Lugo, A Walled City - A Great Day Trip

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June 17th 2013

Published: June 17th 2013

We have been talking about visiting this town since we first heard about it while in Cangas, but just hadn’t been able to make good connections. It turned out to be a 1 ½ hour train ride from A Coruna to Lugo (9.40 euro one way) through beautiful countryside. Fortunately we picked one of the rare completely sunny days for our visit. The highlight of Lugo is that it is the only city in Europe ... Read Full Entry

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Bob & Janice Waller

s v Tsamaya

Like so many others we love to travel and we love to sail so cruising makes a lot of sense. Janice has retired from Cornell as a business manager and Bob has retired from South Seneca school district as the high school principal. It's time to sell the house, get rid of whatever doesn't fit on our 40 foot Caliber LRC named Tsamaya (this means Travel Well in Setswana) and set off to see the world. Our reasons for publishing this blog is twofold, first to keep in touch with our friends and family and secondly to share our experiences. If you would like to receive notification when we have added ... full info

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Chess is Enjoyed By Many

We saw numerous games of chess being played at the tables here by people of all ages.

A Common View

A common scene is to see people sitting at the various cafés that border the historic buildings of the town.

The Porta Mina

The Porta Mina or Carmen Gate is the best preserved of all gates dating back to Roman times. Note how narrow it is.

A Newer Gate

The 5 newer gates are easy to identify as they are much wider as they were designed for ease of access to the city. Most of these were added in the late 1800's & the early 1900’s.

The Camino Goes Through Here

This symbol signifies that Lugo is on one of the Way of St. James routes.

Roof Details

Some of the detail of the interlocking slate tiles on the rooftops.

You'll Have to Believe Me

I was going to take photos of the countryside on our way to Lugo, but all I could get was a reflection –you’ll have to take my word for it was beautiful.

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