Showing posts with label Avilés. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Avilés. Show all posts

Friday, January 9, 2009

bueno pinchos, malo camareru

The first time I visited this so called sideria I liked it. I ate grilled sardines fresh from the sea and my waiter , after discovering I was American wasted no time in proclaiming "Bush fucked you good, yes?" I felt an immediate fondness for this waiter as he talked. And Talked. And Talked....I did notice however that he refused to pour my sidra opting instead for a mechanical device saved for tourists. OK that irked me a little .... I don't pay taxes but I don't consider myself a tourist.
On my second visit here I noticed again that the locals were all drinking glasses of wine, but as I loooove sidra so much I ordered a bottle. Yet again I was given the stupid mechanical device shaped like a plastic apple and powered by a battery to squirt sidra into my glass. Unlike my last visit I now found him full of hot air, shit and himself. On a positive note..... this place has awesome pinchos and tapas! Unusual morsels like dates stuffed with almonds and wrapped in bacon. Mussels cooked a variety of ways, hot and cold seafood tidbits....This summer I do plan to patronize this bar again. I hope that the waiter in question has moved on to another vocation in life. No matter I guess there is an excellent chance I too will be drinking wine like the regulars.

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Catch of the day

My husband Miguel took this photo and I love it!
Fisherman unloading the day's catch in Aviles Spain.

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Fuente de los caños de San Francisco en Avilés.

I love the City of Avilés. I definitely fancy myself living there. Avilés España is the birthplace of Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, founder of the City of St. Agustine, Florida. There you can see a reproduction of this fountain. It was built in the 1500s and shame on me for leaning my big butt against it!