Monday, September 28, 2026

26 September 2026 Santander: Beach Watching and The Maritime Museum


We got breakfast downstairs and then took a quick walk.  We headed to the left from the hotel but  there was only 50 feet or so to walk in that direction so we turned it around and walked back along the beach.  We got to see some cute dogs up and down the beach.  We also saw what looked like a large group of kids getting surfing lessons.    After the walk we headed to the Nautical Museum for four floors of delightful ship models and dioramas!



Outside out hotel lurking in the foliage


Long rock dykes


A fox terrier!


Good girl


 A pink sasquatch


Patina in green


We thought it might be a surfing lesson


I liked this one, a snail or two rocks?


The thwock thwock of paddle ball or Kadima as some call it


Palm trees


Floral bunch


Fungal bunch


His mustache is asymmetric


We have reached the Nautical Museum


Located at the narrowest point of the inlet


Sailboats are trying to tack into the wind


One long boat, made for open ocean races!


A four person kayak out of teak


Water taxi


Hmmmmm...


How to catch a fish


Trawling nets displayed in a very neat diorama


A gill net also shown perfectly


Tiny guys drying tiny fish


An old time fish auction


The next generation fish auction.  The price starts out high and goes down until someone picks that prize.  By pushing the button first that person gets the allotment


Women drying fish


Tiny folks hauling tiny amphora on a Ronam dock


Pay respect to the demi-god


So many ship models 


Sailing boats


Roman era artifacts


Another mystery


A big chunk of stone


Navigational tools


All the trade routes 


A stone jaguar from meso-america


One big hunk of curved wood


15 feet of diorama, how to buidl a ship


First the logs


Saw them up and make the frame


Fill in the middle


Plank the exterior


Ta da the ship is finished!


A great display of cannon


Powder and shot


The Captain of the ship needs many drawers


A silver horn fr barking out orders to the crew


A gimballed compass 


Deep sea diving


This was made from the nautical alphabet


ABC, as easy as 123



This narrow opening is where the castle is and the museum resides


A whale of a skeleton




 

    It has been 4 years and 113 days since we began our Migration