Travel 2026 – Oviedo / Uviéu, Santander, Spain – Day 11

Sunday 20th October, 2026 – Oviedo / Uviéu, Santander Sunday morning saw us on the move again, this time checking out of Oviedo and heading for our next stay in Santander. Because it was Sunday, and because it was hard to find any really good places for dinner, I’d booked us in for lunch at…

Travel 2026 – Oviedo / Uviéu, Spain – Day 10

Saturday 19th October, 2026 – Oviedo / Uviéu You might have thought we’d have had enough Pre-Romanesque architecture after our adventures the day before but not a bit of it. After Santa María de Naranco y San Miguel de Lillo we still had more we wanted to see. The delightful lady at the Tourist Information…

Travel 2026 – Oviedo / Uviéu, Spain – Day 9

Friday 18th October, 2026 – Oviedo / Uviéu In a bit of a switch about on Friday morning A and I were the only people keen to head out and check out the market hall in Oviedo. The Mercado el Fontán, which was where we were headed, has a very long history in Oviedo. After…

Travel 2026 – Oviedo / Uviéu, Spain – Day 8

Thursday 17th October, 2026 – Oviedo / Uviéu A blissfully good night’s sleep meant I was more than happy to go out for a run first thing, where I criss-crossed San Francisco Park, the scene of much of the previous day’s San Mateo festivities. Dodging the street cleaners I soon found out that there was…