Arcea Apartamentos Aldea Del Puente Cangas de Onis

... for GPS--made for exciting times. ["Paul, I think we're driving in a dried river bed....the road ended back there!"]

We made our way into the Picos de Europa, a beautiful national park with amazing mountains. The hotel we're in is nestled in a small valley with impressive mountains all around. The Christian part, a beautiful medieval-looking church sitting up high....and of course a ...

... saying. We were at La Playa Franca and it was BEAUTIFUL!! I call it “where the mountains meet the sea”. I have never seen anything like that before, so it was very amazing to me. The mountains were literally going into the sea. We spent an hour taking pictures and exploring and just soaking in all of the beauty.

The rest is just said with pictures.....

... the mountains following the river Cares. Although it is only possible to see the river occasional due to it being too far below the path it is possible to hear it. The walk is about 24 kilometers there and back. Approx 16 miles. We have never been on such a spectacular walk. The path clings to the cliff face hundreds of meters above the gorge and burrows through solid rock. It is very difficult to describe adequately.

Tomorrow 2 10 09 we move on.

... We rolled into San Sebastian around 10 to find the office closed!! Fortunately, they had only stepped away for a break and after setting up we sat by the camper and enjoyed some rose and regular port. 

         

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 ...

... things go wrong too. I leave my computer in the first place we stay in Cudillero, a fishing village not far from the airport. Fortunately the owner is very trustworthy and holds it for me. But its meant a wasted day for Terry and I driving back to pick it up.

We choose a reasonable day to drive 2 hours to Bilbao. Arriving in the city we get so badly stuck in a traffic jam in the city, that I have time to leap out of the car and visit the ...

... a doner kebab place.  Of those we thought our healthiest option was the sandwich place so Kevin got a Chicken supreme and I got a vegetable sandwich (which came on baguettes).  On sitting down I realized they messed up my order and put tuna on it, so I went back and found out that yes, of course tuna was a on vegetable sandwich.  This is something we have encountered a few times while here in Spain, but throughout Europe there seems to be a consensus that fish is not ...

... I mean, how cool is that. You come to a tiny restaraunt in northern Spain and you get a healthy portin of tiramisu. I love it. I gobbled it up with great pleasure. We also got to share several bottles of red wine at dinner. Another reason why I love Europe. After dinner, I was at least looking to see what there was in this town in terms of going out. We had heard there were bars around the area, but figured they had to be small and perhaps low-energy. However, my spirits ...

... Tito Bustillo. This deep cavern was discovered in 1968 by a group of young cavers and contains some of Spain's most significant Palaeolithic cave paintings, horses and reindeer adorning the walls as if painted yesterday. The caves themselves were also impressive, great halls, stalactites and stalagmites, the sound of rushing water. Our guide also pointed out small holes in the rock which lead to more caverns where there ...

... the scoreline refused to budge. The chain smoking fan next to me stood up, swore at his idiota players and left. Soon after the Sporting players departed the stadium to a chorus of sarcastic whistling. I left the stadium surrounded by subdued Sporting fans. They seemed to say, "Well, here's another mediocre season to look forward to." It didn't matter. It is the journey rather than the destination which makes pilgrimages rewarding.