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17.-22. august 2002

Galicia

Henning Nielsen
2005-11-09 11:32:17

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turn back to the bus-terminal and take a bus back to Santiago.

Wednesday august 21'th

Another walk to Estacion Autobuses. This time for the bus to La Coruna, 70 km north of Santiago.

Where Pontevedra is historic, then La Coruna is a modern city, and very famous for its great football-club.

Also here they've got at map at the tourist-office, but there are no numbers, so you have to find your own way around. I start by the harbour and take a look at the beautiful houses along the quay. Many of them have special made glass-balconys build on to them. They look great.
From there to the town hall - and suddenly - there he is - Asterix!!. In full figure. Is there anything with Asterix and Galicia anyway?? - hmmm - no I don't think so. Superman and Spiderman are here as well - and they have got nothing to do with Galicia. It's just comix-week in La Coruna I'm afraid.

I take a long walk along the bay at La Coruna. A part of the city is placed on a long tongue of land into the sea, and you can make the whole walk along it. There is also a tram thet follows the bay, but I decided to take the 5 km long walk. It's hot at the end. It's hard to find shadow when you walk along the coast. But I do get the chance to see Castillo De San Anton and El Torre De Hércules.

Thursday august 22'nd

I start this day with a discussion with myself. Should I take the bus to the most western point in Spain called Cabo Finisterre - with the risk that it's a tourist-trap - or should I stay in Santiago. The lazy me wins the discussion. I stay in Santiago for a relaxing day.

But I do see a nice little museum about the history of the pilgrimage called Museo Das Peregrinacións; I do take a look at Convento De Santo Domingo De Boneval (they like long names for their sights....); and I do take a closer look at the church of my monestary. I also visit the Collegio De Fonseca back from 1532 and finally I visit the church of San Fiz De Solovio.

Back in the monestary I finish my Poul Auster novel "The book of illusions"