Burgos

We visited a Spanish town called Burgos, in a different region than Cantabria.  The drive in (and out) was unspectacular to say the least.  Dry, lifeless and bland.  BUT, when we entered the city we saw differently.  It's a bustling hip city with one of the most beautiful cathedrals in all of Europe! We took a tour and everyone enjoyed it.  For E7 they give you a hand held tour guide, it made all the difference.

While the camera battery died upon entering, we managed a few good pictures.  Enjoy.

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One day we hiked in the really high parts of the Picos de Europa.  We split up into 2 groups, one took the cable car, one did not.

The cable car takes all of 3 minutes to go up about 2500 feet. It was a very windy day, more windy at the top.

Another sweet view from Tudes.

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Gale force winds!

More Tudes

While we have left the wonderful village of Tudes, more pictures are necessary to show its beauty.

Willie hiking.

A bowling game we played wrong, but had fun.

Picos de Europa

I love it here and I may never leave.  We are staying outside of a larger town, Potes, in a small village, Tudes.  There is one hotel/apt. and 1 bar and about 30 year round inhabitants.  Most have sheetp or cows, chickens and a garden.  They work their land and wear the traditional Cantabrian shoes that farmers have worn for a long darn time called albarcas.  Check out this blog, I'm going to.

Everyone is very chatty, though we only understand about half of what they say, it's improving our Spanish all the same.  They boys even endeavor to chat up the locals, mostly about the abundance of sweet dogs, but they're speaking Spanish!  I have more pictures of this and will certainly post them soon.

These last 12 pictures are of a medevil village called Porciedo.  The villagers from Tudes keep sheep, hogs and a garden here, but no one has lived here for 20 years.  We may buy it.