Driving around Galicia
When our class ended on July 5th, we packed up our belongings, bid the Sanchez family and the city of Salamanca goodbye, and headed north and west to the city of Santiago de Compostela in our little rental car.
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Santiago is the terminus for pilgrims making their way through Europe since the early middle ages. The Cathedral is said to contain the bones of St. James. Pilgrims can be recognized by the scallop shells they wear as a symbol of their journey to Santiago. The town is young, vibrant, cool, and foggy. |
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After leaving Santiago and the wonderful "mariscos" (shellfish), we continued our trip by heading east and following the coast as it wound in and out of the inlets known as the Costa de la Muerte (Coast of Death). Stone circles are at one lovely beach are all that remain of an excavated Celtic city. |
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This was the first of many, many beaches we were to see as we travelled along the Northern coast of Spain. Most of them were nearly empty like this one. |
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The tiny town of Cedeira didn't have much of a choice of restaurants but the hotel with a view of the beach was well worth our stop. We climbed out of the village up into the fields above for a glorious view of the bay below. |
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Here at Cabo Finisterre (literally "end of the world") we traded photo opportunities with a Spanish couple and watched the sun sink into the ocean.
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