Los Acebos Arriondas

... grotto. Nothing like a statute of the BVM with water coming out of the mountain to draw us Catholics out from every nook and cranny. The herd of goats that usually blocks Paul's entry into churches was nowhere to be found here.....so maybe it's a good sign. Don't send a Catholic jihad after me, now, just making light of a fun time!

About "the Christians getting nasty" part. This is apparently ...

... 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. 

         

... de ahora,y Susana Viso.

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

... were not very alcoholic but there is a special way to pour the cider, which after a couple observations of the waitress, I began to master the art of pouring the "Sidra". (Picture to follow). After a bus ride (duration in which I don't know because I was asleep), we arrived at our hotel (named Hotel Villa Rosario in an adorable town called Ribadesella. Our hotel was right on the beach looking out on the Cantabrian Sea. Although the weather was chilly, we did enjoy a nice walk ...

... the pass at 1280m (4,200ft), then drove back down again. The view going the other way was equally spectacular. We stopped on the way down at a weir where there was a salmon ladder. We did not see any, but did see loads of fishermen at various points, so there were some there somewhere. Needless to say as we came to the foothills it became cloudy again. We had a couple of mornings just wandering around Ribadesella itself ...

... mal sehr gespannt, ob mir die Verschriftlichung von allem dann auch so flux von der Hand geht. Also jetzt aber zur Skiausfahrt: Die Uni hatte wieder eine Ausfahrt angeboten, um Skikenntnisse zu erwerben, bzw. für Könner. Ich fühlte mich da irgendwo zwischen, naja zwar waren wir früher mal mit der Schule auf einer Skiausfahrt, aber davon hatte ich jetzt nicht den Eindruck, dass viel hängengeblieben war. Auch von den Skitouren hatte ich mich nicht hundertprozentig ...

... cold. I was expecting to come upon a lake to my left about 6 or 7km before Riana. However no water anywhere. Th esun had come out again and I soon realised that the lake was severely evaporated! Clearly a major water problem in Spain. I stayed in a nice hostal that night and had dinner with an English couple who were driving to Murcia. Well fed and after a good conversation I took a bottle of beer up to my room. I was just about able to atay awake to finish it.

... started followed Sporting they were relegated from the Primera division and have never been back. This could be the year, and the crowd knew it. They had two new Brazilians, a Russian and three Argentinians. Palmas, recently promoted, were all locals from the Canary Islands. It was a poor game. Palmas had only one decent shot on goal and Sporting were not much better. Even when Palmas were visibly exhausted and Sporting surged ...