Hotel City Express Covadonga Oviedo

... to deliver Conrad's special delivery of two packages of Datil Daddy's beef jerky from home. Through perseverence with the security guard who didn't speak any English, Conrad understood that the mayor was out meeting a trade deligation from Angola but that her secretary would be there shortly.

We ate lunch on a bench outside while waiting. And then, an angel appeared, or more precisely ...

Oviedo is the capital city of the Principality of Asturias in Northern Spain. This is the administrative and commercial of the region, also host the annual Price of Austrian Award. This place is also known for education and learning. Oviedo University’s international campus attracts many foreign scholars from all over the globe.

Here the top places in Oviedo

Museum
Museo Arqueológico de ...

... 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!!!

... I should finally take her advice!

On to the bus, where the plan today was to execute the 3 P's - pop in my iPod, plop down on the seat, and pass out! But not today, as the road to Oviedo was extremely tight and twisty, making it impossible to sleep as I flopped about in my seat. Plus, there was quite a pleasant distraction on board ...

The reason this bus was more expensive was because it was a ...

... 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.

... 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!

... by that same trickster, I thought..) though it was in a pocket in my bag all along, stumbled across a free exhibition of one of my favourite artists... though mostly I spent the day deciding what to do with myself over the next few. My vague plan had been to do a section of the 'Camino de Santiago' though after much to-ing and fro-ing between the Catherdral, the Pilgrimm´s Albergue, the tourist office and internet cafes, I decided that with the ...

... attest. We followed the River Deva along through canyons with snow-capped mountains either side stretching high above. At one point as we crossed the river and could see birds of prey which may have been Spanish Imperial Eagles gliding high above. Further along we reached Picos de Europa National Park. It was slow going as the ...

I remember this being a fun trip, apart from the ten hour train journey back to Barcelona. I was especially impressed with San Sebastian, which had one of the best city beaches I've seen. I should have stopped off at Bilbao to the recently opened Guggenheim Museum. In fact, I should have kept going from Gijon all the way to Santiago. It took long enough to reach the north coast, after all. I wrote this travel article on my trip ...