http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Galicia/Vigo/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Spain , Galicia , Vigo en-us Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:49:30 +0000 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:49:30 +0000 Some of you that may have read our other blog some of this will be a repeat but we have tried to fill in some of the details for you about our trip thus far since leaving Lagos.As you may have figured from our previous entries we have been somewhat anxious to get moving again. We definitely enjoyed our stay in Lagos Portugal but figured it was time to start moving north toward the Baltic. We de http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Galicia/Vigo/blog-785091.html So where were weHaving lived here for over a year now and hopefully for a little while longer yet one of my favourite things about Spain or at least this part of Spain is how for the want of a better word oldfashioned lots of things are. I hadnt appreciated it before I came here and I mean it almost entirely as a compliment but moreso than anywhere else Ive lived there are customs http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Galicia/Vigo/blog-775290.html Ive found whilst doing this in various different places that sometimes its the normal mundane things that are the most difficult to accomplish. In my case getting a haircut abroad is something that makes me want to go into a corner roll up into a ball and start sucking my thumb.This I think is largely down to a particularly painful experience in Beijing where with all the cunning logi http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Galicia/Vigo/blog-771816.html Met Barb Gary and Roxie and we walked into town for a little while probably not much more than an hour or two as it was very hilly with not much to do but walk around. Did make it up the first hill to see an old church. The town is built into a mountainside so walking was difficult for a couple of us. Had dinner at our reserved table which Moises ensured that we have for all 10 of us for th http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Galicia/Vigo/blog-754662.html One of the joys of living in a relatively popular foreign city is the snobby ridiculous smugness you feel when you see tourists who are obviously tourists wandering round lost sunburnt and a bit flustered. Perhaps smugness is the wrong word as it comes from the I recognise that feeling thank God its not me again school of emotions so maybe relief laced with sympathy is a better http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Galicia/Vigo/blog-713752.html Picking a foreign football team to support is always a bit weird. If youve followed football either through a team or just the game in general for long enough you will have certain preconceptions and fixed ideas about particular clubs which are as illogical and ridiculous as the ideas people have about peoples names the ones based on past experiences where you have the unshakeable bel http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Galicia/Vigo/blog-693630.html About an hours walk from my flat there is a beach called Samil maybe it is the fact that since I left Liverpool 10 years ago I havent lived near a beach Leeds San Jose Xiangfan and Budapest all being decidedly inland but as beaches go its a damn good one. White sand clear blue water little quiet inlets and bays and lots of rocks just waiting to be climbed on. The islands o http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Galicia/Vigo/blog-693621.html The first time I went to Sheffield I remember thinking that the city was built on some kind of giant seesaw because it felt like everywhere we walked we were going uphill. In my first few days here I had the same feeling. There is no such thing as a flat level street in Vigo everything seems to resemble either a mountain that you need a Sherpa and boots to try and get up or a slide where yo http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Galicia/Vigo/blog-689607.html When getting to somewhere new I always have a tendency to compare my arrival with my arrivals in the places before it almost as a way of getting a handle on things immediately and trying to get a feeling of comfortability and familiarity straightaway. Getting to Vigo airport was no different. The jetlag the nerves and the crying baby on the plane were all reminiscent of the flights to Costa Ric http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Galicia/Vigo/blog-689589.html This morning we headed into port at Vigo Spain. It was really exciting especially as the sun was shining this was the first time it was hot on this holiday and then we saw loads of dolphins swimming next to the ship It was brilliant. Mummy and daddy had seen wild dolphins before but this was a first for me Once we were off the ship mummy and daddy took me on a really long walk today towar http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Galicia/Vigo/blog-681694.html We had just finished our wonderful Christmas with Gogue and family and were excited to get to Portugal but we decided to make a quick overnight pit stop in Vigo. Vigo is the largest city in Galicia and its right on the coast. Its also home to the newspaper Faro de Vigo which publishes Gogues comic strip Floreano. We left O Grove late morning and were in Vigo by early afternoon where we che http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Galicia/Vigo/blog-679734.html Hi allWell we've been on the road now for 81 days and covered over 2700 miles and loved nearly all of it you'll see from this blog that northern Spain gave us a few problems. We had intended to spend a lot longer here but the lack of open sites and ADS's meant that we were very limited on where we could go but we made the most of it as you'll see.Monday 27th SeptemberThe first things that struck http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Galicia/Vigo/blog-539171.html Day 1 Boarding Queen Elizabeth for her Maiden Cruise.It turned out to be a good idea to relax at the nearby Hotel with a coffee until close to sailing time. As we were one of the last to turn up we avoided the queues and were whisked straight on board by they friendly greeters Alex was getting a little concerned about arriving so close to boarding time within 5 minutes Ron of course was uncon http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Galicia/Vigo/blog-537427.html The Three Rias we visited Muros Pontevedra and Vigo So many people we had spoken to told us how beautiful the Rias of north west Spain were. In all honesty we had no idea of what to expect in real terms but essentially they are like big long and wide areas of water a bit like Pittwater near Sydney in some ways. They have towns and villages dotting the coastline in some of them and in other http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Galicia/Vigo/blog-431573.html Combarro village considered as a National Monument. In Combarro the visitor has the feeling of walking through a sort of natural museum where all the components that have shaped the Galician landscape are on display. Within a reduced space the homes of fishermen and peasants small boats and carts are harmoniously combined. Houses are erected on rock and copious hrreos stone granaries in whi http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Galicia/Vigo/blog-402732.html We played Palencia last night who is one of the top teams in the league and really needed a win over us. We have been playing a little sub par as of late to so it was a must win for us. As usual we got a pretty good home crowd and jumped on them early. I had a real good first half hitting my first three knocking down a buzzer beater from down town and then driving to the hoop for a lay up as t http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Galicia/Vigo/blog-402079.html Baiona is a municipality in Galicia Spain in the province of Pontevedra. Baiona is a tourist town with a medieval historical center situated by the outlet of the Vigo Bay. Its population of just over 11000 rises to around 45000 in the summer if one includes tourists. Other than tourism the major economic activities revolve around fishing. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Galicia/Vigo/blog-401803.html Castrelos Park is Vigo's biggest and nicest park that is filled with gardens ponds an old castle museums and tons of other nice outdoorsy things Miriam had to study yesterday so I decided to tag along catch my daily nap out in the sun and do some walking around for what I call Todd Gill photo ops The park is beautiful and considered one of the nicest gardens in all of Spain come Autumn http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Galicia/Vigo/blog-401407.html Mondariz is a small village about 30 minutes inland from Vigo. Its population is only around 5000 people and from what I saw I think that 4900 of them are over the age of 80 As soon as I got to the place I could see why everyone refers to it as a village. It is really small really quaint and with the exception of its new hotelspa it is easy to see that everything there has probably been http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Galicia/Vigo/blog-401229.html Vigo in Spain If the last port of call was an acclimatisation stop Vigo certainly proved a good follow on and provided good UK weather. Rain rain and then more rain laced with cold wind and a hint of winter. The rainbow when we arrived in port was beautiful but then so was the one we saw as we left Vigo. The other noticeable things were the seagulls millions of them and the Graffiti tons of http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Galicia/Vigo/blog-398663.html