Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/08/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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"