We
came to with the alarm blaring away and shortly afterwards the breakfast
arrived and it was still hot, did not expect that. By 0810 we were in the Palladium to check in
for the tour and collect our coloured stick on badges, a must have ona cruise
line trip.
It
was quite dark as we left Vigo and headed North in the coach and on to the
Motorway and we left Vigo behind the mist started gathering and so with nothing
to see tried to get a little rest but the tour guide had verbal diarrhoea and
kept repeating herself and jumping between locations, most confusing badly put
together.
We
arrived in Santiago de Compostela which is a very old town with a magnificent
Cathedral which unfortunately covered in scaffolding which made good photos
difficult to get. We decided initially that we needed a coffee and so went in
to the Parador, which is a Hotel Chain in Spain based in historic buildings and
managed by the government. Noel had stayed in this Hotel many years ago whilst
on a business trip to Spain to meet with the Spanish Retailer called Zara. The
Hotel is magnificent and beautifully decorated and the coffee was very good to
and not expensive.
We
then joined the little tourist train which runs around the city and took fifty
minutes and tried to get in to the Cathedral but most parts were closed due to
the renovations, you could go to the museum at a price but decided against it.
We went for a walk along some of the old town streets but it was quite cold and
so rather then get to cold went back to the Parador for another coffee and then
also had a great sandwich which turned out to be ham and cheese with fried egg,
really excellent and it warmed us up.
Back
to the coach and arriving back at Vigo Port for the ship to leave at 14.30,
rather early we think as it would have been nice to have some time around the
old port town. The sun was shining as we left Vigo harbour and so we sat on the
balcony and watched the world go by for a while.
The
sun was shining and we sat on the balcony as we left Spain and started to head
east to the Azores where we are due to arrive on Sunday just when the shops are
closed, poor timing again.
NB.
We have a few photos already but cannot upload due to the very slow internet
connection which is of course a satellite one. We may hope to get a faster
connection in the Azores but not counting on it.
I
then spent a frustrating fifteen minutes trying to connect to the internet with
a view to uploading the first few days of this blog but could not get a
connection, Oh well will try later.
Dinner
was a casual night and we decided to ask for a table for two however the table
they gave was alongside another table for two with a couple who wanted to talk
about how many cruises they have done, boring…
The
wine from yesterday evening was brought, or what was left of it and so we
ordered another bottle of the same however it tasted pretty ropey, I seem, to
remember that it arrived with the cork out which worried me a bit anyway I got
them to bring a replacement which was OK.
We
looked in the cinema and they were showing a film we knew nothing about and so
headed back to the room and saw a round up the day’s news on the TV
specifically relating the Paris terrorist activities which were now over but
with many innocent people dead. These shootings in the name of religion make me
feel sick, no wonder I am an atheist now. Tomorrow is a sea day and perhaps the
weather might be warmer than today.
