AC Gijon Gijón

... place that commemorates the taking back of Spain from the Moors by the Christians in the late 700s. Apparently, this Pelayo dude (very scary smelly mountain man-looking from the paintings around) decided enough was enough. [Guess the Moors were permitting too much education, freedom, civilization, art, science and the like.) So here we stand in the heart of all that made the way for throwing out of ...

... dish for dinner that neither of us can remember what it's called. It was sort of like cordon bleu but flat and with beef instead of chicken.


After dinner, we tried some shots that are typical Spanish digestifs. THe guys had the herb flavored and the girls had the honey flavored.








After finishing dinner, we took a walk around town and went to ...

We are staying in a little village called Avin. We visited Cangas de Onis which is a pretty little town with an ancient bridge. We went to the seaside at Llanes and went on a cliff top walk.

Next day we went to Desfiladero de Cares. The pathway was made at the beginning of the 20th centuary by the workmen who blasted out a course for a canal to supply water for hydro-electicity for the area. The walk is from Poncedos to Cain and winds it way ...

... br>Museo de Bellas Artes de Asturias

Nature
Parque Nacional de los Picos de Europa

Monuments
Catedral de Oviedo
Santa María del Naranco
San Miguel de Lillo
San Julián de los Prados
Monasterio de San Pelayo
Palacio del Conde de Toreno
Palacio de Camposagrado
Universidad

Golf
Club de Golf La Morgal
Club de Golf La Barganiza
Club de Golf La ...

... atras de su espalda... Espectacular! Un mensajito y Dieguito en dos brincos estaba sentado con nosotros... brindamos... que nostalgia! Despues nos llevo a la sidreria "La Noceda" tambien una de las mas conocidas y antiguas donde aparte de la sidra nos mandamos una rica cena Asturiana...
Al otro dia sentadas en la estacion de autobuses, Diego organizando nuestro viaje y propinandonos una regañiza por no haberlo planeado antes... Gracias Dieguitoooo! y se hizo la luz Rumbo a Leooon!!!

... first arrived, looking for the building numbers, and a guy immediately stopped to ask if I was lost. So far, the people of Oviedo have been just as friendly as those from La Coruna. I hope this trend continues for the rest of the trip.

Off for a walk - Oviedo was quite hot today, but luckily there is plenty of shade and breeze to keep things cool. Apparently Oviedo gets over 100 days of fog a year, but not ...

Primer Día 6/08/2009


Primeras horas de Vacaciones.-

Aunque el primer día de Vacaciones no pude evitar tener que trabajar las primeras horas de la mañana para finalizar unas tareas y poder salir tranquilamente de viaje.

Los niños estan ansiosos por ver a Santi y Juanchi que son los hijos de mis amigos de Venezuela, Jose Roberto Aldariz ( El Negro), a ...

... city of Austrias in Northern Spain. Cathedral of San Salvador is one of the unique architectural designs of the place. In Oviedo history, the city is designated as the center of an original and unique architectural expression, inheritor of Visigothic, Roman and Nordic traditions which was reach its high point during the reign of Ramiro I of Asturias. The cathedral of San ...

This is my last trip in 2008. From Madrid, together with friends, we travelled almost 5 hours to the north coast of Spain - Asturias. This is the mountainous side of the Spanish region which somehow provides a different landscape of green, rocky mountains, valleys and delicious food!

... the "slant" of a pilgrimage to a soccer game in Gijon wasn't really interesting enough. Most travellers who pass through Pamplona are either holy or reckless. Holy, because they are pilgrims on their way to Santiago de Compostela in Galicia. Reckless, because they are running with the bulls during the Sanfermines festival in July. I was both. Holy, because I was on my own spiritual pilgrimage to the northern Spanish city of Gij ...