The Fate of the Great: A monument surrounded by by-pass


We are on the way out again. Courna, like Scarborough, is approached on the flat and then descends steeply. So it is, we are going to rise up high!


I am generally skeptical of reviews. Many people are nice and as five stars is now considered what you have to give for anything that was ok [having talked to people in hotels, less than five stars leads to inquiries] then five stars are not the guide they should be. Likewise, 1 stars are a matter of the disgruntled with a thing or the generally disgruntled with everything no matter the quality of individual things. I am saying all that because I was about to take off for the day and then accidentally clicked on Mutua Madrilena - which got 2.7 stars- a rare thing. I had to know more.
Mutua Madrilena is an insurance company. https://www.mutua.es/oficinas/galicia/a-coruna/
 The latest three reviews are two five stars and a one star [impossible to contact them by phone - Paula C. Ivan was very unhappy about two months ago. ‘Mutual never again!!!! They threw away my parked motorcycle and they don't want to cover even half of the damage they caused it. The motorcycle just came out of the dealership new on the first day and they allege wear and tear. And the only way I have left to fix the motorcycle is through legal proceedings against the Madrid mutual insurance company. Cheap is expensive in the end. As soon as the year ends I'll quit and never again.’ Roughly speaking, about 40% are one star, 25% five star and hardly any 2 stars.



Onwards! We need a snack. Horno Sanbrandan http://www.hornosanbrandan.es/catalogo.phpThey make all so rts of things. The Empanadas include ‘tuna, meat, cod with raisins. Octopus and bacon with turnip tops. They also do coffee. In January Jose Carlos Garcia Vega said ‘Magnificent place if you want to eat some toast or some pastries without making your life too complicated. Reasonable prices and sufficient service. The atmosphere depends on the time, in my case it was not too stuffy.’




You know, we haven’t done enough on plants. Plantascorunna. https://www.plantascorunna.es/ Should you wish it Lugarsia Blue Hawaii for about four euros. Adolfo reckons ‘I placed an order this afternoon. I have not received it yet, but I found your website unbeatable in terms of price and variety and therefore, in the absence of delivery, I give it 5 stars and I am going to recommend your website in a well-known forum. These are the type of businesses that we should devote ourselves to and help grow.’




We end by an roundabout with a monument dedicated to Simon Bolivar. Seven people have felt moved to review it and it averages 2.9 stars. Gastrocultura is a rare 3 stars. It is a monolith with a triangular plan, with a height of 11 meters, at one of whose vertices Bolívar stands out in an attitude of advancing, while holding in his hands the cape that flutters in the wind. At their feet, the heads of the horses that were present in their battles emerge. Behind him, some choirs represent the people who protected themselves behind their Great Captain. It was inaugurated on June 11, 1982.



Today, as a result of the remodeling of the roundabout, near Alcampo, the monument has been isolated and must be seen through the windows of the cars that circulate on the avenue.
A group of Venezuelans visited the city in June 1982 to inaugurate the monument. The statue was installed on Alfonso Molina Avenue, near the Weapons Factory.


Abraham is less happy. ‘It is a monolith with a triangular plan, with a height of 11 meters, at one of whose vertices Bolívar stands out in an attitude of advancing, while holding in his hands the cape that flutters in the wind. At their feet, the heads of the horses that were present in their battles emerge. Behind him, some choirs represent the people who protected themselves behind their Great Captain. It was inaugurated on June 11, 1982.



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