Sunday, November 18, 2018

8 julio 2018. Laredo, Santander & Comillas, Spain - El Capricho de Gaudi

Amanecimos en la playa.

No idea where we were going to sleep. Carla randomly picked Laredo. We discovered it was beach town. We parked n a side street by the beach next to a white camper van. When we woke up, we explored the beach and walked before deciding to go in for a morning swim. In hindsight, I wish we had spent more time there. Our camper neighbors had spent months traveling around from the UK.

We left and began our mission to Santander to complete the business of adding my status as a driver to the rental at the airport kiosk. We reported the broken trunk lock but decided to keep our spacious caravan SUV. We intended to find a beachside to pull over and enjoy lunch but we were unlucky. I decided to pull over on a random country road by the fields. I don't like traveling aimlessly without parking security. Cities are more stressful. Roads are narrow, parking is limited. The next stop was el Capricho de Gaudi in Comillas. This made me really happy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoni_Gaud%C3%AD#Personal_life
https://www.elcaprichodegaudi.com/descubre/el-capricho-de-gaudi/
http://www.antonigaudi.org/maximo-diaz-de-quijano-160.html

It was Sunday and there was entertainment in the plaza that we could hear but neither of us was interested in exploring. We began driving West.

We went to the Mirador del Fitu and stopped by a Roman Bridge after. It was getting late and we tried looking for a place to sleep. Eventually, we came across an empty lot next to a pharmacy, bakery, and inactive info kiosk. I chose to stay in the car and not see the river nearby. Mosquitos are the worst.

I was sad we did not get to Kaos Temple in Asturias.

https://ablanosdeaymar.es/nuestro-entorno/mirador-del-fitu/

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