Sunday, June 24, 2012

Río


Some photos from an excursion to the river... We took the car to a little villiage and then descended by foot down a sort of gully to the river. The water was very cold and moved quite fast. There were miniature waterfalls. We swam to the other bank and walked around and found a deep pool under one of the waterfalls, about ten feet deep, into which you could jump. 






Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Islas Cíes II


I went to the Islas Cíes last October on a cloudy, chilly day. When my sister came to visit, we went back, and the weather was perfect. The beach you see here is called the Praia de Rodas. It's in a perfect curve, has crystalline water, is very clean, and is not crowded (because you have to ride a ferry to the islands to get there). We arrived early and had the whole beach to ourselves!







We hiked up to the lighthouse


Sunday, June 10, 2012

de Cangas á Praia Castiñeiras


One teacher who works at both my school and my friend Eric's school invited us on a coastal hike. We went with a dozen people, including my sister, who was(is) visiting. We started in Cangas and walked a path along the coast...
Una profe que trabaja en mi cole y en el cole de mi amigo Eric nos invitó a una caminata costera. Fuimos con una docena de personas, incluyendo a mi hermana, que me está(ba) visitando. Partimos de Cangas y seguimos una senda por la costa...


Then we crossed the Morrazo peninsula at its narrowest point, reaching the village of Vilariño. 
Entonces cruzamos la península de O Morrazo en su punto más estrecho, llegando al pueblo de Vilariño.


From Vilariño we continued along the coast, which was very rocky. At one point we reached a seemingly impassable point. Luckily we had a percebeiro with us (a guy whose job is to harvest a certain kind of barnacle which is a great delicacy here) Here you can see him helping some of the others pass...
Desde Vilariño continuábamos por la costa, que era bastante rocosa. En cierto punto llegamos a un punto que parecía impasible. Por suerte estábamos en compañía de un percebeiro quien nos ayudó a los demás a pasar...


Three hours later, here we are at Castiñeiras beach
Y tres horas más tarde, aquí estamos en nuestro destino, la playa Castiñeiras