La Coruña
Layover Day 4
We had a very chilled start to the day. Lukas and Viv had a tour around the boat and a few knot lessons. The Swiss neighbour came out for a chat, but also, as there was a lot of splashing and shouting coming from the water.
Some people were doing immersion training. They were dressed in red suits with built in flotation looking like something out Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland. They would jump in from pretty high up and then flap around on their backs for a bit.
The main task for the rest of the morning was to go shopping. We decided what to cook , made a list, and then I forgot it. We managed to remember pretty much everything, we only forgot to look for an insulated coffee cup. We even bought a big rustic loaf from a little panadoria next to the Gatos supermarket. Lukas served as the role of pack horse for the beers, as we plodded back to the boat.
We had a bit of lunch and the relaxed until 4 when Eva came to pick us up to take us , masks and all, to Santiago de Compostela. It’s a bit weird all being in a car with masks on looking like we are en route to a heist. Eva has to have a COVID test on Wednesday, as she is a teacher, so we will await the result with interest. We have all been taking precautions, lots of hand washing, alcohol gels, wearing masks, eating outside, living on a boat , but you never know. Again, the last time I visited here was 30 years ago with Eva. Not that she remembers taking me there which will try not to take personally 
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.The old town is such a beautiful place. Car free streets , covered walkways (it rains here) and lots of heraldry that Eva impressively explained to us. Eva needed a coffee so we sat at a little café, she had a coffee and we had a beer; she was driving. We then proceeded onwards to the impressive cathedral square, with the parador and other buildings. There were the indelicate strains of a bag pipe playing. Lived or piped (Marco’s pun, sorry). In the spirit of supporting buskers I donated a couple of euros and got a picture. The Celts went a long way.
We thought about going in the cathedral, but in this time of COVID they were only allowing 50 in at a time. While we deliberated we witnessed a pretty big domestic , even I can understand “puta” and the smashing of a glasses etc. It all calmed down and we decided to go in search of Tarta de Santiago courtesy of Sue, instead.
Viv was going to cook a veggie curry for us but time was getting on, so we decided to eat out. An amazed waiter set out the table for us as it was only 7:20, you want to eat now he asked incredulously. Probably because Eva is Galician he didn’t believe it. Even more un-Galician we ordered paella . We hadn’t had one yet and it was probably our last night in Spain.
. We hadn’t had one yet and it was probably our last night in Spain.To be fair, it was pretty good, missing the socorat, but pretty tasty. We also had pimientos de padron (another tourists favourite, according to Eva) , scallops things ( delish) , some empanada and very good anchoas, washed down with Estrella Gallego, simply Spain’s best beer. Shoutout to Galo my student who recommended it to me way back in November BC (before covid). Back to the boat, and a goodbye to Eva, who has been a fantastic host in La Coruña.
Off to bed , earlyish start tomorrow. Hopefully the weather gods would be kind, we were expecting 30kt gusts and some swell tomorrow at the Roman’s End of the World, Finisterra!
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