wanted some local red wine. We said whatever wine the chef recommends for what he's making us is what we want. The chef himself brought the wine to our table, opened it, decanted it, and let us taste it. Then came a large salad on a platter, with lettuce, sweet onions, tomatoes, asparagus, and roasted red peppers (Ann's favorite). We ...
Yellow paint and oysters
... to the old town, to Constitution Square. It seemed that we were not the only ones with that idea, as we had been sitting for a very short time before two police motorbikes came into the square, blue lights flashing.... dismounted and went into the cafe for coffee, closely followed by a police car, and three more cops arrived for a cup.
Oyster street is one of the most famous in Vigo. It now has a roof over the street and every little cafe ...
Smoke and mirrors
One of the sillier word games we have played for some time goes a bit like this.
We are sitting in a cafe, (or wherever) and Nick reckons it is time we moved on, so says in a questioning way, "Vigo?" and for ages, I would reply "Porrr-tooo-gal!" with a smirk.
Oh! The sheer excitement of us Baby Boomers!
However, a while ago that we both realised that *shock, horror* Vigo is not in Portugal at all, but Spain! So when we came to look at a map ...
A nice small city by the sea
... states" through this door came the pilgrims from Portugal on their way to Santiago". I'd met a few pilgrims walking the Portuguese way from Lisbon , O Porto and from Tui, which is at the border.
Tomorrow I'll leave Santiago back to Madrid and then on Friday home.
My posting have been hurried and very sloppy, full of spelling errors, I do apologize for that. As the days go by I'll try to add to the postings, both my thoughts and ...
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