Santander

 Santander 

Another old bridge, and this time my camera wanted to take a picture of it unlike yesterdays 'Roman' Bridge outside Noja when it refused to take the shot.

The scenery was hilly, covered with trees and looking a lot greener than much of southern Spain that had suffered a summer of heatwaves, vegetation turned brown by lack of water and a serious of wildfires. 

The uninspiring road approach to Santander, which is just to the right of the mountain on the left of the photo.

I got to Somo just as teh ferry to cross the estuary to Santander was arriving. It was a lot bigger than yesterdays ferry and there were a lot less pilgrims and other passengers queueing u to get aboard. 

The castle protecting the mouth of teh esturey. 

A view of  Santander's river frontage.

An iconic or ugly building near the passenger terminal of teh ferry. 

The steps that the ferry would be dropping us off at. And then it was just a short walk to the hotel. 

I had taken my card out of the camera to download the photos of the walk to load up tp the blog and than had set out on a tour of the city but had forgot to put the card back into the camera...so I was a tourist in Santander without a functioning camera.

So in the morning, I was out with the camera...

...my hotel...

...and the south side of the cathedral built in a plain Cisterian Gothic style, started in the late 13th century and completed in the early 14th century...

...and the main entrance to the right of the bell tower although being early in the morning, it was locked so still no photos of the inside or of the cloisters.