Day: May 10, 2024

Some photos from today

Highlights from today: We explored the other two beaches in Llanes at both low tide and high tide. And had a great lunch in between.

Playa de Puerto Chico, low tide
Family on Playa de Puerto Chico, from above
Playa de Puerto Chico from above
Playa de Toro, morning, low tide. A very rocky beach.
Playa de Toro, afternoon, high tide, pretty much the same place as low tide photo. Many of the rocks are now under water.
Playa de Toro, on the sand, low tide
Our waiter at Sidreria La Amistad. We’d ordered first and second courses for each of us, that we intended to share. He told us we’d ordered too much food and suggested we leave out something. He was right! We had plenty to eat. This has happened to us a number of times in Spain. Waiters will tell us the portions are large and we don’t need as much food. Later, I was taking Charlie’s photo when the waiter appeared and he playfully joined in the photo.
Ensalada templada, warm salad. But all that was warm was the slightly crisped wedges of cheese on top. It was as good as it looks. We also had rice with seafood and lamb chops.
Outside Sidreria La Amistad.

The Coast of Wales

In a remarkable coincidence I just ran across this article (https://medium.com/globetrotters/stacks-cracks-and-arches-985cfa542b28) describing a section of the coast of Wales. The rock formations are very close to the ones I showed in yesterday’s blog post “The coast of northern Spain”. And his videos look a lot like the videos took, including the wind noise. I guess sea coasts are similar all over the world.

The Coast of Northern Spain

We have walked several Caminos along the north coast of Spain and they all have been beautiful with stunning views. Yesterday we walked along a coastal path that was different from other ones we have seen.

The rock making up this coast is apparently softer than usual rocks and gets worn away by the ocean waves. This creates a rugged coastline with many inlets. Sometimes the rock wears through creating a short tunnel that then opens on the top creating a hole where the ocean waves come up. They call these “buffoons” or bufones. They make interesting sounds and when the tide is high and the ocean rough they shoot up water 10-20 feet in the air.

This is connected to the ocean under the rocks. You can see the surf coming through the tunnel.
There are many arches like this.
All the rock surrounding this was worn away by the waves over millions of years.

This article talks about this and Basque Country.