More La Coruna

Santiago de Compostela

Tommy was given a Real Madrid lollypop from the candy store owner who liked his jersey

La Coruna is really a beautiful city.  The Maritime Walk takes you around the whole peninsula right along the coast, never losing sight of the water.  At one spot there is a Roman tower to climb for even more spectacular views.  We have enjoyed incredibly good food, the highlight being Caldo (missed taking a picture,) a broth made with chorizo, ham, beef, chicken, a white bean and grelos, which has no translation but is like turnip greens.  Like the Fabada in Asturias, it will make a phenomenal winter dish to add to our repertoire.  We hit another aquarium, which makes it 6 in Spain.    We had a day trip to Santiago de Compostela where the St. James route ends and is considered an extremely holy site in the Catholic religion.  

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.