Avenida Gijón

... 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 ...

... it was closed to the public, so we only looked at it from the outside and took a picture of the plaque.



Then, we made our way to Bar Aviles to meet Hector. The guys had a beer and we all chatted. Then our evening of bar hopping began. We went to another place and then eventually made our way to Corazon del Diamante, a bar where Hector's girlfriend works. Apparently ...

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>Campo Municipal Las Caldas

Aside from the nice views and attractions, this place is also a noble city of traditional restaurants which take pride in their food and provide a taste of the specialties of Austrias. Tourism services such as travel guide, car hire, hotel Oviedo, beach and resorts, bars and restaurants are really in a world class services.

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Hotel Oviedo

... y sin un mapa pa saber donde ir... Nos dirigimos por la calle principal, larguisima y con enorme edificios, negocios y anuncios del corte ingles con enormes relojes donde puedes ver como avanzan los minutos, buscando un hostal donde dejar las cosas, tomar calor e irnos a comer unos churros con chocolate anunciados en cada cafe a lo largo de la calle... mmmm... X fin encontramos un hostal de 9 euros! si señor nueve euros por pesona, limpio, agradable y calientito! que en un futuro ...

... she was Brazilian! Definitely not expecting that. I didn't even notice until she told me, but there was a Portuguese tinge to her Spanish. Perhaps I didn't notice at first since this is Galicia after all, where the local language is a mix of Spanish and Portuguese. After that, I further noticed that she used a very soft 'Z' pronouncing her 'C's, neither lispy like in Spanish, nor as hard as in English. It was ...

... de ahora,y Susana Viso.

Mientras resolvía estos últimos asuntos Amparo, Favila, Iñigo y Pablo están en casa terminando de hacer las maletas y ultimando detalles para poder salir hacia Bilbao. Donde recojeremos a nuestros compañeros de viaje y seguiremos hasta San Sebastian, donde visitaremos algunas cosas y luego terminaremos el día durmiendo en Irun.

The cathedral of San Salvador of Oviedo is remains today as unique example of different architectural design. This primitive cathedral was built between 791-842 by the order of King Alfonso II of Austrias. The uniqueness design of the cathedral is influenced by Romanesque, Renaissance and Barocque elements. This architectural and cultural landmark is located in Oviedo, the ...

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!

... city beach and the largest national park in Europe, the Picos de Europa, just 25 kms away. I tried to find someone who could tell me if Sporting were playing tomorrow. A sign on the front of the Sporting de Gijón store advertised "Excursión Universidad las Palmas", which indicated to me they were playing away. Palmas is in the Canary Islands so they were also playing far away. A friendly waiter at an exclusive lady's club ...