To the coast

Yesterday both David and I got to join up with old friends. For me, it was Helena, whom I originally met in Lisbon in, I think, 2009. She has since moved to Oviedo and even though I see her about once every five years, it’s always wonderful to reconnect. And David was able to see a good friend from the year he lived in the dorm here in Oviedo as a junior in college

Today we decided to take Charlie up to the coast—the Asturian coast is just stunningly beautiful, and it was a sunny cloudless morning. We went first to the Playa del Silencio and Cabo Vidio, both with just gorgeous coastal views. And then we spent a few hours in Cudillero, eating lunch and walking around this picture postcard town.

How could I go to Oviedo and not visit the churches in Naranco?! Since they were open till 7:00, I hightailed it up there as soon as we got back to town. It was really hot, a harbinger of things to come in the next few days, I’m afraid. But visiting the churches, as always, is such a beautiful treat — how often do you get to stand inside buildings from the 600s? One was a palace originally, and there is a lot they don’t know about what went on there. I spent about an hour between the two places, and then walked as fast as I could back to town. Charlie needed a couple of items for the Camino – hat, sunglasses, sunscreen. We’ve got all that, we’re packing up our bags, and we will be out of here tomorrow morning.

Unfortunately, it’s going to be very hot. But we will deal with it!Read more