An out-of-date favourite

 Welcome to Mellide. It is one of those towns which suddenly arise. A scattering of out of town villas and then a tunnel of four floor apartments. We are nipping round the southern edge to see Spanish rural towns in all their glory. Here we see a tiny cot, there a farm. Stepping past the light industry we barely notice the field about three minutes from the town centre.



About 7500 people live here. It is a livestock centre and a market is held on the last Sunday on the month. In 1320 the town got the right to build a wall and two hundred years later they were pulled down when they joined the fight against Carlos I. The place is stuffed full of churches and Baroque palaces. https://www.concellodemelide.org/



According to the town website ‘Melide is the epicentre of weekend night parties, and it is even one of the most famous in Galicia.’ As its Friday I was looking forward to a bit of a do. I clicked on the link. It said

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  1. an out-of-date bookmark/favourite
  2. a search engine that has an out-of-date listing for this site
  3. a mistyped address
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Lets have lunch. Meson O Toxo is on the way out of town. It peaks around 2-4pm. Alberto was clearly impressed ‘The best ham sandwich of my life, I still remember it 25 years later. I want to go back. I won't be long.’ Ismael said 6 weeks ago. Well, what can I say...it's a pleasure to eat in a place like this, the owners are very friendly and attentive at all times, as usual they are overwhelmed but they still serve quickly, the food is good and abundant, and if you are hungry you only have Just say it and they'll take a little more from you. Like every time I pass through Melide, I come back here to eat. I have once again passed through Melide...and as I already warned...I have returned to O TOXO. Again, everything is a 10, the truth is that it's a pleasure to go somewhere to eat, 100% homemade food. Until next time. Greetings.



With that we will push on.




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