Clothes washed & decorating my room to dry, then feet up listened to BBC radio on the Sounds APP, followed by a very late breakfast in a nearby square before venturing out to explore the town
What I’ve found out since leaving Santander:
Cash is rapidly becoming the only way to pay. People are shorter here in town. At 5’8.5” I’m above average and could afford to drop the half inch I always tend to declare 🤣. Similar to many places in Mid West America, drivers of motor vehicles are courteous to a fault to cyclists & pedestrians. Road layouts are similarly focused – lots of pavements & cycle lanes even in remote places, speed limits on minor roads are often reduced to safeguard cyclists. Landscape feels big & wild, again like USA, long, wide wooded valleys with steep sides with no road access,
What I haven’t yet discovered is how people here get to enjoy such a great quality of life – most appearing to enjoy the cafes, bar & restaurant lifestyle, and live a slow unrushed life.
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