Weather: high cloud, 15º C Mileage: 390 Km; Total 1,495 kms Today we drove from Santiago de Compostelo to Oviedo via Lugo. The purpose of stopping in Lugo was to visit the Roman wall around the old part of the city which date from the 3rd century. This wall is just over 2 kms in length, goes all the way around the old city, is entirely walkable and is one of the best preserved in the world. We drove in through one of the ten gates, got a very access...

Weather: raining, low cloud, 12º C Mileage: 220 Km; Total 1,105kms Today we had always planned to go out to the west coast and visit some of the fishing villages. It would have been better if we had done this yesterday and visited Santiago de Compostela today as the low cloud prevented us from seeing the coastline and villages at their best. Our route took us through a number of villages including Porto do Son, Noia, Muros (where we had lunch), Cee and...

Kms: 40 kms; Total 885 kms Weather: Partially overcast with intermittent showers =15º C Very nice breakfast and good selection at the hotel so will be having it here each morning. Set off for the Santiago Cathedral, the end point for the pilgrims of the Camino de Santiago. First we had to find a car park. As it turned out the city is flush with them and the charges are not that bad. The one we found was about 1km walk from the cathedral and we paid &...

Temp 18 high cloud with occasional sunny periods (good driving weather) Today's Mileage 530 km; Total for trip 845 km Went out for breakfast (coffee and croissant) in Salamanca. Had some difficulty finding a place that was open. The town is almost dead at 9am even on a Monday. On the way back to check out we dropped into the indoor market directly across from the hotel. The market was closed over the weekend. Although smaller it was comparable to the food ...

Temp 21 mainly sunny with intermittent cloud We found a café nearby and near the Plaza Mayor for breakfast. We thought it odd that the area was full of police and people who were part of the Red Cross. As it turned out there was a marathon (or possibly half marathon) happening and the runners were going past us and into the Plaza. We are becoming experts at watching marathons with a coffee in one hand and a croissant in the other aren’t we Shelley? ...