Galicia is in the Northern tip of Spain near the Cantabrian sea, and is known for its amazing beaches, cheese, and mussels and oysters. I absolutely loved this trip that GW took us on, paying for all of the expenses and giving us a true cultural experience. I will never forget my time spent on the 8 hour busride there and back through the landscape of Spain--seeing the water, the mountains, all the olive branches raised in people's backyards for wine, and the people.
At this point, I almost feel like I love Spain in a personified way....in the way that I love it and miss it when I am away, am always happy to return to it, and fall more and more in love with its culture and spirit- almost like a person.
Below: These are the freshly caught mussels right off our boat in O Grove shipping beach village which they served with the typical Galician house wine. The fisherman kept these steaming mussels coming!
Loved seeing the Spanish flag off the boat. The people here really are just so proud of their country and their regions.
Some lucky person's balcony view of Sanxexo, the Spanish beach town about 45 minutes from Santiago (Galicia)...wish I were them!
This is still in Sanxenxo, where we spent much time on the beach watching the surfers and children getting sea shells...as well as this part of the fisherman's wharf section.
We had the bus stop at this little secret beach where two of my crazy guy friends decided to jump in the freezing cold Cantabrian sea! It was wild but also such a great time at this other beach.
Me off the coast of Sanxenxo...not the best picture! But still, the view overlooking the sea was what really amazed me.
These type of mussels were growing on the banks, and though pretty....required a lot of carefulness not to step on!
Other view of Sanxenxo.
This is one of the 3 most pilgrimaged spots in the world, third to the Vatican and Jerusalem. There are seashells all along the route of pilgrimage to mark the way for the religious pilgrims on their holy route. Chaucer's wife made this route, and also the body of St. James is said to lie here and is the patron saint of the city...he was supposedly in Spain around the time of his death, backing up the church's claim that these bones are his.
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