The Final Day (Feb 12)

This was our final day of our trip. We awoke at the Reeds, and Jerry had made breakfast... cereal, kiwi, toast, and juice. Familiar food was nice by this point! Nate picked us up before 10:00 to go climb the Torre de Hercules, the world's oldest working lighthouse built in the second century by the Romans! It was really windy, but a great view as enormous waves crashed up onto the shore.


Jen was a little disturbed by the "breastfeeding Buddha", which was really "Caronte" the boatman of the sacred river to welcome visitors. Scary!

Then Nate took us to Maria Pita Prazza, the main plaza. There were so many shoe sales! We just didn't have time to shop!! We headed back to the Reeds for lunch, then Nate took us to the airport and we were off to London. Sad to leave, but it's been a great trip!

In London, we had an absolutely ridiculous time trying to get to our hotel, which was about 2 miles from the airport! First, we didn't have the postal code of the hotel, and apparently there are 4 or 5 Hounslow Roads in London! So, we had to call the hotel for the postal code and line up for a taxi again. Then, the driver took us around town, and to make a long story short, by the time we got to our hotel he wanted us to pay $100 for the excruciatingly long ride!! Andrew pretty much said "No way!" and offered him $60. The driver dropped the F bomb in his British accent, and we left the cab quickly! We got into our room and decided we were not even going to leave for dinner! We ate our travel snacks instead... bread, cheese, chocolate, and fruit!