Christmas, family, Spain

As most of you probably know, we have spent the last couple of weeks in Spain catching up with Elena’s extended family.

1st -a few nights in Madrid with Elena's sister Fi (still waiting on some photos, so will post these up later..)... then up to Oviedo in the north of Spain for 5 days including Christmas... then another 5 days in Elena's family home in Tapia on the north coast... all in all 2 glorious weeks.

But for now, here are some photos of our stay in Oviedo.

For your reference- This is where Oviedo and Tapia are :

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Some Snaps:

View from our guesthouse (curtesy of Elena's v. generous cousin Cris),

Lunch is served at abuela's house : The classic dish of fried egg, served on rice with chorizo stuffing (picadillo)...mmmmmm

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In Oviedo with Family...
After lunch photo (with Blanqui, Pepa, Alfonso, Abuela & Alfonso)

Christmas day lunch (with little Lucas, Alex, Isa, Blanqui, Cris, Paloma, Pablo (some missing from photo)

Christmas eve dinner (with Paty, Emili0 & Nacho (some missing from photo)
A foggy late night walk to the guesthouse

With Alfonso
With paty, Nacho and little Luna

Off exploring nearby
Off to see the Asturian bear and go for a walk with Elena's cousin Jesus. The bear normally lives in a big wildlife reserve, not normally behind a fence... so it's not really as sad as it looks here.. :)

Tune in soon for more photos from our stay in Tapia, New years, some snow!!! and Madrid.