Hotel La Borona 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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.

... 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 ...

Debido a la irrupcion de aire artico continental que de las altas latitudes polares se vino a instalar en el norte de España... recien desempacaditas de las islas de la eterna primavera sufriamos el mas cabron frio que habia azotado la peninsula iberica en 40 años... Y asi es como empieza la travesia por la llamada por los isleños canarios "La peninsula"... Llegamos a la tierra de mis antepasados.. Asturias... Bellisima, la gente con una calidez que contrastaba con el gelido ...

... Being a Sunday night it was quite dead, reminding me a lot of a night spent in Tenerife (see blog entry entitled "Sleeping with ghosts" http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-en tries/pwong/canaries-2007/1199704560/tp od.html)

Aimless wandering can be so liberating ... you don't always seem to know where you are going, or how you'll get there, but somehow you end up where you want, and more importantly, need to be.

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 ...

... is one of the tourist spot of the place that loves by the millions of tourist. Tourism industry of the city is one of the vital industry the landmarks, tourist spots are well preserve. The history and the cultural preservation of the architectural of the place is really impressive. It's like primitive in the modern era. information Hotel Silken Oviedo See also Hotel Bookings Madrid

... us in Leon tomorrow, so the chance of bumping into them here in Gijon, in an Internet Cafe, was a total fluke! We had a quick catch-up visit, updated our travel blogs, checked our e-mail and said our goodbyes. Jim and I had our latest dinner yet - 10:20 pm! We had "doner kebaps", which were delicious. Jim struck up a conversation with the cook, who is from Bangladesh, while I dashed across the street to take a picture of the skyline at dusk. Adios!

... that night. I wasn't sure if it was from too many boquerones, my favourite tapa, or the brass band next door that broke into jubilant renditions of Basque tunes every ten minutes. They played until 2am and then the next day accompanied Napoleonic-era cavalry and soldiers through the Parte Vieja streets. The soldiers stopped and fired their muskets and then the band stuck up a rousing marching tune. "Is this a typical weekend ...