Galacia

So the weekend of the 11-12 of February was the second ESN trip to Galacia. After about a four hour bus ride we got to our hostel in Santiago de Compostela, which turned out to be more like a nice hotel. We had a quick wander around and lunch before we all met up for our group tour. The highlight of the tour was of course going to the cathedral and passing Saint James' tomb. The interior was fantastic, unfortunately the photos didn't come up that well though. We then continued the tour through the city until finishing up in the gardens. A group of us then went to a cafe to get something to warm us up. It was really sunny in Galacia but still very cold in the later afternoon. I got a white hot chocolate, delicious! Hot chocolates here have the consistency of pudding.

For the evening, we went out and had a free wine and tapas with the group before we all split up. At about 11pm we all met up again to go to a bar and have a typical Galician shot. It was quite possibly the foulest shot I have ever done. 

The next day we headed off to La Coruña. A seaside town, which has the oldest functioning Roman lighthouse in the world, known as Torre de Hércules. There was something really appealing about La Coruña, maybe it was the combination of nice weather and being by the sea, I don't know. We then got given about three hours for lunch before our city tour. (We always get given so much time to eat lunch as it is considered the most important meal of the day in Spain, three hours felt a bit excessive though).  

I tried the nicest drink I have ever had in Spain after lunch. It's called a Toffee, 1/3 chocolate syrup, 1/3 condensed milk, 1/3 coffee. Wow!

The tour took us through the old city while they explained the history, none of which I can remember at this point in time. Again we were given free time, which we killed sitting down by the port before getting back on the bus for the trip back to Oviedo.

The main square