Blogs from Oia , Galicia, Spain, Europe

Advertisement

Europe » Spain » Galicia » Oia September 3rd 2019

I woke up fairly and walked to the ferry dock to get the ferry to Valenca, right across the river from Tui, Spain. At this point it wasn’t quite 8am and the ferry wasn’t supposed to leave until 9, so I, with a number of other pilgrims, sat down to have a coffee or soda. Not long after, the lady in the café came out and said a smaller boat was leaving now and it was only 5 euros, but could only take 6 people. I was the 5th person to get a ticket, so away I went. The boat was a small motor boat, but didn’t take long to get across the inlet to Spain. Notice I said across the inlet to Spain, not down the inlet to Valenca in Portugal! Well, I’d done it ... read more
Cafe at Ferry docks in Caminha
Ferry to Valenca
Our boat helmsman leaving us, on Coastal Route!

Europe » Spain » Galicia » Oia September 19th 2016

19 September 2016, day 21, A Guarda to Oia. 14.91 kilometers, 8.9 miles Hotel A Raina A warning - a longer blog covering 'gunner monks,' Galician ponies and a beautiful old monastery As I mentioned yesterday when we entered Spain we moved our clocks an hour ahead. So when we awoke at 0700; it was still dark. The lady at the Hotel Meira, served us breakfast of Spanish dried ham, cheese, croissant, coffee and orange juice. This was at 0800 when we had to have our bags down for transfer to next hotel. So our merry band of five started down the streets of A Guarda just before 0900. We saw the square and church before getting to the coast boardwalk. The day was sunny and the walk along the coast beautiful. As we were walking ... read more
Jo and Karen found a new friend and book lover
The A Guarda Church near the square
These three young ladies work in Cambridge, England




Tot: 0.041s; Tpl: 0.003s; cc: 8; qc: 22; dbt: 0.0177s; 1; m:domysql w:travelblog (10.17.0.13); sld: 1; ; mem: 1mb