Friday, September 18, 2026

17 September 2026 A Cournua: A Fine Fine Art Museum

 


This museum had Galician artists, works by Goya, an area with Rubens' works and section that paid homage to the local porcelain factory.  We then progressed to the beach and sat for a while watching the surfers.  Back to the hotel to regroup and then out for dinner.  Our chosen location was supposed to be open but was not so we walked around for a while and finally found a nice place.




In we go!


Oh my!


A most funky fish


A temporary exhibit by photographer in Havana


Rocks



Serene


Is this a big bird?


Or a contortionist?


One bad ass boss lady and her dog


My favorite


The cliffs and the ephermeral lady


This dog is a bit scarier


Love these trees


Sinister


Oops flew too  high


A very crowded studio with a lobster dinner in the next room


Goya was out there!


Scary acrobatics


Scary monsters


Go go Goya


For a phatmacy


An Englishman?


Dog head!


Can you guess what this is?  A spittoon!


A lion tamer


Split almost to the crotch!  Woody the sculpture is torn!


We made it to the beach


To the east


To the west


Surfing


The waves are not that big but enough to surf


Not too many folks onthe beach


Great door


Spiderman!


A banksy-esque painting


Our dinner location


Some pumpkin soup and sausage


Yum, pork loin and fries


Back to our hotel!


   It has been 4 years and 104 days since we began our Migration

17 September 2026 A Coruna: A New Town to Explore

 


We took the train to A Coruna from Santiago de Compostela at 11:30 and arrived at 12:19.  It was a nice ride but we soon saw what looked like rain clouds ahead.  These clouds disappeared when we went through a long tunnel, pheww.  When we pulled into A Coruna it was sunny and cool.  We stood in line for a taxi for 9 minutes and then were at our hotel soon afterwards.  Our room was ready so we took the time to re-arrange the room  giving us more of a "snore buffer zone" and putting Leslie's bed right next to the window.  She really loves her people peeping.  Then we headed out and walked through an urban park, into a maze of small streets and made it to the Fine Arts Museum. 



Everyone has to stand here waiting to find out which track to go to to catch their train


An entire train filled with logs zoomed by.  A Renefe employee came to the track area to warn everyone to stand well back from this train


In line for the taxi


A Coruna is called the glass city


It is called this due to the many glass enclosed balconies called galeries


It could also be called the dog city as we have seen an order of magnitude more dogs here than anywhere else in Spain


Even the older buildings have glass frontages


Lovely color and dome


A big circle with art in the middle


A mural in our room


Out to the urban park with a rose garden


A large statue atop a building by the hotel


In the center of the rose garden


Lots of plantings made the walk delightful.  This stature is names "Nino" the child in in the center and older versions radiate out from the center


A old time meteorological station, sundial, thermometer and barometer all for the public


A tiled banch


John Lennon statue


Casinos are located in some of the old buildings


A quaint bandshell


Great old time iron work




A wooden ceiling


Another fine fountain and statue 


More glassed in balconies


A very art-nouveau building


It looks like an owl!


Quite nice


The churches here are all pretty small


Hmmmmm




   It has been 4 years and 104 days since we began our Migration