Returning Home

The journey home has started. We packed up in Trujillo very early this morning leaving our cosy apartment at 7am. This was because we had made a late lunch reservation at a restaurant in the Pico’s de Europa, roughly 600 kilometres from Trujillo.

Before our early start we enjoyed our last night in Trujillo. We found a recommended restaurant near our apartment. This had a lovely terrace with great views of the floodlit cathedral.

It was a lovely warm evening to sit out even though we did not start eating until 9pm. We have really enjoyed Trujillo; it is a lovely small town, about the size of Malton, which has a lovely feel about it. It helps that we stayed right in the middle of the historic quarter, and even with this great location have had the quiet and privacy of a little garden.

So it was with regret that we made our early departure, however with the customary almost empty Spanish motorways it was easy to make simple fast progress. Soon we were leaving the brown plains of Extremadura behind as we entered the coastal mountains north of Leon. The temperature also plummeted to the high teens.

Finding Casa Marcial    contents had been prepared mouth-wateringly, the mussels in tomato liquor while the oysters were prepared in lemon with a hint of Tabasco.

was not easy as it is in the middle of nowhere however we just made it in time. Well the final meal of our holiday was spectacular, with probably the best food that we have eaten. The menu is reproduced for your perusal.

However we both thought that the service was not as good as we had experienced in Portugal. Maybe it was the natural ease of the Portuguese compared to the stiffness of the Spanish. The highlight of the meal was definitely the Cantabrican fish course, which was a simple fruit de mer. However the

At the end of the meal the chef, Nacho Manzano came and introduced himself. All in all it was a lovely experience for the final meal of the holiday. We are staying tonight at a Parador near Cangas de Onis. There was just time before it got dark for me to walk into town and take a picture of this lovely Roman bridge.

There maybe no blog tomorrow as will be on board the ferry and Wi-Fi maybe at a premium.