Monthly Archives: December 2010

Cider house rules

The most famous street in Oviedo is called Gascona. Not a particularly long, elegant, or architecturally pleasing, its claim to fame is that it is the Asturian capital cities centre of cider drinking. A shallow sloping, marble surfaced, pedestrian way lined … Continue reading

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A Spanish Christmas

We’re optimistic, possibly overly-optimistic, that this time next year we’ll be snuggling up in front of our newly installed log-burner for a Christmas holiday in ‘the small house’, as the snow falls outside and we await the arrival of Father … Continue reading

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Hotel Rolle, leading by example

It would be easy, if somewhat boring, for me to blog about the hotels we’ve stayed in. But on this occasion I am going to tell you about Hotel Rolle in Ribadeo, and for good reason.  Hotel Rolle Jose Carlos Rolle … Continue reading

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The ancient home of the celts

Apart from the business that we needed to conduct on our last trip, we also decided to take an extra day and hit some of the local tourist trail. On the Friday morning we set off for Oviedo where we … Continue reading

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Food, glorious food

I have a problem with taking photographs of food. It’s nothing moral, nothing even technical, it is more a case of despite my best intentions to catalogue our foray into Galician cooking I am usually half way through the dish before I … Continue reading

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