Silken Ciudad De Gijon 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 ...

<br> We did our usual mapless approach to a town - try to guess which was is the city center, make lots of wrong turns and then ask a taxi driver. We managed to finally find a parking space right underneath city hall. We called our host Hector and he told us to meet him at 6 pm at the Aviles Bar. At the tourist office, they gave us some good information and a map. Then, it was off to the mayor's ...

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.<br><br>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 ...

... br>Museo de Bellas Artes de Asturias<br><br>Nature<br>Parque Nacional de los Picos de Europa<br><br>Monuments<br>Catedral de Oviedo<br>Santa María del Naranco<br>San Miguel de Lillo<br>San Julián de los Prados<br>Monasterio de San Pelayo<br>Palacio del Conde de Toreno<br>Palacio de Camposagrado<br>Universidad<br><br>Golf <br>Club de Golf La Morgal<br>Club de Golf La Barganiza<br>Club de Golf La ...

... ir y venir y conociendo las calles, la gente y la vida de Oviedo y para cerrar con broche de oro no podia faltar la calle Gascona famosisima por las sidrerias y los verdaderos malabaristas que las sirven, nos instalamos en la "Sidreria Asturias" una de las mas antiguas, el mesero que servia la sidra con el vaso a la altura de las rodillas y la botella a la altura de su cabeza increibleeee atinadaaaa! y luego ya para terminar con el show el vaso y la botella a la misma altura pero ...

... and not just their mouths) ... plus, this girl had something you don't normally see in a Spanish senorita - the most beautiful green eyes you could imagine. Dark hair and green or blue eyes ... always a stunning contrast. The Crystal City may be beautiful, but it had nothing on this girl's eyes.<br><br>And the voice ... so kind, so gentle ... this is the ideal image in my mind of the Spanish senorita. The only thing ...

Primer Día 6/08/2009<br> <br><br>Primeras horas de Vacaciones.-<br> <br> 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.<br> <br> 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 ...

... 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 ...

... easy though - no crowds, easy to find parking. After our beach stop, we decided to bypass the coast road and take the freeway to Cudillero, which we had read has the nicest beaches in northern Spain. Along the way, we observed that Spain has an exceptional transportation system - there are lots of tunnels, huge bridges (most painted my favourite colour of royal blue), and excellent signage. In Grado, we pulled into a gas station to confirm that ...

... 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 ...