Lugo

Last night we asked if we could stay here another night and they said no, they were full. Then we had a little stress trying to figure out where we wanted to go and find a hotel there. It has to have free wi-fi, a nice location, be reasonably priced, but not grungy and have a room available. Anyway, we are heading to the North Wind in Espasante on the north coast of Galicia. We will leave here about noon and go to Betanzos for lunch. The Spanish meal schedule really messes with sight-seeing (and shopping, of which we have done very little). Everything is closed from 2-4 or longer (1:30-5), when we are supposed to eat and take a siesta. I already feel like I am eating and sleeping all the time. So we want to get to Betanzos early enough to go to the museum there and walk around some before lunch. But we are usually very hungry by 2. And our record of getting on to the right road is not 100%. We have to get from here to Lugos and follow the road signs to Betanzos. Unfortunately, there don't seem to be a lot of road signs. And there is a lot of construction. I think Spain is fixing up everything, maybe because they were hoping for the Olympics. Or maybe they have realized that tourism is great for their economy.






Yesterday we walked around Lugo, which has an intact Roman wall around the oldest part of the city. It is big enough to walk on (8 people across if you wanted) and is a great way to see a small city like Lugo. I really enjoyed it. It is not so high as to be frightening, although I did not go to the edges and look down much. Like many towns in Galicia, they built a cathedral modeled after Santiago's. I like theirs better. Santiago's was more gilded and ornate. This one is more my speed. Although I may have seen enough dead Christs for a while. We found the provincial museum, which has some art of various kinds, including prehistoric shards. There are some Roman mosaics which were found when they were reconstructing something. One is of Daedalus and a very sexy-looking bull. Lots of old stuff everywhere and when you are in, say, the cathedral, or on the wall, I think of the thousands of people who have been before.