Well, I slept extremely well last night, but woke up with a queasy stomach from eating too much jamon and chips last night. No mas jamon para Kim! (My Spanish is getting better!)
We met Lisa and Jill for an early dinner, however, early dinners don't exist in Spain, thus the ham shavings and chips. Restaurants don't start serving real food till about 9 p.m. So we made due with snacks and drinks, then bade Lisa and Jill adios as they left for Ferrol on the overnight train. Marian and I hooked up with the Zwinglis around 11 p.m. for a nightcap, then we taxied back to our cute apartment for the night.
The Zwinglis rented an Audi station wagon and picked us up around 9:30 a.m. for our 5 hour drive up to Ferrol. The scenery is gorgeous - I keep comparing it to California, as the mountains and foliage are so similar. Drove through a lot of mountain tunnels and we "wheeee-ed" through them (a Zwingli thing where you hold your breath and try to say "wheeeee" all the way through without taking a new breath. I giggle so much that I don't perform very well.)
We decided to drive to the port city of Caruna before going to Ferrol, as there apparently is not much to see in Ferrol. Good call on Caruna! Caruna is a beautiful resort town with lots of history. We walked up to The Tower of Hercules, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is the world's oldest working lighthouse.
Now we are back en el coche, finally going to Ferrol, our Camino de Santiago starting point. Tomorrow , we begin the hike!
Great photos. Keep the posts coming. The weather looks good too. Hope you are adjusting to the time.
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So beautiful!!!!
ReplyDeleterocks with windows! cool! - this is Amanda, by the way. Not sure why it is posting with the strange name. :)
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