At 8/9/2020 11:02 PM, 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 Spainâ??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
>Spainâ??s version of Landâ??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 Sardiñeira; the fog
>was rollling in from the Atlantic. The houses look very different from our
>part of Spain?here, the architecturre 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
Looking forward to more images. My reaction to the first image, unfortunately
for me, was forest fire. Something we deal with here in AZ. But the coast with
fog is nice. With all the ship wrecks there, I wonder if any divers go down to
explore them?
WayneS
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