First Weekend!

It's been a good and relaxing first weekend in O Barco! Once we got back from Santiago de Compostela, I finally got a chance to catch up on sleep. Saturday, we explored O Barco, which is a very beautiful area. We are only a few blocks from the Río Sil, so there are walking paths and bridges in that area. There are also a lot of little Taperías, bars that also sell tapas. We went to a place called Guirerri , where we order Calimocho, which is red wine and Coca-Cola. I had heard of it before, but was surprised that I really liked it.  Drinks come with a free tapa, so we both received little pieces of bread with ham on them that were pretty good. We sat outside with a view of the river, which was really nice. Between the times of 3 and 5 (around), there are a lot less people out and about, because they are taking their siestas, but after that time people usually come out and go for tapas and drinks with their friends and family.

Today, we did more exploring and found another tapas bar. We had ham on bread again, and tortilla, which is similiar to an egg and potato omlette. It was delicious! It was around 80 degrees today, unseasonably warm and really nice outside. We tried to go to the grocery store, and they were closed because it was Sunday. I'm not sure if there are other grocery stores that are open on Sundays, but we didn't see any. It's interesting because many businesses are not open on Sundays.