Another great day for the Reiss family in Spain. We had a wonderful tour of the city of Santander with our guide, Pilar. She was (like Esther in San Sebastián) very amenable to our needs. She knew we were English speakers but when we tried to speak in Spanish she went with the flow. The majority of her information was spoken in Spanish but she quickly added English when we lost our understanding. One of the things she showed us that I found very intriguing were some remnants of trees that needed to be removed. Apparently the local arborist is a sculptor as well. He has crafted swans, chairs, mushrooms and elves from the residual stumps (see attached). We also got to see the local lighthouse (did someone tip Pilar off about my lighthouse obsession?).
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