Casona del Sella Arriondas

... Jews, the Inquisitioin, etc. Hee, hee. Still trying to be funny here. But enough.

It is a beautiful spot here. The air is cool and smells of the woods. We've both commented how early it feels here in the mornings. By that I mean that at 8am it feels dark and early--like 6am back home. Not much moves until 9am (which feels like 7)! Enjoy the photos from Covadonga. Next stop, Ribadeo on the coast.

Left Hector's at 10 am. I was very tired. We hit the road right after getting bread and fruit for breakfast. We ate breakfast and I decided to get some shut-eye after downloading all of the pictures from the day before. Conrad said he would wake me if he saw anything cool. I thought I was just about falling asleep when he woke me up for a "scenic detour". Wow, was all I could ...

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 ...

We awoke to the sounds the ocean across the street. A stroll revealled the Picos de Europe directly behind us. We toured the lovely old city, took some naps, played in another discovered playground, and set off again around ...

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 ...

... Our first stop was in a place called Laerma, a tiny town in Spain that seemed like it literally had a population of 45 with the youngest person probably being 33 years old. However, it served as quite placed for us to eat our packed lunches and make fun at this infinitesimal town with dandelions floating in the air and in our faces. We continued on the bus ride (which happened to be a comfortable bus with plenty of space) and eventually arrived at town on the northern coast (but ...

... can see the Picos de Europa. The day we arrived was fine and clear and we could see the nearby foothills, the intermediate range and the far snow capped peaks, just. This is wonderful, we thought, being able to sit outside in the sun and watch the changing colours on the mountains as the sun moved across the sky. Within 24 hours the far peaks disappeared, then the intermediate ones disappeared. Occasionally in the late ...

... sehr gefreut habe, noch teilnehmen zu können. Das Wetter war phänomenal gut, supersonnig, dichte Schneemassen, und ein strahlend blauer Himmel. Von der UNi waren 32 Leute mit, die in allen Fakultäten und Altersklassen gamischt waren. Am ersten Tag hatte ich dann mal mehr auf den Skikurs und die Fahrtechnikanalyse gesetzt, was dann tatsächlichziemlich schnell zu einem ERfolg führte. Jetzt nach der UAsfahrt will ich am Liebsten noch mal fahren, mal sehen, wann das klappt.

I set off early after cooking up a little breakfast for myself. Early means 9am as it´s dark till 8.30am. I followed the spectacular gorge most of the way to Potes. A quick coffee and I made myself start the climb. I have to get over a pass at 1600m today. I managed to cycle most of it bar the last few km. The scenery as you´d expect was spectacular, except at the top where the way ahead was covered in mist. The rain started on my descent so it was actually ...

... walked in thinking it was a football social club) confirmed, to my relief, that they were playing at home. He showed me how to get to the Estadio el Molinon and what I should pay for a ticket. Several ladies sauntered over to observe. They had crackly old tanned skin and expensive gold earrings. Their husbands probably owned yachts in the local marina. They were openly surprised that a foreigner would support their club. I spent ...