Los Chispas Part 3

On Monday it was a public holiday in Gijon, so after a sleep in and leisurely morning (necessary after talking til 1am the night before!) we went out for lunch. Lunch is the main meal and is eaten at about 2 or 3 pm. (Dinner is then eaten at about 10pm.)

We walked for about an hour, along the beachfront to the restaurant area. It was a lovely day and Gijon is a very pretty city. We stopped a few times to chat with friends, so encouraging to see the relationships Shane and Ruth have built up (and how fluently they can speak Spanish!)We found a place which had a traditional fixed meal so we ate there. (It was also next to a plaza so the boys could run around when they had finished!)

We ate a choice of two stews to start (I avoided the black pudding!)and drank sidera (the local drink, it's an alcoholic cider which is poured into the glass from a height and then downed in one go), then fish and pork chops for main and rice pudding (also a local dish) for dessert. It was a pleasant afternoon, sitting, eating, chatting and watching the boys play. After a couple of hours we wandered back.


There is a fantastic playground near their home so we stopped there for a play. Once again we met many people Shane and Ruth knew, and the boys made new friends and played on very exciting equipment! Before we knew it, it was 8pm so we headed back.




A great, relaxing, Spanish day!

Karen