Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/08/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Truly a rugged coastline. On 8/10/20 1:02 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > Despite the coronavirus and the difficulty of international travel, we > decided that we needed a bit of a real vacation, but within Spain. So we > have booked a few days at a spa and golf resort in Spain?s northwestern > region Galicia, from today (Monday) until Thursday, which happens to be > our wedding anniversary. We started by driving to Santiago de Compostela > on Friday, an easy 1040 km drive from Alicante on nice motorways with > light traffic. We have been walking around the city, but yesterday we also > drive the 85 km to Spain?s version of Land?s End, Finisterre (or Fisterra > in the local language gallego) to have a look at the famous Cape > Finisterre. > > As we approached the coast, we passed through the town of Sardi?eira; the > fog was rollling in from the Atlantic. The houses look very different from > our part of Spain?here, the architecture reminded us more of Switzerland > and southern Germany than of our Mediterranean coast: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-3MmLDQs/A > <https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-3MmLDQs/A> > > The lighthouse at Cape Finisterre. As is evident, many other people had > the same idea as us. There were no foreign tourists, just people from the > surrounding region and some, like us, from other parts of Spain. The > building next to the lighthouse is now a small hotel and restaurant, where > we had a good lunch: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-dX5zBcS/A > <https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-dX5zBcS/A> > > Galicia considers itself one of the Celtic nations, and bagpipers can be > seen in Santiago, as well as here in Finisterre: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-7Nspsrr/A > <https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-7Nspsrr/A> > > The view of the Atlantic coast from the cape. Today we had extremely > benign weather; in more normal times, this is a severe place, with lots of > shipwrecks at the bottom of the Atlantic: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-chpjPhg/A > <https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-chpjPhg/A> > > More to come from Santiago and Mondariz, where we are heading this > afternoon. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator > <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > > YNWA > > "I?m not arguing, I?m just explaining why I?m right" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA