La Coruña Peninsula and city
La Coruña was the intended and much anticipated Port of Call in northern Spain’s Galicia region. Because of ongoing bad weather patterns during this cruise we could not make a daylong stop there and everything was cut short to a quick stop in the foggy cruise port to offload some passengers and a crew of entertainers and interestingly enough upload a handful of British Immigration officers to check on our new stamps and facilitate an easy ETA Visa entry in the United Kingdom.. Our anticipation had been an access to the popular Camino de Santiago de Compostela, a little bit to the south of La Coruña.
The Camino (pilgrimage) started in the early 9th century after mysticism and legend put Jesus’ apostle St. James’s gravesite in Galicia. The cathedral build in Santiago (which in Spanish means St.James) became the focus point of many different caminos in the 12 centuries since, gaining in popularity in recent years.
Our more in-depth research will probably have to wait until we decide to “settle” in the Northern Portugal area, because this time for us it was on to Southampton, where the cruise ends and our British discovery adventure begins.
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