{"id":10754,"date":"2021-07-28T23:55:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T21:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/luminaris.com\/wp\/?p=10754"},"modified":"2024-08-13T16:35:41","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T15:35:41","slug":"rias-baixas-day-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/luminaris.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/28\/rias-baixas-day-one\/","title":{"rendered":"R\u00edas Baixas, Day One"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Another of the advantages of having friends in new places is that once in a while you get invited along on a mini-vacation to parts unknown. It also helps when that friend has a friend with a car making the whole thing even more fun. Thus began a three-day four-woman escapade to one of the most beautiful regions in all of Spain: las R\u00edas Baixas, a series of four estuarine inlets located on the southwestern coast of Galicia. They are the R\u00eda de Muros e Noia, the R\u00eda de Arousa, the R\u00eda de Pontevedra, and the R\u00eda de Vigo … we limited our visit to the first one only — after all, there is only so much you can see in three days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My little group included Fely, Sagrario, and Ana, the car owner who didn’t want to drive making Sagra the default driver, however pleadingly I gazed at the steering wheel. I guess my international license didn’t look as appealing as her Spanish one (note to self: must get a Spanish driver’s license!)<\/em>. I did, however, get the job of the pilot, which may or may not have been such a great idea at times since the English-speaking Google Maps assistant made some interesting choices taking us through a variety of backroads I probably wouldn’t have chosen had we been in a hurry. Fortunately we were not in a hurry and nobody complained making the experience very entertaining not to mention educational: the Galician countryside is absolutely lovely and worth visiting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Four Adventurers (l-r Sagra, Fely, Ana, me)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

First on the agenda was lunch, of course. Galicia is famous for its amazing seafood and we were not disappointed with our initial meal of the trip. We found a place in the small village of San Francisco, on the north side of the R\u00eda de Muros e Noia, and, as it has become the norm here, the food was delicious. At Restaurante Antonio, we feasted on sepia<\/em> (cuttlefish), pulpo<\/em> (octopus), navajas<\/em> (razor clams), and rape<\/em> (monkfish), the oddly-named (at least for English-speakers) fish that has now become my favourite. The monkfish is a fantastically meaty fish, delicious in stews or simply pan-fried with a little olive oil, garlic, and lemon juice; I can’t recommend it enough.<\/p>\n\n\n

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