Day: May 2, 2018

I was checking it out. WordPress makes it curiously hard to add google photos to a post so I added a second post.

Post by Wynette: One reason we decided to stay here an extra day is that we like our hotel. It is far from perfect: terrible wifi, few electrical outlets for charging all our devices, small room, thin walls (our neighbors were noisy a couple of hours last evening). It’s a slightly shabby, old-fashioned, once grand hotel. Big lobby, etc. Several guidebooks recommended it. Google reviews were mediocre. But we couldn’t find anything better. What we do like is the old-fashioned grandness, our bright sunny corner room with ocean views, comfortable beds, clean, location in the center of town.

This place was a little mysterious. On a small road. A tiny house but with utilities. Well kept up. Great ocean views. Mowed yard. We decided it was a tiny vacation home.

Even the small villages have a town plaza, i.e. town “square” (same shape as Times Square). I suppose the kids would get bored with this in a short time.

We don’t have any idea what’s going on with these plastic bottles in the window. Any ideas?

Sometimes they ask whether you want a cup or a glass. Sometimes the cup one is small and the grande is in a glass. Another thing I don’t understand. The glass was too hot to hold comfortably. I would have said the cup is the best technology for hot liquids. Why use a glass?

We saw this court a few days ago by our hotel. It had small stands (3 rows) on three sides. Yesterday we saw another one, this one a little worse for wear.

We can’t figure out what game they might be for. A challenge for you super searchers out there.

Post by Wynette: We are spending a luxurious day off in San Vicente de la Barquera. We had important business to take care of: 1) laundry and 2) buy a phone charger (Charlie’s stopped working), 3) relax.

We love the self-service laundries in Spain. You can usually find them in towns with a population of a few thousand. Soap is included and added automatically so that is convenient.

We found a decent phone charger at the China store. Just about every town of any size has a China store. They are run by immigrants from China and usually don’t close for siesta. They sell a little bit of everything (un poco de todo, I couldn’t resist saying that, I love to say that in Spanish).

We are sitting in the bar where we had breakfast. They have good coffee and wifi. Such a luxury to get to come back to a place that you like.