Here in Santander, have finally seemed to get into the swing of things with the Spanish lifestyle. Don´t do anything between the hours of 2pm and 5pm as it is too hot and all the shops close for a Siesta, and don´t try and buy food from a restaurant until after 9pm. Had a lengthy session in the supermarket trying to figure out what all the foods were and then read preparation instructions. Ended up with a lot of fresh fruit and veges and bread. The freezer section is a laugh, all the frozen veges and seafood in compartments for you to scoop your own into a bag. Great fun. Did also manage to get a delicious Sangria from a bar near where we are staying. And cheap too! Not many people in Spain speak English which is proving a great challenge. Then you find random people that can and I´m sure they are scared at how long you try and talk to them, the butcher at the supermarket, the man at the booth in the parking building, the homeless man you give your jar of olives to that you didn´t like......(didn´t stay to talk to him).
Next stop was Santillana Del Mar, a small old looking town which gets a lot of tourists due to some caves nearby. Justin bought a sweet sweet walking stick as every person here seemed to be carrying one. The caves have some paintings in them which are 18,500 years old. (Impressive I know) The actual caves have evidence of people living in them up to 22,000 years ago. You can´t visit the actual caves as the hoards of tourists that were let free to roam them in the 1970s and 1980s nearly destroyed them, but they have used some pretty wicked technology to make a replica cave that you go inside. There is also a really interesting museum which tells you all about cave paintings and cave people from all around Europe.
Went for a whirlwind tour through Leon, where we found some sweet markets and really awesome looking Gothic church.
We were keen to get into Portugal so spent another half day in a place called Zamora in Spain. Went for a walk and saw loads massive ants making tracks across our path. Fasinating but really quite scary!
Next stop was Santillana Del Mar, a small old looking town which gets a lot of tourists due to some caves nearby. Justin bought a sweet sweet walking stick as every person here seemed to be carrying one. The caves have some paintings in them which are 18,500 years old. (Impressive I know) The actual caves have evidence of people living in them up to 22,000 years ago. You can´t visit the actual caves as the hoards of tourists that were let free to roam them in the 1970s and 1980s nearly destroyed them, but they have used some pretty wicked technology to make a replica cave that you go inside. There is also a really interesting museum which tells you all about cave paintings and cave people from all around Europe.
Went for a whirlwind tour through Leon, where we found some sweet markets and really awesome looking Gothic church.
We were keen to get into Portugal so spent another half day in a place called Zamora in Spain. Went for a walk and saw loads massive ants making tracks across our path. Fasinating but really quite scary!
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