So this Monday and Tuesday the people of Europcar entrusted us with a hire car, and what fun we had!
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| This is Ruby's happy face. |
On Monday evening we drove (I say we, Ruby drove, we provided the musical accompaniment) to Cangas de Onís, which is famous for it's big Roman bridge. On arriving all of us managed to miss the bridge and drive completely past, on the third time past we spotted it and managed to park. It was pretty impressive, which I presume was what the man who came and spoke to us entirely in Asturian was saying. If this year abroad has improved anything to perfection it's my 'nod and smile'.
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| The aforementioned bridge |
After a quick helado break we continued towards Covadonga where we ended up however, was the top of a mountain and it was amazing. The views of the Picos de Europa and all the little surrounding villages were just fenomenal. Then it snowed, so we swiftly decided to head down the mountain and drive to Ribadesella for dinner. All of the above accompnied by the finest selection of hits from the 80's and 90's sung at full belt.
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| We came across this... |
On Tuesday evening, we decided to drive up Naranco to El Cristo at the top of the mountain to see the views of Oviedo at night, those who read my Paris blog (Shout out Padres) will know how much of a fan of lit up cities at night I am. Little did we realise just how windy it was up there and it's a pretty good job I ate enough pasta to feed a third world country before going or I may not be here to tell the tale, as fascinating as it is.
And there we have it, the car returned in one piece and plans for further road trips next week.
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| Views of Oviedo from el Cristo |
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| Very windswept selfie with the big JC |
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| Views of Picos de Europa |
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Our trusty little car
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