Parador Gijón

... 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 ...

... bar. Here, they had my favorite drink, Batida de Coco. I had it straight on the rocks and I was very happy. We made our way back to the Corazon for more drinks. Conrad & Hector had some red & blue concoction made of red rum (REDRUM) and blue curacao. I had a "Pink Panther". Don't have a clue what was in it, but it was good. We made our way back to Hector's and went to sleep at 1:30 am. Long day.

... 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 ...

... 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!!!

... could even tell you exactly where in Spain (or in the case of the fish gutter, Bergen, Norway) to find the most beautiful of each of the above!

I've grown to love long bus rides like this, not just because of the beautiful bus attendants, but because mindlessly staring out the window at the passing landscape can be quite a therapeutic experience. It's almost like thinking without realizing it, where thoughts ...

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 ...

... high, and I felt a good night ahead of me. We went to a bar not too far from the restaurant. There were probably 15 people in the bar, all sitting down, all slowly sipping on a drink. We all took the bar by storm, some of us enjoying Heinekens and other taking down some red wine. We began to get silly and start a dance party in the bar among the 12-15 members of our program to the American/Euro music that we all have grown to love. The 12-15 of us easily outdid every other ...

... On one side is a promenade along the riverbank with signs describing the local history, from Stone Age to modern times, followed by signs with all the local mythical creatures. Both were bilingual, Castilian Spanish and the local language, Bable, yet another version of Spanish. On the other side of the river is a lovely beach, with a seafront promenade backed by grand residences. Again there were signs indicating the ...

... colours at the end of a wharf. From there we carried on to a little town called.....drum roll please.....POO! Yes, really! It´s so small that if you blink, it´s gone. I managed to get a picture with the name of the town on it, ´cuz I know you won´t believe me... We ended up driving about 200 km today. Lunch was at another beautiful seaside town called Ribadesella. We ate at a pizzeria and conversed in Spanish - even Jim is getting the hang of ...