Up, Up, and Away

IWell, it's time to be on my way, to travel on down the road. I will be catching a bus today, traveling to Grado. Grado is up in the mountains, about 15 miles from the northern coast of Spain. It will be cooler, maybe even a little bit of wet. I'm sad to be leaving, but excited for new adventures. 

I will be in the midst of Pilgrim's once again. I had a scrumptious paella dinner with Rebekah and Father Stephen last night. It was in a restaurant in San Nicholas, another small pueblo, just up the road from Moratinos. Or is it down the road?

Before we went to dinner, Rebekah took us to see their bodega. It was a real live bodega, deep in the earth with a chimney and everything. There is even a long table for festas. It is very cool in there in the summer, and warmer than the outdoors in winter. It was quite impressive and has a hobbit quote over the door. Bodegas resemble hobbit houses from the outside. 

Here's a picture of Rebekah in front of hers and a picture of a neighboring bodega. 

I will be catching a bus by the side of the road in front of a hotel. It's how we roll here in the country. 

Well the bus was 50 minutes late. That's also how we roll here.  There were four other Pilgrim's waiting for that 50 minutes. They didn't get their tickets on line like I did. So, they didn't get to go on the bus. The bus drivers on these buses don't sell tickets on the bus. I'm sure it would be very time consuming. These are long distance buses, so the fares are more than a dollar or two. 

Anyway, despite being late, the bus made it to Leon in time for me to catch my bus to Oviedo. And when I got to Oviedo, I got a ticket for a bus that left for Grado 10 minutes later. So it was pretty slick. The only problem was, there was no time to get something to eat. And me without any crumbly cheese. lol

Grado is in the mountains. And a whole lot cooler. The fog was so thick for a while, it looked like it was night time. We drove through some astounding mountains. Some of them were solid , slick, shiny rock in multiple colors. I was so busy gawking, I forgot to take pictures, and then the fog came in. I will try to get pictures when I go back down in two weeks. 

There were also huge rivers and lakes all sparky and shiny. Coming from parched southern California it looked like a treasure glittering in the light 

Well, I'm settled in my cozy little bed. Tomorrow we get breakfast ready at 6 am. Oh Lordy, I hope I don't hurt myself. Hehe. Night to all. I love you and miss you, we'll all of you except . . . Tee her her.