Remember the phone call my teen didn’t make yesterday, signing us up for our free tour of old town A Coruña . Well today is the day, and to make it even better, it is also one of the days of the Medieval Fair in A Coruña.
The tour started in Plaza Maria Pita, a main plaza which houses the town hall:
We arrived at our multilingual tour to find we are the only English speakers. While we do try to use our Spanish as much as possible, we all know my ability to speak is at times frightening and hubby speaks only English and French.
Our tour guide was dressed as John Moore, a British General who helped to defend Spain against Napoleon’s troops. (The photo is at the end of the tour when he is standing in front of his tomb- the tomb of John Moore):
As the tour progressed the Spanish sections got longer, while the English translations got shorter at each stop. So short in fact that at one point he completely skipped the English and at the next one he did say, “To my English speakers, don’t worry, I didn’t forget you.”
Despite the lack of English, the tour was interesting and fun and included the Military museum, somewhere we may not have wandered into on our own:
Then we were free to roam around the Medieval Fair, which put a big smile on our tween’s face. If you remember, our tween was disappointed last week when we didn’t stop at a similar fair in Portugal.
And this next one is a bit gross, but we saw similar BBQ’s throughout the fair:
And before we went home, a coffee stop (ice cream for the girls):
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Looks like a fun trip.
Joyce recently posted..Silly Sunday: Looking Old
These were some fun days
Looked interesting especially the BBQ stall LOL
You definitely needed a coffee and ice cream break after all that
stevebethere recently posted..MM | Behind A Painted Smile
Interesting is a good word, and I have discovered spending so much time in Spain, that we always need a coffee and ice cream by siesta time.
How fun. I was raised on a farm, so the pig didn’t look gross at all. Watched a lot of them take their last breath.
Have a terrific day.
Comedy Plus recently posted..Declaring War
Glad to read this, I was a bit worried about posting it, but I did find it really interesting so I wanted to share.
Great stuff! I guess there were countless photo opportunities at this fair. I’d love to visit it one day.
Marko @ Travel Photo Blogging recently posted..Wordless Wednesday: Bell tower of Sepúlveda
Actually, not as many opportunities as one would hope. These are the highlights. But it was great fun – we always have fun.
I love the geese! Looks like a really fun fair.
Thanks Odette. They were pretty cool. They always stayed between their two shepherds.
That looks like fun, I love Medieval fairs.
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Somehow they seem more fun in a Medieval town.