Our arrival in Spain

The Gatwick Plane arrived in Santiago just after mid-day and my son, daughter and their  partners decided that as it was so very wet they would head into the city by bus to eat while awaiting the arrival of the Dublin plane so we could all travel to Sarria together later in the day.

By the time we arrived from Dublin it was still pouring rain and there was no sign of them outside the airport door where we had hoped to catch the 1610 bus to Lugo. Our friend who had also travelled from  Dublin was planning to walk a bit immediately after arrival with another friend (as she had less time to complete her journey) So we took their bags and they set off in lashing rain to clock up some miles and said we would see them later on.

Meanwhile several frantic phonecalls and text messages later, the four arrived back out

waiting at Dublin with my friend clearly hoping for sunny weather in Spain!!

 

My family-3 sons 1 daughter and 2 partners kitted out for the rain

 from the city just in time for us all to catch the Lugo bus from the airport. We were all exhausted, as we  had  virtually no sleep the previous night because of our travel plan and some of us had to stand for a large part of the bus journey. The connection to Sarria from Lugo worked ok but by the time we finally arrived in Sarria with our luggage, the extra bags  and the rain

 

 

we felt like we had already competed a marathon and we hadn't even walked a step yet!!

We arrived safely at our accommodation and after a brief rest went out to eat and await the later arrival of our other friend. The pizzas were the very best we have ever eaten and we relaxed and planned for our next morning departure whilst we spent time along the river side in Sarria.