Larissa and I just got back into Salamanca after an awesome weekend spent in Galicia, which is in the north wesern corner of Spain.
It´s about 10.15m and got to get home, so I can´t write much at the moment, but I can´t wait to upload some pictures and explain more.
Short story [i hope]: Galicia is beautiful, GREEN!!!, and overall reminded us very much of New Zealand lol, though still very different. Since Friday afternoon we have been to so many places and spent a long time on buses! Left here at 2.30pm for Santiago, historically [well and currently] an important destination for pilgrims. Got there late at night, walked, ate, slept. Bus went through hills/mountains where we saw more snow it was preettyy - then it got dark. Saturday morning wandered around Santiago, had my first ``chocolate con churros´´ - yum! - looked at the cathedral and surrounding plazas, then got on a bus to head up along the ``costa del muerte´´ Scenic route along the coast through hills and trees etc in a nearly empty 2-level bus, in which we scored the front seats upstairs so pretty sweet views!!!
This trip ended at ¨finisterre¨ - aka the end of the world - or so everyone thought before Columbus discovered America. Small, slightly unfriendly little town which really did feel like the end of the world, haha. From there we got another bus to A Coruña, which is a pretty awesome city on an isthmus yay with beach right in the urban centre pretty much. Spent this morning exploring a bit of it, mostly around the coast, and climbed up an old tower and enjoyed the wild ocean and spray and salt and wind and everything. It was awesome. Then it was train back to Santiago, across town to the bus station, and 6 or so hours back to Salamanca and I guess the story ends there for now.
Off home to write a script for a 15min oral presentation about NZ - funn.
love to all
xoxoxox
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Yee Ha!
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And you do write a pretty fabulous blog Emmy Jane - even when you are in a hurry. Thanks so much for keeping us posted.
Back at work! Yuk. Love you heaps.
Wonderful wonderful wonderful is all I can say. That sounds such a magnificent trip Emmy. What great things you are seeing and doing. I am really envious and I will be that your Mother will be already working out what she will see in Spain. I have to tell you that Asha chose to watch the Heffalump in 'Espanol' when she heard it was the language you were learning.
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Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful is all I can say. What great sights you are seeing and what a lot you will have to tell us. It is just so interesting reading it all. I have to tell you that Asha decided to watch the Heffalump DVD in Espanol when we told her that was the language you were learning. How cute!
ReplyDeleteLots of love and hugs, Granny XXXXX