[Leica] IMG: Santander

[Don Dory]

Not being a golf person I was impressed by the tree sculptures and that a
royal palace was built in the 20th century.  As always your walks are very
enjoyable.

On Wed, Jul 3, 2024 at 11:08 PM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:

> My last business trip before the summer break was a short visit to
> Santander in northern Spain earlier this week to participate in a
> roundtable at the Universidad Internacional Menendéz Pelayo, part of a
> week-long summer school session organised every year by the Spanish IP
> office. I flew there on Sunday evening, stayed in a hotel near the beach,
> gave my talk at the university on Monday morning and took a train back to
> Alicante around lunchtime (no flights in the afternoon, so a rather long 7
> hour train ride was the only option to get back on Monday). So my
> sight-seeing was limited to a couple of hours on Sunday evening, and a 1
> 1/2 km walk from my hotel to the site of the event on Monday morning.
> Still, I saw enough to conclude that Santander is a beautiful place. I have
> often heard people here say that the cities in northern Spain are much
> nicer than the coastal cities here in the south of the country, mainly
> because they are much less affected by mass tourism. Certainly, based on
> what I saw in Santander, this is true.
>
> A short gallery of 30 images, mostly from the area around the beach, and
> the Palacio de la Magdalena, a palace built around 100 years ago as a royal
> summer residence, today a conference centre and the site of the university
> summer school where I spoke. The magnificent dining room in one of the
> images towards the end is actually where the roundtable discussion took
> place.
>
> Have a look here:
>
> https://www.greatpix.eu/Travel/Santander-July-2024
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
> photo at frozenlight.eu
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