Ribadesella

Our alarm went off quite early again, 6 a.m.! All because we had a long sail of 70 nm ahead of us and most importantly we had to arrive as close to high water at Ribadesella at 18:30 as possible. Well, it wasn't so much of a long sail unfortunately... We had another long motor sailing when we were lucky, but mostly motor trip again.

Since it was quite a long trip we slowly saw the coastline change a bit. It is difficult to describe but the mountains look a lot different now that we are going further west every day. The rocky coastline starts to look more and more like cliffs. There also seem to be more meadows around here. The villages themselves also differ a lot in their architecture from those we had passed up until this point.

We passed a lot of busy fishermen on our way to Ribadesella. Therefore we had high hopes to hopefully catch some nice bass or bonito. "But" we were happy with "just" 2 mackerels.

This time I was going to conquer the swell while sailing into the harbor entrance. It was quite scary, but at the same time beautiful. Beautiful because on our left side we had a lovely mountain and people walking on the pier, scary because we could almost touch them. That's how close they and thus the pier were to us. Beautiful because on our right side people were laying on the beach and surfing, scary because as you can see a bit in the video, it really looked like we were going straight for the beach.

We spent two nights in Ribadesella to get our energy back and to enjoy the charming environment. When we stuck our heads out of the window from our bed after waking up, we looked right at the mountains in the background. Stunning.

I have been trying to find churros con chocolate. We decided we would treat ourselves to some, but not until we had some fun on the rocks and after a short hike, up to the beautiful mountain from our harbor entrance!😋

It was quite a special day for us, because for dinner we went out again! In this area of Spain, Asturias, cider is a big thing. So after leaving Nimrod, quickly since it was raining, again, we sat down at one of the first siderias we had passed earlier today. At first the menu didn't look too appetizing, since enjoying the cidre, which the camareros pour from above their heads into your glass, were definitely the main event. But, after some delicious mussels we also discovered some squid in their own ink and a ensalade mixte. Very satisfied we returned to our Nimrod as another early morning awaited us to be able to leave at high tide this time.Read more