A Coruna, Spain

April 12, 2023

We sailed into “A Coruna” around 7:30 this morning. It was barely daylight, so we decided to take our time with breakfast. We didn’t book any tours for today, but decided to walk into the town. The ship was anchored only 400 meters from the old town. Coruna is known for its many historical buildings and is also nicknamed the glass city because of its many glass enclosed balconies on the front of most buildings. This part of Spain is called the Galicia area.There was a variety of activities going on in the harbour and several ships being unloaded by large cranes.We set of on foot through the City. Our first stop was to locate a post office and buy stamps, so we could send another series of cards to the grandkids. We continued our journey through the small streets and located several of the historic buildings. In the last old city’s we visited , we noticed they all have their own style of cobblestone they use in the streets. My guess is, whatever is readily available in the local rock quarry. This time of the morning it was not very busy in the small streets. Most cafees were still shut. We did find one open for a coffee. This time we decided to sit inside, as the weather was the coldest we had encountered so far on our trip. Only a high of 14 celcius today. After our coffee break we headed out to discover more of the City. By lunch time we sat down at a small street patio outside an Irish Pub for some fish & chips. After lunch Carol did a little shopping before we hadden back to the ship.Back on the ship we got the message that our next port of Brest in France was cancelled because of bad weather and high seas. Instead we were leaving today’s port not till 11 tonight and sail towards our next stop of Portland in the UK. We were warned that tonight’s and tomorrow’s sail would be a bumpy ride. The theory is, in the rough weather, the captain has to keep the speed up above 10 knots in order to deploy the stabilizers and ultimately keep it somewhat comfortable when crossing the Bay of Biscay.For dinner we met at the Pinnacle restaurant for dinner to celebrate our friend Joan’s birthday.We ended the day with another gathering of the Dutch at the Billboard bar on the ship. They seem to be the only people who stay up after 10PM to socialize.

Cheers