Ah.....A Coruna!

No one parties like the Spanish!! Even the Spanish seagulls keep late hours and you can see them and hear them wheeling through the sky lit by the city as late as 12 pm.

After that who knows what they are doing because that is when the night life really picks up. Of course we eat at the early bird special hour of 9:30 or 10 pm. ;-)

A Coruna is beautifully situated at the middle of an istmus that creates a harbor on one side and a beach on the other. At the end is the old city where every thing is cobbled there are no cars and some of the old walls for defence still exist.

Today we went to the Archiology museum which is housed in a old fort. They had exhibits of inhabitants from 1000 years before the Romans. These people were Celts and Galicia is still Celtic. (After all, given the weather who else would what to settle here!) Then we had an early lunch at 1:30pm and decided to enjoy another aspect of Spanish culture the Siesta! Eat then nap, it just seems like the right thing to do.

The eating here is all about the seafood, specially the octopus. Every restaurant has octopus and squid on the menu. I of course am pro octopus in the way that octopus would approve of....I don't eat them, but there is plenty of other food and the local beer is fantastic and very affordable.

The weather here has been fantastic! Warm but not HOT and we have been swimming at a local beach just two blocks away every day. The water is still on the cold side, 64 F, but it is clear and blue. We plan to spend one more day here on the coast then we are headed to the interior for 2 days then back to France!

Even though this city is off the beaten track it is a wonderful place to vacation. Museums, aquarium, and miles of great Tapas bars, just remember to bring ear plugs if you plan to sleep before 3 am!