Day: May 4, 2024

We are in love with Oviedo

Today we did make it to the cathedral. They had a great self-guided tour through it including the cathedral museum.

We went to the market to look for lamb. Charlie is very fond of lamb. We plan to cook it tomorrow for lunch. We found a booth in the market that specialized in lamb.

We found a phone accessories store to replace our charger that quit working.

We walked in the park again.

We came home and heated up a cod and garbanzo bean lunch we bought at the market. And made a salad. We are enjoying eating at home. But there are so many great restaurants, too. It’s a dilemma.

We rested and went out again, just to stroll around, mostly. Found the Woody Allen statue we had heard was here. Went back to the park. It was actually getting warm so we had zumo de Sandia (watermelon juice), made with fresh watermelon.

Approaching the cathedral
In the cathedral museum, we saw many small status carved from wood, from 12 and 13th century. They were great. This one was more life size and I’m not sure it is of wood. The medium wasn’t really clear on many of them.
A very nice woman cutting the lamb for us
Back to visit Mafalda in the park. A friendly older man asked if we wanted him to take our photo. We said yes and then he found his daughter to actually take the photos. The plaque verifies that Mafalda originated in Argentina.
The streets were full of people sitting at sidewalk bars. Everywhere, on every street.
Woody Allen. The plaque at his feet quotes him as saying “OVIEDO IS A DELICIOUS EXOTIC CITY BEAUTIFUL CLEAN PLEASANT QUIET AND PEDESTRIANIZED IT IS AS IF IT DID NOT BELONG TO THIS WORLD AS IF IT DID NOT EXIST…OVIEDO IS LIKE A FAIRY TALE.”
WOODY ALLEN PRINCE OF ASTURIAS WADE LAS ARTS PRIZE 2002
When we first walked up to the statue, the guy in black was leaning on him. Turned out he was waiting for his girlfriend. I guess they had agreed to meet “at the Woody Allen statue.”