Our Airbnb is in the old town and close to a lot of action. Reviews for it had some complaints about the noise at night. We took this place because it fit our needs best in other ways, fingers crossed our earplugs would be effective enough. The windows are quite modern and “soundproof”. We do
We saw this very large sign yesterday near the cathedral. I did some research about it: It is said that the Apostle James’ tomb was discovered in the year 813. Alfonso II was king of Asturias during that time and is said to be the first pilgrim to go to Santiago to visit the tomb.
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
This is from the day of the fence stiles and gorse.
These horses seem to be grooming each other, while the little one looks on.
We’ve had a very low key day. Got up around 7:30, had a great muesli breakfast in our airbnb kitchen. We made coffee provided by the airbnb in a little Italian espresso pot. It turned out delicious. We messaged our host and asked what kind of coffee it was so we could buy more and
We have several videos we took on the Northern coast that we have not posted. They give a more dynamic feel of what we saw than the still photos. This is a later one showing some surfers and an interesting rock formation.
Well, here we are in an AirBnB in Oviedo. How did that happen? After three weeks on the Camino having a great time we decided we wanted something different. One reason is that we didn’t have a specific end point. Another reason was that Charlie got tired of schlepping the 22 pound pack up and