Left Madrid
Chamartin train station at 09:15 for Santiago de Compostela
Grey, cold
day so far, a few snowflakes falling.
Chamartin is, from what I read, a business district of Madrid and not
all that inviting.
It is
seriously snowing outside the train as I write this. We are half way from Madrid to Santiago
(Spain not Chile (I hope) … but there was that roundabout back there …) and the
more it snows the more it goes on snowing.
Starting to wonder if we are heading for the North Pole instead. Just passed Thule train station, have to look
that up later where it is. Is that
Stumpy the mountain goat in the distance or a reindeer ….
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Lovely reception by Aaron, Maria and family. Met their two sweet girls, Gabriela and Elouisa, Maria's Mum and Dad. They live in Cesbon, a drive out of Santiago.
Walked around Santiago and saw the cathedral, the resting place (it is told) of St James the apostle - hence the name of the city. More food, lots of it and very nice.
Picked up a hire car to drive home to Maria and Aaron's. There was a small fault with the car but I didn't complain too much, with the steering wheel and pedals being on the wrong side. Thought maybe because it was a Renault and they just wanted to be a bit different. Hard to reach the pedals and steering wheel while sitting on the right-hand side but managed to make it work with a bit of a stretch. Had to swerve to avoid a few cars as they have no idea about keeping to the left of the road.
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