​We moored in A Cornua around 8 am, but we didn’t leave the ship until noon

Uber wasn’t available, so we took a taxi to the knitting shop Picknit, about 3 miles away.  There’s a taxi stand near the port exit.

Picknit was a little hard to find – located above a office copier store

Picknit was hard to find – we had to call for directions.  It is on the second floor above a shop that sells copiers.  Not very well marked.  The shopkeeper, Veronica,  speaks excellent English

Veronica was very friendly and knowledgeable

The shop is packed with lots of current yarns.  Judy had a lot to choose from in her favorite fingering weight.  She bought some hanks of Erica Knight linen and some Linea Pura by Lana Grossa.  It seems Judy is in a ‘linen’ state of mind.  

 We walked about 1 mile uphill to Mt San Pedro, which has a spectacular city view.

A view of the Tower of Hercules and the city off in the distance from Mt San Pedro

An old gun emplacement on top of the Mountain

Taxis would occasionally arrive at the nearby restaurant, but we were able to send a Whats App note to Veronica and ask her to call a taxi for us, which saved us time.

Our taxi arrived in a few minutes, and the driver didn’t speak Spanish or English,  but possibly a local dialect.    He understood the Tower of Hercules, and we headed off, arriving in about 15 minutes.   The Tower of Hercules is the only fully preserved Roman lighthouse that is still in use  for maritime signaling,

You can go inside and climb to the top of the Tower of Hercules, but we stayed outside and took a few pictures before heading back down to the street, where we found a taxi to take us to another yarn shop, Briznas Tricot & Crochet, which was already closed by the time we arrived.

We stopped by another yarn shop, which was also closed.    It was around 4 pm, so the shops close early here.

We learned earlier that our next port, Brest, was canceled due to weather, so we stayed here until 11 pm.   This allowed us to head back out to town and try some of the local restaurants.

La Bombilla, very close to the ship, was one of the best restaurants in the area, ranking number 59 out of 800.      We got there about 7 pm and they were just starting to open, so we headed down the street to find a place that was already open.   We found a place called Taberna Do Pulpo or The Octopus Tavern.   The food was just OK and, not surprisingly, sold only octopus prepared in every way imaginable.    We learned later that this place was ranked dead last – number 800 of 800 – we weren’t surprised.

The Octopus Tavern window display

After about 1 hour we headed back to La Bombilla which was very busy and we found a table and ordered a variety of Tapas to share.  The food was excellent.

Table 89 enjoying some Tapas

We stopped at a chocolate shop to pick up some sweets before heading back to the Zuiderdam