Each day for the first week, we have an excursion with the group from our school. Monday was the trip around Oviedo that ended in Sider, Tuesday was the climb to Jesus, and today we had a train ride and tour to Gijon. The city is the other tourist destination in Asturias, the province of Spain I'm in.
The city is beautiful, and even a little more picturesque than Oviedo. All of the buildings are beautifully colored, there are two beaches, you can see the whole bay, and it's really just lovely.
Taken from the giant hill you can climb that juts out into the bay.
And then of course, what good is a tour of a city if we don't try their Sider afterwards??
Five bottles for our group of like 20 people. The Spanish are ashamed of how little we drink.
Afterwards a group of about 10 of us from Mizzou went out in Gijon for drinks and good company and fun. It was beautiful, but the whole city by the bay thing meant it was incredibly cold. The highlight of the evening had to be running full speed to make it back to the train, which leaves every half an hour. No one wanted to wait for the next one, so we sprinted!!
Kathy is sounds like you are having a fantastic time in Spain. I
ReplyDeletecan't wait to hear about the "Running with the bulls". Your Mom
told me you were going soon. I actually have a friend that
arrived in Barcelona on Thursday and
her boyfriend is going to run with the bulls
on July 12th. It sounds scary to me. Enjoy every minute!