Ferrol, 9/6/24





 This port town is beautiful! We arrived here from Fragas do Eume this morning and made our way to the public Albergue. Tomorrow we start walking from here:


But tonight we have to locate some plastic bags to serve as ponchos since it looks like we are in for a bit of rain over the next few days. Also a coffee cup to make my morning getup in. 

We found a restaurant that served lunch and had a rather interesting repast. The mealtimes here are quite different. There does not appear to be anything like our breakfast, only cafe and pastry. Then if you are lucky you can find a larger meal (lunch?) between 1pm and 3:30). Their supper doesn’t get served until 8pm. You would think that this would make for an overweight population (eating so late) but no, the people appear to be in better shape than Americans as a whole

We walked into this 18th century Catholic Church because we were lucky enough to be there when the volunteer Jose the Policeman was re-painting the doors. He let us in and turned on the lights so we could see this:



I think the name of the church is Our Lady of Sorrows and if you look close enough you can see her on the main altar. Jose also told us that the crucifix in the other picture was delivered by boat from England and is the oldest in these parts.

We passed by this beautiful park on the way back to the Albergue. It appears to be a memorial park to the local people’s heroes:




Actually, if you are interested, here is what this park is;

SAN JUAN BASTION View of the Cortina, in the Arsenal, from the Baluarte.

Located in the Old Town of Ferrol, it is one of the most important remains of the 18th century defensive wall of Ferrol, along with the Baluarte del Rey, the Baluarte de Canido and the Fontelonga gate.

From its summit you can see a magnificent panoramic view of the port of Curuxeiras, kilometre 0 of the English Way of Santiago de Compostela, the Ferrol estuary and the battery known as La Cortina del Arsenal, a great example of what was understood by a military defensive line in the 18th century.

Want to the bar and had a glass of vino. Here is our dinner:

Tomorrow we walk. Nitey Nite!

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