Panoramic Galicia

Last night the seas were very rough.  Several times I felt as if I was rising off the bed and coming down later.  Sleeping was tough.

Today we landed in Vigo, Spain and boarded a tour bus for a panoramic tour of Galicia which is this region of Spain.  As we were leaving the cruise ship we saw this interesting monument.

The rafts seen here on the Ria de Vigo are used for growing oysters, scallops and mussels.  We saw them almost everywhere there was water.

At first glance many of us thought these were burial houses because there is a cross on top.  However, they are small houses where they store grain after the harvest.  There are many of them scattered along the way.

Whereas we did not see many single family residences in England, there are many in Spain an some are very nice.

Many of the lots are planted in a variety of fruit and vegetables.

 

Lots of fishing boats.

There were also lots of vineyards along the way.

This grain storage houses matched the house.

We drove to where we were now seeing the Atlantic Ocean.

That is a little church out on that peninsula.  If you swim to it, it is thought to help infertile women get pregnant.

We drove across a bridge to the Island of La Toja. It is one of the well known thermal resorts of Spain.

This church was very interesting.

 

As we got closer we saw that the outside of the church is covered in scallop shells.

 

Unfortunately as you got closer you could see that tourists had left their mark on all of the shells they could reach.

The inside of the church also had a scallop shell as the focal point

We met back at the Talaso Hotel Louxo La Toja for lunch.  The room looked out over the water.

We had a table by one of the windows.

 

Lunch consisted of tapas and wine.  There was a large variety of tapas to choose from and desserts as well.

Here are some of the people from our tour group.

This is one of the sugar packages that I took a picture of so that I could remember the name of the hotel.

Here I am enjoying a glass of wine.

We took a different road back to the ship.  We travel some more along the coast.

 

And we saw a lot of farm land.

 

There were also more vineyards.

  

As we neared town we could see more rafts in the water.

   

Entering town, this was one of the older buildings that our tour guide pointed out.

Most of the round-a-bouts have something interesting in the center.  This one had a nice fountain.

 

Here are a couple more old buildings.

 

There is a mix of old buildings and very modern buildings here.

      We went back to the ship and rested before dinner.

After dinner we went to see Jacob Konvisor who is a violin virtuoso.  His show reminded us a lot of Shoji Tabuchi’s show in Branson, MO.

After the show we played some blackjack and I used my free slot pull and won this T-shirt.

Back at the room we found a rabbit on the bed.

 

Off to bed now.