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!もっと詳しく