Gijón

We spent a couple of days in Gijón. Or as the Asturians prefer themselves, Xixon (pronounced as hee-hon). We don't have too much to tell you about our time here. Upon arrival we wandered a bit through the city. We needed some time to adjust to all of the stimuli of a city, let alone a shopping street. Didn't take us long before we left the shops behind us and went into the older fisher town part of the city. Before we knew it we ended up in a small museum (Casa de Los Cienfuegos-Jovenallos), which we were able to enter for free as tourists from outside of town. We finished with a beer on a terrace surrounded by Spanairds getting drunk on cidre and with every bottle when they poured the distance between the bottle and their glass increased. Just as the amount of cidre spilled increased 😉

After dinner, some delicious mackerel fish tacos, we went over to the ChillaLot for drinks. Account manager through and through Bart had been in contact with Kev (and through him his family) since we were in Bilbao and they were thinking about crossing from La Rochelle to Bilbao. Before we knew it the Bitterballen and Airfryer ended up on the table and soon after it somehow already turned out to be 00:30. Their little boys were still going strong, but the both of us were ready for bed.

On Saturday while waiting for the stormy weather to pass we took a trip to the Decathlon. On the weekends the bus only goes until the stop prior to the Decathlon stop. Which meant we had to walk the last part. This turned out to be a bit more adventurous than anticipated since we had to cross a roundabout leading up to the highway entrance and departure 😅 Luckily, we somehow weren't the only ones going this way so it felt somewhat normal.

But why did we go to the Decathlon? Because we bought a surf supboard! Since we are both very much beginners at surfing (although I did already manage to break my toe and tendon the first time about a year ago, as most of you now) this surf supboard should be perfect for us to try and pick up surfing. At the least it will be an easy way to get ashore at anchor and to give us a bit of a workout every now and then.Read more