Oviedo to La Coruña

Oviedo has a series of sculptures from movies and plays that took place in the city.  Apparently there is a Woody Allen one from his Vicky Cristina Barcelona movie.

One of 2 Botero sculptures

¡Carbayone! An awesomelly good Oviedo pastry.

Robbie getting the vote of every dog in Spain

Our landlady greeted us with tortilla de patatas, teltilla cheese with honey,salad and country bread with fresh ingredients from her village

¡Pulpo!

Pig face

Morcilla, blood sausage.  This one is sweetened with raisins

Galicias next most famous food: Empenadas

Pulpo a la feria in obligatory copper pots 

We spent our last day in Oviedo exploring more of the city and its specialties, like the Carbayon pastry.  We boarded a late bus to Galicia where we will spend a week in La Coruña and explore the region.  Of course there is a month long celebration that just started with food booths set up and shows every day.  We got some tortillita de camarones from a Cadiz booth and of course pulpo a la feria at which is the number one Galician dish.  Beach and market trips were also in order.  I got some great langostinos, chicken, fruit and vegetables and cooked up a simple meal using olive oil, garlic and salt.  The peppers are the local padron and they are barely spicy but very tasty grilled and salted.

A few days in Asturias

Asturian beans

Cudillero

Asturian cow

Bocadillo with local cheese

Covadonga

Roman Bridge in Canga

Cabrales Cheese stored in caves

We have taken some trips the last couple of days.  Yesterday we went to Cudillero, a beautiful village on the sea with really nice views of the Cantabrian coast.  Today, I set out early to try to hit a few spots in eastern Asturias.  Two lakes in the Picos de Europa park, Covadonga (an important religious site as well as the start of the Reconquest of Spain,) and Arenas de Cabrales to see how the famous Spanish blue cheese Cabrales is made.