A DAY IN GIJON.

Yesterday Duncan and I took a little day trip to the town of Gijon. We didn't know much about it and were so pleasantly surprised! Very cute little town. It was overcast but still nice and warm, we parked the car and gazed out over the sea.  Obligatory tourist shots! So darn cute >< Pretty quickly we decided it was lunch time, as we had started the day pretty late and were worried that we would miss out on lunch hour. The hunt through the old town began.  We landed at Casa Oscar, a little hole in the wall. Had beers by the bar while waiting for a table (tiny place).  Oscar himself slammed around behind the bar, as far as we could see he was the only one working (except for someone in the kitchen), must be incredibly stressful in the lunch rush..  After maybe 20 minutes and some stressed out yelling by Oscar we were seated and ordered the menu of the day. At this point things calmed down and Oscar seemed to take a liking to us, being the only non Spaniards in the place, haha.  We had the octopus & potato stew first followed by meat & fries, but at that point I was feeling a bit funny so couldn't eat much :( We got a complimentary coffee liquor after lunch which managed it's way down at least, hehe.  After lunch I went for a swim, which perked me up a bit. The water was so much warmer there than it is over here where we are, only an hour away.  Next stop: Ice cream! Even for me :O I ordered in very stilted Spanish and the woman wouldn't let us leave until we had tasted some of the regions specialties :') I say it again: people are SO friendly here! <3 Did I mention that Oscar at the restaurant refused to let us pay full price for our meal? :')  On our way back towards the water we spotted this little guy! Don't really understand the concept of wheeling your dog around in a pram...?  Last stop in Gijon before heading back: Roman bath-ruins!  (a Roman who stayed in the bath a bit too long) Bye Gijon, we loved you! Hope that we get to come back some day :) When we got home a little festival was setting up outside of our apartment, and I had a fever coming on :( bit of a crap ending to a nice day, but I've gotten a good nights sleep and am feeling a bit better today. Now we're off to the beach one last time, tomorrow we drive back to Paris!